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The Book of Sailing Knots: How To Tie And Correctly Use Over 50 Essential Knots
The Book of Sailing Knots: How To Tie And Correctly Use Over 50 Essential Knots
NBN045
$14.95  
Paperback, Peter Owen, 144 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9781493036745
In recent years, sailing has undergone some revolutionary changes: Satellites and autopilots are now used for navigation. Artificial-fiber and wire ropes have nearly replaced natural-fiber ropes. But when it comes to decorative knotting, natural fiber is still the favored choice. This book is...
It's Your Boat Too
It's Your Boat Too
IHP_URBOAT
$14.95  
Paperback, Suzanne Giesemann, 240 pages, 9 x 6, 9780939837694
Now Printed-on-Demand It's Your Boat Too.Commander Suzanne Giesemann draws on her twenty years in the Navy as a commanding officer and leadership instructor to write this empowering guide for women boaters. . Power or sail, if you're just going along for the ride, you are limiting your...
Radar Afloat
Radar Afloat
FER079
$15.00  
How to use small craft radar. This book is perfect for both sailing and motorboat enthusiasts and essential reading for Radar Courses. Radar Afloat includes advice on: How radar works How to use it radar for collision avoidance, navigation and pilotage How to get the...
Sailing for Dummies, 3rd edition
Sailing for Dummies, 3rd edition
WIL097
$24.99  
Paperback, J.J. Isler & Peter Isler, 448 pages, 7.5 x 9.5, 9781119867234
Buoy your sailing knowhow with advice from two US sailing champions Nothing can beat the feel of the warm sun on your back, the gentle wind in your hair, and a swaying deck under your feet. If you long to take to the open water and sail wherever the wind takes you, you’ll find everything...
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Child of the Sea
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...
Puerto Rico/Virgin Islands Chart Atlas (12 x 18" Spiral-Bound)
Puerto Rico/Virgin Islands Chart Atlas (12 x 18" Spiral-Bound)
IHP_PRCB
$32.95  
Spiral-Bound, 32 pages, 12 x 18, 9781951116484
30 reduced-scale complete NOAA charts of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Also includes most of the British Virgin Islands. Spiral-bound in a large format (12x18") booklet. Printed on high-quality paper and updated regularly. Not recommended for navigation, but handy for reference and...
When a Loose Cannon Flogs a Dead Horse...
When a Loose Cannon Flogs a Dead Horse...
INT332
$21.00  
Paperback, Olivia A. Isil, 125 pages, 7 x 7, 9780070328778
A salty collection of over 250 words, phrases and sayings that have become common in English usage. Arranged alphabetically and each entry is accompanied by a full explanation of origins and use. For lovers of English and the sea.
1984 American Practical Navigator - Bowditch - Volume 1 - Paperback Books (Set of 2)
1984 American Practical Navigator - Bowditch - Volume 1 - Paperback Books (Set of 2)
POD022
$119.95  
Paperback, 8.5 x 11, 9781937196325, 9781937196424
This is a 2 book set
Celestial Navigation, 3rd edition
Celestial Navigation, 3rd edition
WIL061
$19.95  
Paperback, Tom Cunliffe, 65 pages, 6.75 x 9.5, 9780470666333
As romantic sounding as sailing to Tahiti did centuries ago, using the sun, moon, planets, and stars to guide one's boat on the seas is enjoying a comeback. For those who do not wish to be caught short when modern technology fails on board, knowing how to chart a path with the aid of a sextant...
NGA Plotting Chart 926 NGA Plotting Chart 926
NGA Plotting Chart 926
NGA_926
$24.95  
Paper Chart
Charts are non-returnable.
How Boat Things Work
How Boat Things Work
INT026
$24.00  
Paperback, Charlie Wing, 171 pages, 8.5 x 11, 9780071493444
A fully illustrated tour through modern systems that power, steer, and control both power and sailboats. Features over 100 cutaway and exploded drawings with detailed explanations of eighty principle devices.
