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Paradise Cay Publications offers a complete line of nautical Books for navigation and mariner training. We are an authorized print agent for NOAA charts and NGA print-on-demand nautical charts. We're a certified seller of Canadian Hydrographic charts. Our charts and many of our books are printed in-house. Using modern print techniques, we produce high-quality products at a fair price with generous margins for our dealers. Wholesale inquiries welcome.

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PAR014
An invaluable assemblage of forms, procedures, protocols and requirements for entering and leaving the most popular cruising ports in the Pacific. Covers Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Down Under, Mexico, Panama and the Galapagos.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 10.8 x 8.2
Author: Alan E. Spears
ISBN: 9780939837199
$2995
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BMN394D
All the information you'll need to help you get your USCG Captains License Advanced Piloting & Rules of the Road! The Coast Guard License is internationally recognized as one of the ultimate tests of boating ability. It will not only give you the freedom to carry paying passengers on your own vessel, but can be the ticket to many high paying and exciting jobs in the marine world. This program is ideal for mariners seeking a US Coast Guard License as Operator of Uninspected Passenger Vessels (Six Pack), or 100 Ton Master. To obtain a license, specific requirements are required. Licenses are usually awarded based on the number of years...
Product Type : DVD
ISBN: 97278003949
$2999
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SWP069
On October 2, 2013, Dave Rearick began an epic solo voyage around the world. Onboard his specifically built Class 40 racing sloop appropriately named Bodacious Dream, Dave sailed from Newport, Rhode Island, sailing the length of the Atlantic Ocean to Cape Town, South Africa, 8000 miles distant. From Cape Town, Dave sailed to Wellington, New Zealand where “Bo” was originally built, and then onto the fabled Galapagos Islands, one of the earth’s great nature preserves. On the final leg, Dave returned to Newport, Rhode Island by way of the Panama Canal. The full circumnavigation took 256 days to complete, leaving an indelible memory of the...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Dave Rearick
ISBN: 9781948494090
$2495
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IHP_GM
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 11
$1295
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EVE060
The stories in this book remind us that we should learn from the mistakes of others -- we don't live long enough to make them all ourselves. Using humor as his vehicle, veteran sailor Don Watmough follows nautical rookie Skip Murphy's rise from rank beginner to moderately qualified sailor. Novice boaters can learn what not to do by avoiding Skip's follies. Experienced boaters will chuckle and shake their heads and think, "What an idiot!", even as they recall, "Oops, I did that once!" Includes a chapter by chapter summary of lessons that can be learned, and an inventory of what not to do in a concentrated "crash...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 7.5 x 9
Author: DON WATMOUGH
ISBN: 9781934707432
$1999
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PAR066
Peter Berman reviews the criteria for selecting a used fiberglass hull sailboat, but picks up where Vigor and Nestor leave off. Berman shares his 40+ years experience of overhauling and refitting a myriad of different sailboats in preparation for offshore voyaging. . Follow the information offered in Outfitting the Offshore Sailboat and you can buy and refit a cruising sailboat for a fraction of the cost of buying a new boat. Several books have been offered on buying used sailboats for the purpose of long distance voyaging including John Vigors 20 Small Sailboats and Gregg Nestors Twenty Affordable Sailboats. The used boats reviewed in...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 9 x 6 x 0.8
Author: Peter Berman
ISBN: 9780939837991
$1995
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NAV102
Watch Officer's Guide, 16th Edition, is a handbook for all deck and combat information center watch officers of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard afloat, in the air, under the sea, and ashore. Originally written more than one hundred years ago and last revised in 2007, the book provides officers with guidance on the watch in general, communications, shiphandling, standard commands, safety, honors and ceremonies, engineering, and rules of the road--essential elements for success in standing any watch. It offers, in a single volume, a great deal of important information for aspiring officers seeking qualification, ensuring that they have...
