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WIL097
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 you need to know in  Sailing For Dummies.  This friendly guide offers information for beginning and intermediate captains. Discover everything you need to know to confidently navigate your vessel through whatever waters―rough or smooth―you may encounter. Whether your goal is to explore a nearby lake, sail down the Mighty Mississippi, or take to...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 7.5 x 9.5
Author: J.J. Isler & Peter Isler
ISBN: 9781119867234
$2499
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SHP302
Clear, easily understood, comprehensive course can be used for self-study or in a course setting. Goes from simple techniques through advanced, including GPS navigation.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 7 x 10
Author: Frank J. Larkin
ISBN: 1574090526
$2995
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HRW093
Deadliest Sea  by Kalee Thompson is the spellbinding true story of the greatest rescue in U.S. Coast Guard history. Recounting the tragic sinking of the fishing trawler,  Alaska Ranger , in the Bering Sea and its remarkable aftermath in March 2008,  Deadliest Sea  is real life action and adventure at its finest. The full story of an amazing rescue—where extraordinary courage, ingenuity, will, and technology combined in one of the most remarkable maritime feats ever recorded—has never been told before now. It’s  The Perfect Storm  meets  Deadliest Catch.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8 x 5.3 x 0.8
Author: Kalee Thompson
ISBN: 9780061766305
$1799
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IHP_CP1
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 11
$3500
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HPC136
This follow-up to the bestselling book Fishing with Gubby (Harbour Publishing, 2010) continues the adventures of Gubby, a commercial salmon fisherman, who heads home to his village on the Sunshine Coast at the end of another long season. His beloved old boat, the Flounder, is worn out and he commissions a Japanese-Canadian boat builder in historic Steveston to build him a new one. The story follows the stages of building a boat from selecting plans to preparing the wood to laying the keel to final finishing and launching. Combining the masterful storytelling of Gary Kent and the striking illustrations of Kim La Fave, Gubby Builds a Boat...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 9 x 0.2 x 12
Author: Gary Kent
ISBN: 9781550175912
$1995
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PAR053
Letters to children who have never been sailing written aboard the sailing yacht Northern Light during an 8,000 mile ocean voyage. The author describes life aboard a small sailboat in mid-ocean, close to birds, dolphins and sea life of all kinds. . Click the E-Book icon to get the Kindle version of this title
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.8 x 5.8
Author: Deborah Shapiro
ISBN: 9780939837038
$499
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PAR242
The American Practical Navigator, first published in 1802, was billed as the "epitome of navigation" by its original author, Nathaniel Bowditch. The text has evolved with the advances in navigation practices since that first issue and continues to serve as a valuable reference for marine navigation in the modern day. The publication describes in detail the principles and factors of navigation, including piloting, electronic navigation, celestial navigation, mathematics, safety, oceanography and meterology. It also contains various tables used in typical navigational calculations and solutions, including the formulas used to derive the...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781951116927
$7995
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INT332
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.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 7 x 7
Author: Olivia A. Isil
ISBN: 9780070328778
$2400
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HRW112
In the tradition of Dava Sobel's  Longitude  comes sailing expert David Barrie's compelling and dramatic tale of invention and discovery—an eloquent elegy to one of the most important navigational instruments ever created, and the daring mariners who used it to explore, conquer, and map the world. Since its invention in 1759, a mariner's most prized possession has been the sextant. A navigation tool that measures the angle between a celestial object and the horizon, the sextant allowed sailors to pinpoint their exact location at sea. David Barrie chronicles the sextant's development and shows how it not only saved...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 5.3 x 0.9 x 8
Author: David Barrie
ISBN: 9780062279354
$1699
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ACB153
The Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS)--the revolutionary maritime equivalent of 911--provides a fast and efficient way of calling for assistance at sea, whatever the size of craft or its location. Denise Bréhaut explains the system and clearly outlines the procedures required to get help quickly, as well as covering the syllabi of the General Operator's Certificate (GOC), the Long Range Certificate (LRC), and the Restricted Operator's Certificate (ROC). Concise descriptions of channel usage, call signals, types of transmission modes, and all the various equipment involved-both aboard and throughout the entire...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Denise Bréhaut
ISBN: 9781472945686
$3000
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JES007
The  Pro-Log Fishing Records Log book  combines the perfect size and design for a fishing journal (lay-flat spiral binding and two side by side 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 pages) to make this the ultimate fishing logbook. Serious fishermen and fisherwomen keep fishing diaries to learn from past experiences and also to record memories of fishing trips.   150 Pages - Record 75 Fishing Trips! Beautiful Covers Lays Flat For Easy Writing 29 Data Points - Use as Many or Few as Desired Room For Fishing Journal Personal Notes Makes a Great Fisherman Gift   The author of the Pro-Log books is the...
