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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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IHP_PUB125
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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PAR017
A summary of the legal requirements, procedures and protocols required upon entering and leaving popular cruising areas in the Caribbean. Includes many of the actual clearance forms. A great aid and time saver for the cruising skipper and crew.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 10.8 x 8.5
Author: Alan E. Spears
ISBN: 9780939837205
$2495
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HRW235
The derring-do of   Shark Lady   meets the inspiration of   Mae Among the Stars   in the true stories of four intrepid and diverse women of history as they battle weather and waves to save sailors at sea. Kris Coronado's debut nonfiction picture book, perfect for fans of   Hello, Lighthouse,   is brilliantly illustrated by Islenia Mil. Ahoy!  To man a lighthouse over a century ago in America required guts, courage, and bravery. It was a job tackled by hundreds every day, many of whom . . . were not men! This true tale chronicles the amazing feats of four fascinating women. Each real lighthouse lady featured in this...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 8 x 12
Author: Kris Coronado
ISBN: 9780063351837
$1999
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PRO109
Spiral-bound
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 11
ISBN: 9781948650106
$2995
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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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IHP_PUB159
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 11
$2595
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IHP_PUB141
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 11
$2795
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PDB007
With this edition of Seraffyn's European Adventure, all four of the Pardey's classic Seraffyn tales are available in affordable paperback.   Join Lin and Larry while they winter in England working to pay for the next leg of their journey into the Baltic, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Germany. They dealt with armed guards on the Polish waterfront who watched while the people greeted them with flowers and fruit. They weathered a fierce mast-under broach in a Baltic gale. This story ends at the gateway to the Mediterranean to be continued in Seraffyn's Mediterranean Adventure. 
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Lin & Larry Pardey
ISBN: 9780964603646
$1695
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NAV104
The first American book on shipboard engineering in nearly twenty years, this useful reference offers a guiding philosophy to new, experienced, and prospective engineers. Focusing on the art of the engineer rather than the doctrine and regulations that govern the technical side of the billet, it helps them be more effective at their jobs. Assuming that readers already possess basic knowledge of engineering principles and practices, the author sets forth a coherent blueprint to achieve and maintain the level of readiness necessary to support sustained operations at sea. This guide provides insights born of the diverse and hard-won...
Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 9.25 x 9.5
Author: David D. Bruhn
ISBN: 9781557502278
$2795
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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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WIL083
For most sailors, boat tuning may seem a mystery understood only by sailmakers and the like. In this book, sailor, chandler and championship winner, Ian Pinnell, unravels this daunting subject and will help improve your boatspeed as a result. Since most races are won or lost by a difference of less than 2% of racing time, you will soon be moving up the fleet. With hundreds of photos and diagrams to illustrate every point, the book clearly explains what each control does and how to set it up optimally for different conditions. Additional troubleshooting and skills sections take things even further, making this the bible of dinghy tuning.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Ian Pinnell & Tim Davison
ISBN: 9781909911482
$2495
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SPC020
A hundred years after their deaths, meet keepers who still keep the lights burning, their spurned lovers, wronged wives, and bereaved mothers. Travel round the borders of this great country, visiting the remote lighthouses and learn the grisly tales of disastrous deaths and unsolved murders, lost loves, and horrendous storms.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6x9
Author: Therese LaniganSchmidt
ISBN: 9780764311147
$1499
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IHP_PUB194
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_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_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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NAV103
For those who operate on, under and over the sea, international law can sometimes be as complex as it is important. Written by the same former seagoing officer and maritime law professional who authored the current edition of  Farwell's Rules of the Nautical Road   , this book was designed to bring clarity and context to international law for the seagoing professional. Following an introduction to public international law and a short history of the law of the sea, the book describes the rules that apply in ports and in the adjacent maritime zones, including the territorial sea, exclusive economic zone, archipelagic waters and the high...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 7.25 x 10
Author: Craig H. Allen
ISBN: 9781612514628
$9500
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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...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 9 x 6 x 0.8
Author: Peter Berman
ISBN: 9780939837991
$1995
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IHP_PUB182
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 11
$2595
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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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IHP_PUB180
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
$1995
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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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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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MPS267
This book shows you how to tie 50 knots. Some have been chosen for their fame, some for their beauty and some because they are knots that everyone should know how to tie.