Product Type : Book
Dimensions (IN): 1.2 x 5.8 x 8.2 inches
Author: James Stavridis
ISBN: 9781682475164
$3995
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MPS220
The previously untold life story from world champion, Olympic medalist, and Britain's most successful Olympic sailor for three decades, Rodney Pattisson, with a foreword by Sir Ben Ainslie CBE. Rodney Pattisson MBE, the three-time Olympic medalist and multi-world champion, is an iconic figure within the sailing world. A winner in dinghies, multihulls, and offshore, he has set race and speed records, and with Lawrie Smith led Britain's challenge for the America's Cup in 1983. They were beaten in the finals by Alan Bond's eventual winner, Australia II. A perfectionist when it comes to race preparation, and passionate about speed on...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 6.5 x 9.5
Author: Rodney Pattisson, Barry Pickthall
ISBN: 9781472935595
$3500
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PAP002
In a charming blend of history and human interest, this book paints a colorful portrait of the lives of a vanished breed-the lighthouse keepers. The books begins in the year 1716, when the first lighthouse was established in America, to the early 1980s when automation replaced the last human "guardian of the light" A wealth of material from the archives of the 19th and 20th centuries-primarily letters, diaries, and newspaper accounts-provides vivid stories about lighthouse keeping in this country: the daily work; coping with fog, storms, and other catastrophes; legends and ghosts; women's and family's roles; lighthouse children and pets;...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Elinor DeWire
ISBN: 9781561641192
$2195
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IHP_PUB146
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 11
$3295
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WWN296
How a scientific outsider came up with a revolutionary theory of light and saved untold numbers of lives. Augustin Fresnel (1788–1827) shocked the scientific elite with his view of the physics of light. The lens he invented was a feat of engineering that made lighthouses blaze many times brighter, farther, and more efficiently than they had before. As secretary of France's Lighthouse Commission, he planned and oversaw the lighting of the nation's coast. Although Fresnel died young, his brother Léonor presided over the spread of the new technology around the globe. The new lights were of strategic importance in navigation, and the Fresnel...
Product Type : Book
Author: Theresa Levitt
ISBN: 9780393350890
$1595
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IHP_PUB182
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 11
$2595
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NBN048
For more than two centuries, lighthouses have helped sailors find their way through treacherous waters, guiding them home or taking them safely through passages on their way to adventure. These historic towers and houses form a sparkling chain of lights along our coasts, a reminder of the past echoing with adventure and mystery, a lure for travelers looking for a glimpse into a romantic past. American Lighthouses  offers more than just a tour of over 450 beautiful and historic navigational beacons dotting the coasts and lakes of the United States. This fully illustrated, one-of-a-kind handbook details their history and architecture...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6.1x8.9
Author: Bruce Roberts
ISBN: 9781493047000
$2695
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IHP_PUB127
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 11
$3295
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IMR088
North Biscay' has been renamed 'Atlantic France' to reflect the extended coverage to the Spanish border. Jeremy Parkinson has revisited the West coast of France and, from his research over the past two years has produced this new renamed edition. Throughout, the harbour plans have been revised and in many cases improved. In particular, the coverage of Brest now includes the new Marina du Chateau, large scale plans of the marinas at Lorient have been added and plans are provided of the small harbours in the Gironde. At the north end the Brittany harbour of L'Aberwrac'h, the key to entering the Chenal du Four, is now included and in the...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Hardcover
Author: RCC Pilotage Foundation
ISBN: 9781846232800
$9995
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IHP_PUB159
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 11
$2595
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GPT120
Formerly part of the legendary 'Travelers'' Bible', this new edition of Footprint's guide to Central America has been extensively researched and updated. Taking you along the Ruta Maya, through beautiful colonial cities and sleepy villages, to deserted beaches and lush rainforests, it provides recommendations for all budgets on where to eat, sleep and sample tequila, as well as the low-down on the region's best fiestas and adventure activities. Covers Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama as well as the Yucatan- Peninsula in Mexico. -Includes essential information on travelling between all the countries...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 1.2 x 4.7 x 7
Author: Richard Arghiris & Peter Hutchison
ISBN: 9781907263477
$2795
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IPS191
A man and his chicken sail 45,000 nautical miles in this powerful story of following your dreams no matter what stands in your way. When Guirec Soudée was 21 years old, he bought a 30-foot sailboat and set out across the Atlantic, despite having only sailed a dinghy before.  His only companion? His plucky pet hen, Monique. Guirec never intended to sail the world with a chicken, but after reaching the Caribbean, he and Monique made for Greenland––and emerged from the pack ice 100 days later.  Their next goal? San Francisco. Then, Antarctica. But first, could they navigate the treacherous Northwest Passage? One thing was for...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Guirec Soudée
ISBN: 9781771647045
$2795
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MPS174
Reeds Introductions: Physics Wave Concepts for Marine Engineering Applications covers the fundamental theoretical maritime physics concepts which underpin electromagnetic wave and sonar principles as developed in most maritime-related courses, whether Naval, Coastguard, or Merchant Marine engineering. For these reasons it is vital that maritime users have a basic understanding of the concepts upon which many essential modern sea-going sensors and communications devices now operate.Knowledge regarding electromagnetic waves and electromagnetic devices is an established merchant navy sea service requirement, particularly for the Standards in...