Product Type : Book
Dimensions (IN): 4.5 x 6.5
Author: John E. Sherry
ISBN: 9780922273324
$1595
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HMC044
Wonderfully illustrated story of a small canoe carved by an Indian boy and the journey it makes from Lake Superior all the way to the Atlantic Ocean. Maps on nearly every page help the reader follow the harrowing, instructive trip.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.75 x 11
Author: Holling Clancy Holling
ISBN: 9780395292037
$1399
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SIM060
The amazing true story of a young stowaway aboard Capt. Cook's Endeavor, and his adventures while helping to explore the South Seas. A thrilling tale.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 5 x 7.5
Author: Karen Hesse, illust. by Robert Andrew Parker
ISBN: 9780689839894
$899
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FMC008
Contours:  30' Scale:  1:160,000 / Cabo San Lucas 1:167,000 / Las Paz to Cabo 1:334,000 GPS Data:  No Water Type:  Salt Region/State(s):  Mexico Price:  $9.95 UPC:  761428 071248
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Field Identification Guide
Dimensions (IN): 9 x 4.2 Folded
ISBN: 761428071248
$1495
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CMP018
This fourth edition has been designed for recreational boaters, maritime students and professionals. Provides easy reference to both Inland and International Rules with instructional comments throughout. Includes practice questions and suggested methods
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: updated by Steven Browne
ISBN: 9780870335785
$4000
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SPA002
Covers basic electricity, switches, troubleshooting, engine instruments, safety standards, solar power, batteries, pumps, electrolytic corrosion. Practical solutions to common problems.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Edgar J. Beyn
ISBN: 1878797131
$4399
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IHP_ACT25
PLEASE NOTE: Going forward we will accept a maximum of 10% of any given edition in returns for ALL dated publications. Therefore if you purchase X10 of a dated title, we will credit you a maximum of 1 NOAA tide predictions are used by both commercial and recreational  mariners for safe navigation. Printed tide tables provide users with  tide and tidal current predictions in an easy-to-read format for particular locations. In 2020, NOAA announced that it will eliminate paper publications of  the annual Tide Tables and Tidal Current Tables beginning in 2021. In  order to provide a similar printed resource for those who prefer a...
Product Type : Book
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 X 11
ISBN: 9781951116972
$2495
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BMY380D
"One of the best basic sailing tapes I have seen" - John Rousmaniere. A great new learn to sail program designed to give those with little or no sailing experience the knowledge and skills needed to sail with confidence. Expert instructor Bud Foulke covers the basics of "getting started," intermediate "helmsmanship and maneuvers" and advanced "heavy weather sailing and flying spinnakers" 90 min. .
Product Type : DVD
ISBN: 97278003802
$2499
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CMP200
Since its first publication in 1972, more than 30,000 blue-water sailors have looked to this book when injury or illness struck at sea. Virtually every accident or ailment that might occur when professional medical care is unavailable is squarely faced and dealt with, using layman's language and step-by-step instructions that calmly take the reader from diagnosis through treatment to follow-up care. . The fifth edition brings this standard work up-to-date with current medical practice. While maintaining its ease of use for quick, easy reference in case of a medical emergency at sea, diagrams inside the front and back covers point the...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Peter F. Eastman, M.D
ISBN: 9780870335242
$1699
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NO_116TR
Charts are non-returnable.
Product Type : Chart
Nautical Chart Type: NOAA Training Charts
$1695
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IHP_CHC006*
This guide provides detailed drawings of all anchorages and marina facilities on the western coast of Costa Rica. The introduction discusses topics such as climate, entry procedures, money, pets, provisions and worthwhile shore trips. The appendices include chart lists, common menu items (Spanish / English), surfing spots, useful telephone numbers and an illustrated guide to turtle identification. The recently opened full facility Marina Papagayo in Bahia Culebra (Papagayo) has created a first-rate moorage for cruising vessels. Entry procedures to Costa Rica can be completed and the modern marina can accommodate mega yachts....