Product Type : Book
Author: George Lewis
ISBN: 9781784946746
$1999
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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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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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NGA_926
Charts are non-returnable.
Product Type : Chart
Nautical Chart Type: NGA Worldwide Charts
$2495
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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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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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WIL062
From one of the world's most respected sailors-the knowledge and secrets every sailor needsPeter Isler, two-time America's Cup winner, has sailed in and won hundreds of races over the last forty years. In that time, he has acquired a vast array of knowledge about sailing techniques and tactics, not to mention a boatload or two of entertaining stories along the way. In this book, he brings them all together into a single guide to help you make the most of your time on the water, whether you're going for a leisurely sail with friends or competing to win.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 8.8x5.8
Author: Peter Isler
ISBN: 9780470902639
$2799
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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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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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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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MPS276
The true story of the deadliest submarine in World War II and the courageous captain who survived torture and imprisonment at the hands of the enemy. There was one submarine that outfought all other boats in the Silent Service in World War II: the USS Tang. Captain Richard Hetherington O’Kane commanded the attack submarine that sunk more tonnage, rescued more downed aviators, and successfully completed more surface attacks than any other American submarine. These undersea predators were the first to lead the offensive rebound against the Japanese, but at great cost: Submariners would have six times the mortality rate as the sailors who...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 6.75 x 9.55
Author: Tom Clavin
ISBN: 9781250374479
$3000
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MPS270
THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER A memoir of the author's journey from an office job to restoring a cabin in the Pacific Northwest, based on his wildly popular Outside Magazine piece.Wit’s End isn’t just a state of mind. It’s the name of a gravel road, the address of a run-down off-the-grid cabin, 120 shabby square feet of fixer-upper Patrick Hutchison purchased on a whim in the mossy woods of the Cascade Mountains in Washington state. To say Hutchison didn’t know what he was getting into is no more an exaggeration than to say he’s a man with nearly zero carpentry skills. Well, used to be. You can learn a lot over six years of renovations.CABIN is...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 8.6 x 5.9
Author: Patrick, Hutchison
ISBN: 9781250285706
$2900
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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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MPS221
One moonlit night, thirteen-year-old Miles O'Malley, a speed-reading, Rachel Carson-obsessed insomniac out looking for tidal specimens in Puget Sound, discovers a giant squid stranded on the beach. As the first person to see a giant squid alive, he finds himself hailed as a prophet. But Miles is really just a kid on the verge of growing up, infatuated with the girl next door, worried that his bickering parents will divorce, and fearful that everything, even the bay he loves, is shifting away from him. As the sea continues to offer up discoveries from its mysterious depths, Miles struggles to deal with the difficulties that attend the...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 5.5 x 8.5
Author: Jim Lynch
ISBN: 9781582346298
$1899
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PDB006
A tale of adventures, as two young dreamers continue their voyaging on board their self-built 24'4" cutter. They cross the exotic sea that spawned Homer's tales of Ulysses' Odyssey, then sail through the strife torn Red Sea and across the typhoon tossed waters of the Bay of Bengal. In this book, fourth of the Seraffyn series, the Pardeys have reached a turning point in their lives-halfway around the world, eight years into a meandering voyage. Their routes had always been determined by the need to find the work to support their cruising life-style or the desire to see an island spoken of by some favorite writer. Now they have to decide...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 9 x 6
Author: Lin and Larry Pardey
ISBN: 9780964603639
$1695
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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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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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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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NGA_925
Charts are non-returnable.
Product Type : Chart
Nautical Chart Type: NGA Worldwide Charts
$2495
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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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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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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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