Heavy Weather Avoidance (Concepts and Applications of 500 Mb Charts)
Heavy Weather Avoidance (Concepts and Applications of 500 Mb Charts)
IHP_HWA
$49.95  
Paperback, Ma-Li Chen and Lee S. Chesneau, 250 pages, 11.3 x 8.5, 9780939837786
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE
8" One Hand Divider #171
8" One Hand Divider #171
WPL171
$54.99  
8 x 2.5, 721002001719
Our traditional 8-inch (20.32 cm) brass one hand dividers can be opened and closed easily with one hand while performing chart work. 8-inches (20.32 cm) long Brass handles Tapered sides & polished stainless steel tips Lifetime warranty WARNING:  This product can...
Celestial Navigation with the S Table
Celestial Navigation with the S Table
PAR011
$9.95  
Paperback, Mike Pepperday, 24 pages, 8.5 x 5.5, 9780939837090
Recently developed method to back-up celestial navigation computers. Uses DR position, is shortest and simplest to learn table and method, works for all latitudes and altitudes and is a practical star identifier.
Ultralight Divider #176
Ultralight Divider #176
WPL0176
$36.99  
7 x 1.8, 721002001764
Our Ultralight Dividers are the perfect tools to fill out your navigation kit. They are the best-selling navigation tool in our whole product line, and for good reason. Constructed of coated marine alloy to resist corrosion, these durable dividers are fully adjustable and easy to use. They...
NGA Chart 5274: Plotting Chart NGA Chart 5274: Plotting Chart
NGA Chart 5274: Plotting Chart
NGA_5274
$24.95  
Paper Chart
Charts are non-returnable.
Inboard Motor Installations PAPERBACK
Inboard Motor Installations PAPERBACK
IHP_SCA001*
$39.95  
Paperback, Ken Hankinson, Glen L. Witt, 256 pages, 8.5 x 11, 9781951116453
Authoritative and very detailed procedures for choosing and installing engines. Includes propeller selection, shaft alignment, cooling and exhaust systems, ventilation, electrical, more.
Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual, 4th Edition
Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual, 4th Edition
INT499
$70.00  
Hardcover, Nigel Calder, 944 pages, 8.5 x 11, 9780071790338
Packed with new and updated information on every system found aboard virtually every pleasure boat. If it has screws, wires or moving parts, it's covered in this trusted manual. . Includes troubleshooting chart, clear illustrations.
Real Time Method of Radar Plotting
Real Time Method of Radar Plotting
CMP035
$20.00  
Paperback, Max H. Carpenter, 48 pages, 8.5 x 11, 9780870332043
This manual/workbook provides the means for an operator to develop an at-a-glance capacity on a stabilized relative motion radar. Once the system of a oeSituation Recognitiona has been achieved and mastered, a multitude of targets can be handled safely and surely, and collision avoidance becomes...
Storytelling for Sailors Video Seminar (USB Drive or Streaming Video)
Storytelling for Sailors Video Seminar (USB Drive or Streaming Video)
PDV014
$99.00  

This product is a video. Select Streaming or USB Drive

15" Value Parallel Rule #145
15" Value Parallel Rule #145
WPL0145
$28.00  
15 x 2.6, 721002001450
The 15-inch (38.1 cm) Value Parallel Rule is a basic parallel rule without a protractor scale. Ideal for teaching applications, this clear acrylic & aluminum parallel rule is used to plot a course from a compass rose on a chart.  15-inches (38.1 cm) long Brushed aluminum arms...
Mediterranean Spain: Costas del Sol & Blanca, 7th edition (Imray)
Mediterranean Spain: Costas del Sol & Blanca, 7th edition (Imray)
IMR133
$50.00  
Hardcover, Graham Hutt, 9781846235269
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...