Product Type : Book
Dimensions (IN): 9.28 x 6
Author: Christopher, Lavers
ISBN: 9781472922151
$3500
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STR053
By the end of 2024, electronic navigational charts (ENC) are projected to be the only official NOAA charts, and all traditional paper charts will have been discontinued and NOAA is on schedule to remove the rest as announced. These charts are being replaced by new (reschemed) versions of electronic navigational charts (ENC) that have been in use for over 15 years in ocean shipping, but have not been used much by recreational and other commercial mariners. As of October, 2023, over 60% of paper charts have been permanently removed, and hundreds of new ENC have replaced them. ENC contain much more information than paper charts do, they are...
Product Type : Book
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 0.14 x 9"
Author: David Burch
ISBN: 9780914025771
$1995
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PAR040
On 9/11, USN Commander Suzanne Giesemann was aboard the military aircraft Speckled Trout as it flew over the just-demolished Twin Towers. As aide to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, she strode beside him through the still-smoldering Pentagon. All those lives gone in an instant, robbed of the chance to live their dreams: would she and her Naval captain husband get to live their own dream?. Click the E-Book icon to get the Kindle version of this title
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 9 x 5.9
Author: Suzanne Giesemann
ISBN: 9780939837809
$1495
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IHP_PUB145
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 11
$2995
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IHP_DBP004
Easy to use, value-added Maintenance Logbook for boats with twin diesel engines installed. Checklists and 50+ drawings make inspections simple. Includes detailed engine system inventory, summary pages, measures and conversion and a full index.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Author: Dennison Berwick
ISBN: 9780981123394
$3499
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CPJ002
Ten Years is the love of a young man and a small boat. It is a guide to the waters of America and an instruction for the novice sailor wishing to cruise them.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 11
Author: Gary Sack
ISBN: 9781463581435
$2995
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IMR133
This new edition of the RCC PF's well known guide to the long Spanish Mediterranean coast between Gibraltar and Denia has been compiled by Graham Hutt who suceeds John Marchment as editor.  This is an important pilot for yachts coming to and from Northwest Europe and the Atlantic from the Balearic Islands and more distant parts of the Mediterranean. The clear sailing directions provide all the essential information for passage making or hopping along the coast between harbours and anchorages. The new 2014 seventh edition sees substantial changes, and whilst no major harbour alterations have taken place since the sixth edition the...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Hardcover
Author: Graham Hutt
ISBN: 9781846235269
$5995
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IMR115
Based on previously published cruising notes this guide provides sailing directions for all the countries surrounding the Black Sea. Packed with useful background information and supported by the RCCPF's access to the latest and often changing information this is an essential companion for anyone venturing north from the Bosphorus.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 11.5 x 8 x 0.5
Author: RCCPF/David Read Barker and Lisa Borre
ISBN: 9781846234125
$8395
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CMP303
Recreational boating presents more than its fair share of legal hazards. An unsuspecting buyer may discover too late that the yacht is encumbered by secret maritime liens incurred by a previous owner. A marine insurer may deny coverage for a total loss based on a seemingly innocent misrepresentation in the insurance application.  A boat owner may mistakenly believe that a rescue from a grounding is covered by a prepaid towage plan, when in fact the rescuer will be making a very expensive claim for marine salvage. These and other dilemmas unique to maritime law appear repeatedly in the court decisions relating to recreational boating....
