Filter Search Results

Nautical Books

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.

$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...

South Biscay - Book
IMR200
$94.95  
Steve Imray, 205 pages, 11.69 x 0.2 x 8.27", 9781786794352
-

$69.95  
Paperback, Tom Morgan, 9789541900338
South Atlantic Circuit is the comprehensive reference work for anyone wishing to travel the South Atlantic Ocean and explore the fascinating coastlines of Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina, the South Atlantic Islands, South Africa and Namibia. The preparations required for ocean cruising are...

Skipper's Knot Guide
SHP360
$19.95  
Spiral-Bound, edited by Heinrich Bauermeister, 41 pages, 9.75 x 8, 9781574092837
When you head out to sea, whether in a dinghy, a yacht, a motorboat or fishing craft, you will need a few handy knots in your repertoire'-o keep things secure on board and to get you out of trouble. Here is a convenient, splash proof, accessible guide to 40 of the most useful knots, bends and...

Single-Handed Sailing
SHP171
$17.50  
paperback, Frank Mulville, 192 pages, 6 x 9, 9780850364101
Frank Mulville gives advice on how to choose self-steering, how to adapt rigging and gear, what supplies to take and how to stow them, how to prepare for bad weather, and how to keep fit on an ocean passage.

$26.00  
Paperback, Pat Manley, 160 pages, 9.3 x 6.7, 9781909911130
Concentrates on the 67 most common maintenance jobs to be done aboard both power and sailboats. Each is explained in simple steps and illustrated with fine color photos and diagrams. From electrical systems to leaky toilets, all is explained. Excellent and informative.

$27.95  
Paperback, 8.5 x 11
This is the standard set of tables designed for marine navigation. Although there are 6 volumes in a set, only those pertaining to the latitudes anticipated need be obtained. Their tabular data, being purely mathematical results, never go out of date. The latitudes listed for the Volumes work...

$27.95  
Paperback, 8.5 x 11
Because of the high price and spotty availabliity of the Government editions,we have reprinted these as Commercial Editions from official Government electronic files. They are economical, and sized at 90% of the originals. They have soft instead of hard covers and their smaller size of 8.5 x 11...

$40.00  
Hardcover, Jeffrey Slesinger, based on work by George Reid, 432 pages, 6 x 9, 9780870335983
The most comprehensive text available for the mariner who wants to learn how to safely and effectively operate tugs in assisting ships to and from their berths in ports and anchorages. Captain Jeffrey Slesinger used his extensive knowledge of the industry to bring Reid's original edition,...

$50.00  
Hardcover, Daniel E. MacElrevey, 408 pages, 9.5 x 6.5, 9780764354588
Now in its 5th edition, Shiphandling for the Mariner is the classic and definitive text on the art of practical shiphandling skills for large, modern commercial vessels. Written by a father and son team of pilots, along with contributions from other expert pilots and shipmasters, this compendium...

$49.95  
Paperback, Michael R. Adams, 196 pages, 9.5 x 7.5, 9781951116576
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE

Ship Spotter's Guide
RAN338
$12.00  
Paperback, Angus Konstam, 128 pages, 7.5 x 0.4 x 5.1, 9781472808691
Ships have been part of military campaigns since the Ancient world, and this expertly illustrated and detailed Spotter's Guide offers a look at the 40 most iconic and recognizable ships throughout history. From the Viking longship through to the powerful modern aircraft carriers, and from the...

$66.50  
Hardcover, Tom Cunliffe, 9781846237003
When all the websites and the almanacs have come and gone, The Shell Channel Pilot remains the ultimate authority on cruising both sides of the English Channel. Ever since the 1930s, when Adlard Coles published the original version, this seminal work has been steadily upgraded and updated. The...

$16.99  
Paperback, David Barrie, 384 pages, 5.3 x 0.9 x 8, 9780062279354
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,...

$21.00  
Paperback, Bruce Bauer, 192 pages, 6 x 9, 9780070052192
Not a celestial navigation textbook, but rather an essential guide to the mechanics of sextant use, adjustment, repair, history as well as buying guide to both new and used instruments. Illustrations.

$12.95  
Paperback, Lin and Larry Pardey, 256 pages, 9 x 6, 9780964603639
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...