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

$79.95  
Hardcover, Rod Heikell, 280 pages, 0.9 x 7.3 x 9.4, 9781846231704
This fully updated 6th edition has had a complete facelift and is now published in full colour in a new format. Throughout, the work has been updated, and in places, expanded. It now includes a list of useful waypoints and routes for the entire Mediterranean which are shown on overprinted charts...

Child of the Sea
JCS002
$15.96 $19.95  
Paperback, Doina Cornell, 9780955639692
In 1975 Doina Cornell left England with her family when she was only seven and spent the next six years sailing around the world on a small yacht. The author has drawn on her memories, diaries and stories, to re-create the perfect life led by a sailing child: swimming, diving and playing the...

$7.95  
Folding Pocket Guide, James Kavanagh, 6 pages, 8.25 X 3.69, 9781583557129
Wilderness education is a critical part of personal safety -- and not getting lost, or knowing how to get found if you are lost , is an essential skill.   Basic & Primitive Navigation teaches simple techniques to navigate out of dangerous situations. Instruction on basic compass use and...

$12.95  
DoubleSided Pad, 50 pages, 7211002000897
These are also known as VP-OS sheets. . A graduated circle printed at the center allows meridians of longitude to be constructed for any latitude, thus creating a custom-made chart for any geographical location. . Pad of 50 sheets - printed on both sides. 

$19.95  
Paperback, David Burch, 9780914025160
This Book compliles Current Charts and Tide Prints for Puget Sound. Current Charts show the values of the currents at each reference station. There is one chart for every hour throughout the cycle. They are indexed to the tidal current at Admiralty Inlet. Tide Prints show the flow patterns and...

$94.95  
Hardcover, RCCPF/Steve Pickard, 205 pages, 0.9 x 8.2 x 11.6, 9781846233753
This seventh edition of the RCC's South Biscay pilot covers the coasts of France and Spain from the Gironde to A Coruña in Galicia. This edition has been completely revised and updated. In line with other recent RCC editions, waypoints have been introduced to assist navigation. With new...

State Flags & Facts
WFP074
$7.95  
Folding Pocket Guide, James Kavanagh, 6 pages, 8.25 X 3.69, 9781583551943
State Flags and Facts is a unique, pocket-sized folding guide to state-specific information on all 50 states. The guide highlights state plants, animals and fossils, state motto and nicknames, state capital and date of entering the union. Laminated for durability, this handy guide is a great...

$99.95  
All 5 Pardey DVD's for a special price Pardey Off-Shore Sailing 5-Video Pack from SailFlix on Vimeo .

$35.00  
Paperback, 8.5 x 11
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE

$35.00  
Paperback, 8.5 x 11
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE

$35.00  
Paperback, 8.5 x 11
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE

$16.95  
Paperback, Larry V Notley, 224 pages, 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.7, 9781571884824
With 30 years of experience, Larry Notley really knows how to teach knots and rigs in simple, user-friendly text and illustrations. And now the best selling author has turned his attention to saltwater. This book is useful to both beginner and advanced fishermen. It provides the general...

$64.95  
Paperback, Stephen J. Pavlidis, 294 pages, 0.7 x 8.6 x 10.6, 9781892399366
A Cruising Guide to the Leeward Islands, 2nd edition, is the completely updated version of Steve Pavlidis' comprehensive guide to the Leeward Islands that stretch from the northernmost, Anguilla to the southernmost, Dominica. Now in full-color with many new charts and aerial photos of the...

$57.95  
Paperback, RCCPF/David Read Barker and Lisa Borre, 200 pages, 11.5 x 8 x 0.5, 9781846234125
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...

$60.00  
Spiral-Bound, Ralph Morris, 225 pages, 11.6 x 8.7 x 0.8, 9781846234415
Ralph Morris’s guide to the island of Anglesey and coast from Liverpool to Pwllheli was first published nearly 30 years ago and has always been closely associated with the North West Venturers’ Yacht Club based in Beaumaris. The eighth edition was published in 2009 and had a completely new...

$10.00  
Paperback, Malcolm McKeag & Bill Edgerton, 96 pages, 7 x 8.5, 1898660166
Explains in concise language and clear photo sequences exactly how to perform all the crewing jobs safely, smartly and fast.

$59.95  
Paperback, Stephen J. Pavlidis, 216 pages, 10.7 x 8.3, 9781892399359
Product Description This is the new 2nd edition of the famous Pavlidis Guide to the Virgin Islands. Printed in 2011, the new 2nd edition covers the entire Virgin Islands region including US, British and Spanish Virgin Islands. A comprehensive cruising guide including 84 accurate sketch charts....