Celestial Navigation
Celestial Navigation
WWN128
$18.95  
Paperback, Jeff Toghill, 110 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9780393302943
Devoted to the practical and presented so even the most non-mathematical navigator can develop skill and competence. Includes techniques for checking compass and sextants.
Wind Companion for Racing Sailors
Wind Companion for Racing Sailors
WIL092
$13.60  
spiral-bound, David Houghton & Fiona Campbell, 24 pages, 3 x 9.5, 9781912621064
Out of all the explanations for why a sailor has lost out on a race, an unforeseen change in the wind and weather is by far one of the most frequent. Whether a bad windshift; the non-occurrence of a sea breeze; or being becalmed, the weather has a huge impact on racing. However, it is not hard...
Secret Anchorages of Brittany 3rd Edition
Secret Anchorages of Brittany 3rd Edition
IMR186
$49.95  
Hardcover, Peter Cumberlidge, 294 pages, 7.7 x 9.8, 9781846238154
Secret Anchorages of Brittany provides concise pilotage directions for practically all the natural anchorages along the Brittany coast, from the Bay of Mont St Michel round to the great estuary of the Loire.As with the first edition, the anchorages start near Cap de la Hague on the Cotentin...
Celestial Navigation: A Complete Home Study Course, Second Edition
Celestial Navigation: A Complete Home Study Course, Second Edition
STR040
$39.00  
Paperback, David Burch, 296 pages, 8.3 x 0.6 x 11, 9780914025467
This book has been used for 30 years, updated periodically as needed. More than 20,000 students have successfully learned ocean navigation from these materials and gone on to cross oceans or circumnavigate the globe. This book covers how to find position at sea from timed sextant sights of the...
Boating and Cruising Guide to the St. Johns River
Boating and Cruising Guide to the St. Johns River
CLI001
$54.95  
Spiral-Bound, Tom Kranz, 92 pages, 8.5 x 11, 9780000652607
The only cruising guide that covers Florida's 190-mile St. Johns River, running from Mayport (near Jacksonville) to the center of the state near Sanford. Detailed information on cruising the river, including navigation, anchorages, facilities, and sightseeing, plus full color reproductions of...
Knot It!
Knot It!
FAM019
$25.99  
Hardcover, John Sherry, 124 pages, 7 x 10, 9781945547737
Master 100 essential outdoor knots with help from John Sherry, one of the world's leading knot-tying educators! Based on the wildly successful Pro-Knot cards and Sherry's own NetKnots.com website,  Knot It!  is an unprecedented resource for novices and masters alike. Full-color pages clearly...
Pub. 148 Sailing Directions Enroute: Caribbean Sea Volume 2 (CURRENT EDITION)
Pub. 148 Sailing Directions Enroute: Caribbean Sea Volume 2 (CURRENT EDITION)
IHP_PUB148
$19.95  
Paperback, 228 pages, 8.5 x 11
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE
Instant Weather Forecasting: You Can Predict the Weather
Instant Weather Forecasting: You Can Predict the Weather
ACB140
$12.95  
Paperback, Alan Watts, 64 pages, 8.5 x 5.5, 9781472929730
Color photographs of cloud formations and their groundbreaking explanatory text enable readers to read the sky, pick up the clues and predict what the weather will do. With its winning formula of 24 clear color photographs of cloud formations and their accompanying explanatory text,...
Modern Marine Weather: From Time-Honored Traditional Knowledge to the Latest Technology, 3rd Ed.
Modern Marine Weather: From Time-Honored Traditional Knowledge to the Latest Technology, 3rd Ed.
STR048
$55.13  
Paperback, David Burch, 272 pages, 8.5 x 11, 9780914025580
A comprehensive text on how to take weather into account for the planning and navigation of voyages, local or global, using the latest technologies as well as the time-honored skills of maritime tradition, so that your time on the water remains as safe and efficient as possible. Covers...