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Eric Lenck
ISBN: 9780764356810
$2499
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IHP_PUB142
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 11
$1995
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INT498
Expert advice on how to find (and purchase and outfit) that safe, affordable, and responsive sailboat to take readers around the world, or around the bay Unlike other books that go into fundamentals about rudder designs, etc.,  Bluewater Sailing for Any Budget  concentrates on specific advice about the search process, the buying process, and final outfitting. The centerpiece of the book is yacht delivery captain and marina owner James Elfer's analysis of 20 offshore-capable sailboats available for under $50,000. This one-of-a-kind list of boats is based on an exhaustive survey of industry professionals, and the boats are readily...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 7.3 x 9.1
Author: JIM ELFERS
ISBN: 9780071808033
$2000
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SHP303
How to select and equip a modern cruising yacht. Covers every aspect of design and equipment from a professional's view, discussing pros and cons of each. The only book of its type written by a professional designer.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 8 x 10
Author: Bruce RobertsGoodson
ISBN: 9781574090376
$2995
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IHP_PUB183
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 11
$1995
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IHP_CCA8
The new 2025 edition of the Cruising Club of America’s Cruising Guide to Labrador has been fully updated and rewritten with information provided very experienced sailors who have “been there and done that”. What Makes Labrador Such A Special Place To Cruise? It is remote -- dramatic, rugged, stunning scenery; well protected harbors and anchorages; icebergs: polar and black bear; caribou; birds; whales, and dolphins. It stretches hundreds of miles from the Quebec shore, to the Belle Isle Strait, to the Inuit coast of Nunatsiavut, where the landscape becomes more and more rugged and dramatic. The sense of being alone and...
Product Type : Book
Dimensions (IN): 8.25 x 10.5
ISBN: 9781734086362
$6495
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IHP_PUB160
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 11
$3995
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IHP_PUB181
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 11
$1995
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IMR200
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Product Type : Book
Dimensions (IN): 11.69 x 0.2 x 8.27"
Author: Steve Imray
ISBN: 9781786794352
$9495
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IHP_DBP003
Easy to use, value-added Maintenance Logbook for boats with a single diesel engines installed. Checklists and 50+ drawings make inspections simple. Includes detailed engine system inventory, summary pages, measures and conversion and a full index.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 11
Author: Dennison Berwick
ISBN: 9780981123387
$2999
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ACB168
Fully updated 8th edition of   this   easy-to-access instant guide to emergency first aid for all seafarers. This essential guide to first aid afloat is an essential part of any on-board medical kit. Its waterproof ring-bound pages, colour-coded tabs and clear layout make it easy to use in an emergency. This revised new edition has been updated with latest medical practice, including information relating to Covid-19, expanded information on treating burns, a new section on diving accidents, and updates to advice on certain illnesses and first aid kit contents. Clear, easy-to-follow illustrations make it ideal for crew members with...
Product Type : Book
Dimensions (IN): 7.5 x 9.9
Author: Douglas Justins
ISBN: 9781472994066
$2000
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TRO101
A practical, inspirational guide for cruisers and liveaboards. Companion book also available. A professional yet fun approach for boaters who want to stay in shape .
Product Type : DVD
ISBN: 9780979204012
$1995
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HMY002
What is it that compels us to follow our all-consuming passions? Is it a search for that elusive, genuine happiness that uplifts the spirit and satisfies the soul? But why go cruising? For my husband Robert and I, it was the innate desire to explore our world, escape the rat race and cold winters, while partaking of a truly unique lifestyle. A romantic dream enticed us to sail to warm, secluded beaches in the tropics to spend time swimming and snorkeling in aquarium-like settings, spending time in nature in its least corrupted arena. The ingenuity, perseverance, and hard work that was required by both of us to keep the dream alive and the...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 5.5 x 8.5
Author: Virginia Crane Gleser
ISBN: 9780964724723
$1975
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PGN484
Remarkable new discoveries affirm the octopus as one of nature’s most intelligent and complex animals. This new book—written by the beloved author of the international bestseller   The Soul of an Octopus,   along with Warren Carlyle, founder of Octonation, and enhanced with vivid National Geographic photography—brings us closer than ever to these elusive creatures. The companion to the highly-anticipated National Geographic television special—narrated by Paul Rudd and airing for Earth Day—this beautifully illustrated book explores the alluring underwater world of the octopus—a creature that resembles an alien lifeform, but whose...