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 11
Author: Margo Wood
ISBN: 9781937196394
$3495
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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_TAPS24
Features a page-per-day format that includes all the tide and current information for each day on a single page. Designed to be a direct replacement for the popular Capt'n Jacks Tide Book, which is no longer being produced. Heavy-Duty waterproof covers Spiral-bound Measures 4 x 8 inches
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 4 x 8"
$2295
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IPS383
An essential collection for every sailor’s library, this fun dictionary of phrases and terms is anchored in nautical history. Life-long sailor Bruce Macdonald knows a thing or two about the language of the sea and, in  Sound Like a Sailor , he catalogs nautical terms and idioms that are used in the common vernacular. Delving deep into the colorful history behind each word or phrase, this alphabetical reference will help readers understand the maritime origins of our most ubiquitous expressions. Discover how minding your p’s and q’s originates in how bartenders kept track of pints and quarts on sailors’ tabs, how “going...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 5.51 x 8.5
Author: R. Bruce Macdonald
ISBN: 9781998526239
$1995
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HRW071
Big format, engagingly illustrated look at just what mighty tugboats do around the harbor and how they do it.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 11.25 x 95
Author: Kate & Jim McMullan
ISBN: 9780060092900
$1999
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USS017
The official logbook for students of the United States Sailing Assoc. Records certifications attained, practical experience, regatta experience and supervisory experience. Pocket sized and concise.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 4.25 x 6.5
Author: US Sailing
ISBN: 1882502310
$2245
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SWP056
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 principal harbors, it contains 294 pages of text with 85 sketch charts that have GPS-accurate data based on independent surveys personally conducted by the author. In addition it contains detailed piloting instructions, GPS waypoints, aerial photos, approaches and routes, anchorages, services, dive sites, history, index, bibliography and more. Filled...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 0.7 x 8.6 x 10.6
Author: Stephen J. Pavlidis
ISBN: 9781892399366
$6495
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IHP_SCA003*
The classic text for building in plywood. Dense with information on every process from lofting to launch. Very well illustrated with photos, drawings.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 11
Author: Glen L. Witt
ISBN: 939070073
SHP018
A easy-to-use guide that takes the reader through the basic methods involved in position finding using sun, moon and star sights. Uses several examples and situations to make this an effective self-teaching text.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 7 x 10
Author: Hewitt Schlereth
ISBN: 9781574090581
$1695
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STR016
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 how they evolve throughout the current cycle. There is one print for every 3 hours throughout the cycle. They are indexed to the tide height in Seattle. Comparing Tide Prints and Current Charts shows the locations of eddies and bands of current, and how these bands and eddies move and interact as the current cycle evolves. These are both perpetual...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Author: David Burch
ISBN: 9780914025160
$1995
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WIL092
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 to turn these problems around. This handy guide has all you need to work out the best way to use the wind to your advantage and boost you up the fleet. The book covers all the essentials for racing, from why gusts form and where to find them, to the formation of the sea breeze (which is never quite as simple as first appears!). Splash-proof and...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 3 x 9.5
Author: David Houghton & Fiona Campbell
ISBN: 9781912621064
$1360
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IHP_PUB108
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 13 x 19
$3995
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ASA001
Best-selling learn-to-sail manual. Teaches every aspect of basic sailing and coastal cruising with clear, reassuring text and more than 100 photos. Official manual of American Sailing Association. Excellent.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 11
Author: Gary Jobson
ISBN: 9780743273084
$2500
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BWP005
The dramatic true story of a young heroine who operated a lighthouse during a terrible winter storm in her father's absence, saving countless lives out at sea. When seventeen-year-old Abbie Burgess and her family move to Maine where her father will be caring for a lighthouse, she is immediately fascinated by the lights. Abbie becomes her father's assistant, and when he is forced to make an emergency trip to the mainland, Abbie alone knows how to keep the lighthouse tower lit. Soon after he leaves, a massive storm arises, surging over the island and flooding their house. Will Abbie be able to care for her sick mother and younger...
Product Type : Book
Dimensions (IN): 10 x 0.4 x 11.5
Author: Marcia K. Vaughan
ISBN: 9781582708881
$1099
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CMP286
This beautifully illustrated book introduces children to the basics of sailing. Adam, a young boy from the city, yearns to learn how to sail. When his aunt and uncle invite him to visit one summer, his cousin Beth takes him out in her sailboat. Beth shows Adam many of the things he will need to know to become a sailor -- skills he must put into action when a thunderstorm arises. Young readers will absorb from labeled drawings many sailing fundamentals: basic nautical terms, points of sailing, channel markers and buoys, safety equipment, a few knots and bends, something about clouds and weather, anchoring, handling sails, and even crew...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 11 x 8.5
Author: Richard Henderson, illustrated by Jennifer Heyd Wharton
ISBN: 9780870334429
$1599
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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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IMR120
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 photographs by the author and up-to-date aerials by Patrick Roach, South Biscay is the complete reference for yachts visiting the flat sandy coasts of southwest France and the long Biscay coast of Spain.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 0.9 x 8.2 x 11.6
Author: RCCPF/Steve Pickard
ISBN: 9781846233753
$9495
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PAR153
Laser-cut steel, stone tumbled and finished with Squatch Metalworks proprietary distressed metal patina treatment. Clear coated with durable automotive clear-coat. Backed with a Rare Earth magnet. DESIGNED AND MANUFACTURED IN THE USA.