$24.95  
Paperback, Lin & Larry Pardey, 400 pages, 9 x 6, 9781929214778
This revised and expanded third edition of a cruising classic includes 10 completely new chapters with such advice as: sixteen ways to encourage your lover (partner) to share your dream; strategies for turning sudden engine failure into a minor incident; choosing safety equipment; repairing...

$19.99  
Paperback, Fred Edwards, 224 pages, 9 x 6, 9780870336270
This second edition is a comprehensive, entertaining guide to mixing boating with business. Leaping ahead of the first edition, this guide keeps up with a boating industry that has become much more regulated and competitive. It shows old salts and newcomers how to transform water-related fun...

$83.95  
Hardcover, Carlos Rojas and Susan KempWheeler, 9781846232022
The West Country is a brand new cruising guide covering Lyme Bay to Lands' End and the Isles of Scilly. It provides essential sailing directions and detailed listings of facilities together with a wealth of information for those wishing to learn about the West Country and enjoy trips ashore....

$12.95  
Paperback, Lin and Larry Pardey, 256 pages, 9 x 6, 9781929214167
Lin and Larry Pardey s first book, Cruising in Seraffyn is credited with launching 50,000 dreams. This third book in the Seraffyn series chronicles the three years spent exploring Ulysses wine-colored sea and clearly illustrates how they kept that dream afloat. Lin and Larry meander under...

$8.00  
Paperback, John Kelsey, 160 pages, 7.4 x 9, 9781565235540
This is the beginners guide to boating. A how-to manual that gets you started. Seamanship provides in-depth coverage of boat handling and navigation, reading the weather, winds, and water, and dealing with, and preventing, extreme situations such as capsized boats.

$27.95  
Hardcover, Henry Irving, 9780852885079
Henry Irving's long established guide to the nooks and crannies of this fascinating corner of the North Sea is now in its 6th edition and is published in full colour. Coverage of the flat coasts of Norfolk, Lincolnshire and the Humber, regarded as the essential companion for yachts visiting the...

$15.00  
DVD, 97278003949
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...

$60.00  
Hardcover, RCC Pilotage Foundation, 9781846232800
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...

$54.00  
Hardcover, Daniel Parrott, 9780071550079
Satellite systems, ARPA, electronic charts, AIS, sophisticated communication equipment and integrated navigational systems?all these advanced technologies provide valuable capabilities. But accidents still happen, and they usually involve human error. This simple fact has made Bridge Resource...

$19.95  
Paperback, David Burch, 106 pages, 7.5 x 0.2 x 9, 9780914025245
Sextants are used to measure angular heights of celestial bodies above the horizon to find the latitude and longitude of the observer. They can also be used on land with artificial horizons. Sextants can also be used to find the correct Universal Time by measuring the angular distance between...

$8.95  
Spiral-Bound, Robert Ludlow, 32 pages, 9.5 x 7.2 x 0.2, 9781846234897
This small book is intended principally as a help to leisure boaters who are not familiar with the Thames through central London. However, Part 2 may well help even the most seasoned of watermen. The length of the river covered is from Margaret Ness in the east, to Putney Bridge in the west....

$4.00  
Paperback, Peter Hutchison, 168 pages, 7 x 4.4, 9781908206367
If you are looking for evidence for the belief that size is not everything then Costa Rica should be your first port of call. What Costa Rica lacks in size, it more than makes up for in wildlife, scenery and adventure. Visit Costa Rica and you'll experience a tropical paradise of jungles and...

$10.00  
Paperback, Richard Arghiris & Peter Hutchison, 111 pages, 1.2 x 4.7 x 7, 9781907263477
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...

$10.00  
Paperback, Lars Hassler, 320 pages, 6 x 95, 9781408112014
A hippy Sell Up and Sail, this entertaining and inspiring book is more than just a cruising narrative – it is an instructive account showing how anyone can circumnavigate (or even sail for an extended period) without huge funds. Lars Hassler originally set off intending to sail for three years,...

$48.95 $69.95  
Paperback, Stuart Fisher, 357 pages, 8.25 x 11.75, 9780852889060
Inshore Britain is an anthology of articles, each dealing with a particular stretch of coast around Britain, that were first published in the Canoeist magazine. Designed to provide guidance for sea kayakers, Stuart Fishers commentary is a fascinating read for anyone interested in Britain's long...