Product Type : Book
Dimensions (IN): 6.5 x 9.3
Author: Sy Montgomery, Warren K. Carlyle IV
ISBN: 9781426223723
$3000
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CMP237
Over 1,000 illustrations coupled with attention to minute, authentic detail make this the definitive modeler's book. Plans for six vessels.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Gene Johnson
ISBN: 9780870333699
$1295
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IHP_PUB123
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 11
$2295
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VMI109D
This one is just for fun. Learn to perform classic magic tricks with string: Cut and Restore, Mend in Your Mouth and The Professor's Nightmare. A guarantee of fun on any cruise.
Product Type : DVD
Author: Brion Toss
$1995
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MPS175
Reeds Introductions: Essential Sensing and Telecommunications for Maritime Applications covers all fundamental and essential theoretical maritime physics principles which underpin modern marine sensors and telecommunications devices as needed by marine users, such as those in the navy, coastguard, merchant shipping, and users of pleasure craft. For safety at sea, it is vital that maritime users have at least a basic understanding of the key concepts upon which many essential modern sea-going sensors and communications devices now operate.Knowledge regarding electromagnetic waves and electromagnetic devices is an established merchant navy...
Product Type : Book
Dimensions (IN): 9.28 x 6
Author: Christopher, Lavers
ISBN: 9781472922182
$3500
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PAP001
Elinor De Wire has been writing about lighthouses and their keepers since 1972. During that time she found that hundreds of lighthouse animals wandered into her research notes and photo collection. This book is the story of all these cold-nosed, whiskered, wooly, hoofed, horned, slithery, buzzing, feathered, and finned keepers of the lights. Nor De Wire has been writing about lighthouses and their keepers since 1972. During that time she found that hundreds of lighthouse animals wandered into her research notes and photo collection. This book is the story of all these cold-nosed, whiskered, wooly, hoofed, horned, slithery, buzzing,...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Author: Elinor DeWire
ISBN: 9781561643912
$2195
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RAN508
The Johannssens are a sailing family: adventurous, fanatical, and, for now, a complete and total mess. Ruby, a prodigiously talented skipper, has taken off for Africa. Bernard is god-knows-where at sea. And at thirty-one years old, Josh Johannssen, the middle child, is fixing up an old family boat and trying to figure out where it all went wrong. When Josh’s father coaxes his children home for one last yacht race, the Johannssens find themselves reunited under thrilling circumstances that will change the course of their lives.  Before the Wind  is a funny, tender, and big-hearted novel about a gifted, volatile family whose love for the...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Jim Lynch
ISBN: 9780307949356
$1600
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INT271
Tips and techniques for building both traditional wooden sailing ships as well as modern steel ships without a kit, including procedures for building without published plans.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 7.5 x 95
Author: Edwin B. Leaf
ISBN: 9780070368170
$2500
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INT171
A clear and simple guide to building high quality model ships from kits. Choosing a kit, tools, planking, rigging, lots of shortcuts, tricks and pointers are all treated by this master modeler. 200 illustrations.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 7.25 x 95
Author: Frank Mastini
ISBN: 9780071558679
$2300
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WWN840
In a work rich in maritime lore and brimming with original historical detail, Eric Jay Dolin, the best-selling author of  Leviathan , presents an epic history of American lighthouses, telling the story of America through the prism of its beloved coastal sentinels. Set against the backdrop of an expanding nation,  Brilliant Beacons  traces the evolution of America's lighthouse system from its earliest days, highlighting the political, military, and technological battles fought to illuminate the nation's hardscrabble coastlines. Beginning with "Boston Light," America's first lighthouse, Dolin shows how the story of America, from colony...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 7.5 x 9.5
Author: Eric Jay Dolin
ISBN: 9781631492501
$1895
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PAR005
This, the second edition of A Guide to Planning and Cruising the Great Circle Route Around the Eastern USA, documents a motor yacht "cruise of a lifetime", the 5,400-mile circumnavigation of the Eastern United States. Author Bick Remmey refers to this voyage as "the longest one-way inland cruise possible in the US" Bick shares the details of his 5 years of planning and 18 weeks of journeying with his wife aboard their 36-foot aft-cabin motor yacht Nittany Navy. The cruise took Bick and Jeri through several of the Great Lakes, down the Mississippi, across the Gulf of Mexico, up the coast of Florida, north through the Intracoastal Waterway,...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 9 x 5.9
Author: G. Bickley Remmey Jr.
ISBN: 9780939837687
$2495
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