Location: A2
Product Type : Magnet
Dimensions (IN): 3.8 x 4.4
ISBN: 760999953595
$1095
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FRM012
Detailed, Waterproof, Rip-Resistant Map - loaded with information for everything there is to see and do. Dive and snorkel sites are located, named, and described with detailed text. Side One covers St. Thomas and St. John, with inset maps of Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, and Coral Bay. There are colorful illustrations of USVI coral reef creatures. Side Two is a map of St. Croix, with insets of Frederiksted and Christiansted, along with more fish illustrations. This is a map and a guidebook rolled into one. Enough info to help you plan your trip and a handy reference to carry and use while on island. 18" x 27", folded to 4.5" x 9".
Product Type : Map
Book Type: Map
Dimensions (IN): 4.5 x 9
ISBN: 9781931494526
$899
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IHP_SEACB
54 reduced-scale complete NOAA charts of the Atlantic Coast of the U.S. from N. Florida to North Carolina. 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 planning. Each chart atlas includes a map key at the beginning which helps you locate the charts inside. Charts are organized numerically by chart number Easy-to-read map grid clearly indicates each chart's area of coverage Includes the following NOAA charts: 11474 11476 11480 11481 11484 11485 11486 11488 11489...
Product Type : Chart
Nautical Chart Type: NOAA Charts
Dimensions (IN): 12 x 18
ISBN: 9781951116422
$4595
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IHP_CCC
Shrink-wrapped pack of 100 cards Two-sided 8.5 x 5.5"
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 5.5
$995
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IHP_LHA001
Includes read-aloud stories, word games, puzzles, coloring pages, art activities, poems, biographies of famous lighthouse people, cartoons, scrambles, trivia and much more. Fun for any lighthouse fan of any age.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 11
Author: Elinor DeWire
ISBN: 9780945092551
$1295
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INT222
A quick reference guide for sail and power. Offers concise instruction in every vital facet of safely operating power and sailboats. Covers navigation, boat handling, anchoring, weather, emergencies, troubleshooting, more.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 10
Author: Nigel Calder, et al
ISBN: 9780071499101
$4200
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USS041
Price change 9 2020
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 11
Author: US Sailing
ISBN: 9781938915406
$3295
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POD020
Reprinted as a two hardcover book set
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 7 x 10
ISBN: 9781937196509, 9781937196516
$18995
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CMP025
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.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: William B. Hayler, ed
ISBN: 9780870333798
$5500
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SIM002
Emily's voice is so loud she finds work on a tugboat as a fog horn and, as a bonus, her voice actually scares the fog away!
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 10 x 95
Author: Alexis O'Neill
ISBN: 9780689846694
$999
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INT496
"Build wooden boats the Buehler way, which is to say inexpensively, yet like the proverbial brick outhouse." -- Wooden Boat "A WEALTH OF VALUABLE INFORMATION." -- American Sailing Association The classic and definitive guide for the home boatbuilder--now updated Everybody has the dream: Build a boat in the backyard and sail off to join the happy campers of Pogo Pogo, right? But how? Assuming you aren't independently wealthy, if you want a boat that is really you, you gotta build it yourself. With irreverent wit and an engaging style, George Buehler shows you how to turn your backyard into a boatyard. Buehler draws...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 9.1 x 7.3
Author: George Buehler
ISBN: 9780071823050
$3400
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SKY119

Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Grant Headifen
ISBN: 9781944824068
$1799
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PDB100
Profits from the sale of this Tribute Edition will go towards maintaining and upgrading the Larry Pardey Memorial Observatory at Camp Bentzon on Kawau Island, New Zealand.  It was built with funds donated by Kenny Thorall who worked alongside Larry delivering and upgrading yachts before I (Lin) came on the scene. Ken, an amazing mechanic, was our first mutual friend. The observatory, with its 4 telescopes and 15 pairs of high-powered binoculars, is used by up to 100 schoolchildren each week. For many of these youngsters, this is the very first time they have seen the stars unimpeded by city lights.   Let Cruising in Seraffyn...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Lin & Larry Pardey
ISBN: 9781929214150
$1895
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