Learn to Sail Today: From Novice to Sailor in One Week
Learn to Sail Today: From Novice to Sailor in One Week
INT504
$21.00  
Paperback, Barry Lewis, 208 pages, 7.8 x 0.6 x 9.3, 9780071830881
Sail your very first day on the water Learn to Sail Today  offers a uniquely fun and quick method for beginners to learn exactly what they need to enter the fun and rewarding world of sailing. Written specifically to engage and reassure the uninitiated, this sailing primer covers...
The River Great Ouse and Tributaries, 5th Edition
The River Great Ouse and Tributaries, 5th Edition
IMR193
$14.95  
Paperback, Andrew Hunter-Blair, 104 pages, 6.3 x 9.1, 9781846238420
This is a guide for river users planning trips along the River Great Ouse from Denver to Bedford, including the River Wissey, Little Ouse or Brandon Creek, River Lark, River Cam and the Cambridgeshire Lodes. Commentary and essential notes supporting clear mapping by Andrew Hunter Blair with...
Engineers Log Book - 62 day (11x17 spiral-bound)
Engineers Log Book - 62 day (11x17 spiral-bound)
IHP_ELB
$35.95  
Spiral-Bound, 126 pages, 11 x 17
Printed in-house spiral bound 11x17
ENGINE ROOM LOG
ENGINE ROOM LOG
IHP_ERLOG
$14.95  
Paperback, 102 pages, 6 x 9
Printed on demand 49 days
Yachtsman Mexico to Panama Chart Book, 7th Edition
Yachtsman Mexico to Panama Chart Book, 7th Edition
MIK008
$112.50  
Spiral-Bound, 102 pages, 16.75 x 12
Contains 43 NOS charts for cruising between San Diego and the Panama Canal. Includes coverage for the Gulf of California and Baja. Blue accents have been added to the charts for easier reading. Excellent value.
Navigating The Human Element
Navigating The Human Element
TCP001
$54.95  
Hardcover, Timothy Crowch, 232 pages, 9780957601703
Boat Maintenance
Boat Maintenance
INT016
$31.00  
Hardcover, William Burr Jr., 157 pages, 7.5 x 95, 9780071357036
Maintenance advice from 100 experts. Outlines weekly, monthly and seasonal maintenance schedules, tips on buying, using specific marine products. Covers cleaning, painting, general cosmetics. Photos.
Sailing to the Edge of Time: The Promise, the Challenges, and the Freedom of Ocean Voyaging
Sailing to the Edge of Time: The Promise, the Challenges, and the Freedom of Ocean Voyaging
MPS207
$28.00  
Hardcover, John Kretschmer, 288 pages, 6 x 9, 9781472951625
John Kretschmer is sailing’s practical philosopher--as much a doer as a thinker. And that is the overarching theme of this chronicle of a sailing life. Often amusing, sometimes poignant, occasionally terrifying but always inspiring, his deeply personal account is a welcome reminder about the...
Boatbuilding with Plywood
Boatbuilding with Plywood
IHP_SCA003*
$32.95  
Hardcover, Glen L. Witt, 302 pages, 8.5 x 11, 939070073
The classic text for building in plywood. Dense with information on every process from lofting to launch. Very well illustrated with photos, drawings.
The Pocket Guide to Outdoor Knots: A Step-By-Step Guide to the Most Important Knots for Fishermen, Boaters, Campers, and Climbers
The Pocket Guide to Outdoor Knots: A Step-By-Step Guide to the Most Important Knots for Fishermen, Boaters, Campers, and Climbers
SKY155
$9.99  
Paperback, Geoffrey Budworth, 160 pages, 5.7 x 8, 9781510750449
The Pocket Guide to Outdoor Knots  provides easy-to-follow, step-by-step diagrams and instructions for tying over eighty knots. Over 300 full-color illustrations and photographs guide the reader through the stages of tying each knot correctly.  This beautifully illustrated, full-color guide...
Italian Waters Pilot, 10th edition
Italian Waters Pilot, 10th edition
IMR175
$104.95  
Hardcover, Rod Heikell, 400 pages, 8.3 x 1.2 x 11.6, 9781786790903
Italian Waters Pilot is the only guide for yachtsmen in English that covers the coasts of the Tyrrhenian Sea, Sardinia, Sicily, the Ionian 'heel' and Malta in one volume. This new tenth edition builds on first-hand research by the authors through the Tuscan islands, along the Tyrrhenian and...
Merchant Marine Officers' Handbook, 5th edition
Merchant Marine Officers' Handbook, 5th edition
CMP025
$55.00  
Hardcover, William B. Hayler, ed, 554 pages, 6 x 9, 9780870333798
Complete revision of the standard reference/textbook in the field published nearly 50 years ago. Brings it up to date in all subject areas. Photos, drawings, tables, appendices.
Dockmanship
Dockmanship
CMP277
$7.95  
Paperback, David Owen Bell, 98 pages, 4.5 x 7, 9780870334252
Provides the needed information to turn any skipper into a master of docking. Covers every aspect of close-quarter maneuvering for all size pleasure and smaller work vessels. Good Illustrations, clear text.
River Thames Book, 6th edition (Imray)
River Thames Book, 6th edition (Imray)
IMR122
$15.00  
Spiral-Bound, Chris CoveSmith, 235 pages, 6 x 9, 9781846234620
The River Thames Book is the best selling guide to the non-tidal Thames from Teddington to its source in Gloucestershire and over its four editions since publication it sold in thousands to boaters, hire cruisers and other users of the rivers. Chris Cove-Smith's text describes the navigation...
Wooden Boats: The Art of Loving and Caring for Wooden Boats
Wooden Boats: The Art of Loving and Caring for Wooden Boats
SKY085
$24.99  
Hardcover, Andreas af Malmborg, 160 pages, 0.8 x 10.5 x 9, 9781632204769
There is something beautiful and nostalgic about wooden boats. These exquisite, polished works of art give us a glimpse into the past, a time when technology wasn’t so advanced, a time when everything was crafted by hand. These magnificent vessels deserve our attention and our utmost respect....
Cruising Guide to Puerto Rico 3rd ed.
Cruising Guide to Puerto Rico 3rd ed.
SWP060
$54.95  
Paperback, Stephen Pavlidis, 158 pages, 8 x 11, 9781892399397
A complete guide to cruising in Puerto Rico including the Spanish Virgin Islands with 53 detailed, full-color charts, color photos, GPS waypoints, piloting instructions for the whole island chain. Now includes the north coast ports of the Dominican Republic.
Cruising has NO LIMITS (DVD)
Cruising has NO LIMITS (DVD)
PDV009
$22.95  
DVD, Lin & Larry Pardey, 718122916429
Skimming before caressing tradwinds, savoring tropical landfalls, evading stormy seas - such is the image of the cruising lifestyle, but it can be so much more. Join Lin and Larry Pardey, winners of the CCA Far Horizon Award as they recount some of their most memorable adventures during more...
Map of the Inland Waterways of Great Britain
Map of the Inland Waterways of Great Britain
IMR191
$23.95  
Paperback, 10 x 7.5, 9781846238277
First published over 60 years ago when interest in reviving Britain's network of navigable and rivers was starting to gather pace, this map provides the best coverage of the system in England, Wales and Scotland. Distances, the number of locks and restricting dimensions are given for each...
Radar Workbook: Problems and Answers in Marine Radar Operations
Radar Workbook: Problems and Answers in Marine Radar Operations
STR051
$19.95  
Paperback, David Burch & Larry Brandt, 106 pages, 8.25 X 11, 9780914025153
* For all radar users, recreational and professional. * Covers the use of radar for chart navigation, blind pilotage,and collision avoidance. This Workbook is designed to be used in classroom or online courses in radar, or for individual study outside of the classroom. The lesson structure...
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