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African Queen
LBC002
$16.99  
Paperback, C.S. Forester, 246 pages, 5 x 7.75, 9780316289108
Basis for the famous film. A classic romantic adventure: a disreputable Cockney, an English spinster and an asthmatic steam launch on a mission in Central Africa.

Cruising Cuisine
INT373
$20.00  
Paperback, Kay Pastorius, 218 pages, 7.5 x 95, 9780070487031
Emphasizes use of fresh, locally obtained ingredients. Over 500 delectable recipes drawn from cuisines as diverse as Thai, Mexican and nouveau Californian. Deals with supermarket separation. Loads of info on provisioning and shopping in third world countries.

Ship Model Building
CMP237
$12.95  
Paperback, Gene Johnson, 305 pages, 6 x 9, 9780870333699
Over 1,000 illustrations coupled with attention to minute, authentic detail make this the definitive modeler's book. Plans for six vessels.

$20.00  
Paperback, Edwin B. Leaf, 179 pages, 7.5 x 95, 9780070368170
Tips and techniques for building both traditional wooden sailing ships as well as modern steel ships without a kit, including procedures for building without published plans.

Red Sea Peril
SHP073
$7.00  
Paperback, Shirley Billing, 254 pages, 6 x 9, 9781574091373
Records in dramatic detail the ordeal of Peter and Shirley Billing who were taken from their yacht at gunpoint in the Red Sea and only released after a month of the most extraordinary efforts by friends, family and their government.

$10.00  
Hardcover, Guy Bernardin, 230 pages, 65 x 9.5, 9781574091489
The author, a French racing sailor, buys a replica of the Spray and sets off in 1995 for three years with wife and young son to retrace Slocum's circumnavigation. A fresh take on the seagoing travelogue and a story of a happy family at sea.

$10.00  
DVD, 97278004205
Hook Down, Wheels Down: Featuring Naval Aces at their finest including the Langely, Saratoga, Lexington, Enterprize, Wasp, Hornet, Ranger and their fighting aircraft the Wildcat, Dauntless, Avenger and the Hellcat. Seapower - Plymouth Rock To Polaris: American seapower from the creaking decks of...

Back Under Sail
MWE001
$10.00  
Hardcover, Migael Scherer, 203 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9781571312747
An experienced sailor goes racing for the first time, searching for victory and a renewed love of life. This is a moving portrayal of a frayed life being made whole again in the comradeship of a grueling race through hauntingly beautiful surrounds.

$21.99  
Paperback, Barbara Sjoholm, 355 pages, 5.5 x 8.25, 9781580051095
A fascinating account of one of history's most intriguing women, the notorious Grace O'Malley, who was an Irish clan chieftain and feared pirate in the 16th century.

A Speck On the Sea
INT164
$24.00  
Paperback, William Longyard, 363 pages, 6 x 9, 9780071440295
Looks back half a millennium to chronicle the greatest ocean voyages attempted in the littlest of boats-rowboats, canoes, and tiny sailboats like Hugo Vihlen's 6 ft. April Fool. This is history, adventure and seafaring legend of the highest order.

Lord Jim
DBD014
$2.98  
Paperback, Joseph Conrad, 271 pages, 4.25 x 6.75, 9780553213614
One of the most profound, rewarding psychological novels. The story of a young British merchant marine officer disgraced by an act of cowardice which blights his career and life.

$47.00  
Paperback, Clay Blair, Jr, 1006 pages, 6 x 9, 9781557502179
  With the content of an authoritative reference and the excitement of a thriller, this history of the U.S. submarine war is one of the most informative and entertaining books written on the Pacific campaign. The author, a respected journalist and World War II submariner himself, is credited...

$28.95  
Paperback, Homer H. Hickam, Jr, 346 pages, 6 x 9, 9781557503626
Slaughter at sea—just miles from U.S. soil! In 1942 German U-boats turned the shipping lanes off Cape Hatteras into a sea of death. Cruising up and down the U.S. eastern seaboard, they sank 259 ships, littering the waters with cargo and bodies. As astonished civilians witnessed explosions...

Path Between the Seas
SIM081
$22.99  
Paperback, David McCullough, 669 pages, 6 x 9, 9780671244095
The full story of the astonishing engineering feats, extraordinary medical advances, political power plays, heroic struggles, and human tragedies that went into the construction of the Panama Canal. Superb writing and scholarship.

$8.00  
Paperback, R. Sheret, 139 pages, 8.5 x 11, 921107102
 The story of ships and crews that moved cargo along the West Coast from the 18th century to the present. From the paddlewheel steamers that served the CA and Yukon gold rushes to container-laden coastal barge traffic and space-age cruise ships.

Hand Tools
WWN013
$24.95  
Paperback, Aldren Watson, 407 pages, 7.25 x 10, 9780393322767
Wonderful exploration of the hand tools of the woodworkers' trade, how to use and care for each of them. Perhaps the very best part of this book are the illustrations by the author.

Slow Boat From China
SHP144
$10.00  
Paperback, Adrian Sparham, 228 pages, 6 x 9, 9781574092172
A fine cruising narrative in which a couple decide to pull out of the rat race and spend years exploring cruising destinations off the beaten path. They learn a great deal about the world and themselves.

Damn the Torpedoes!
TWE001
$6.00  
Paperback, Catherine Dook, 180 pages, 5.5 x 7.5, 9781894898065
Warm and witty tales of live aboard life and all its misadventures, joys and challenges. For the nautically committed and those who love to laugh.

$14.95  
Paperback, Michael Varhola, 206 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9780762744923
Twenty-one riveting stories with illustrations of ships that met their end in the treacherous waters of the Great Lakes including British gunboat, The USS Niagara, Civil War steamer Island Queen and, of course, the Edmund Fitzgerald.

$25.00  
Hardcover, Peter Vassilopoulos, 175 pages, 11.5 x 10.75, 9781894974349
A rich collection, retrospective, appreciation of the British Columbia maritime artist's most evocative work. Subjects range from historical themes from the earliest days of B. C. exploration to contemporary scenes of sailboat racing and warships.

Republic of Pirates
HBC019
$18.99  
Paperback, Colin Woodard, 383 pages, 5.25 x 8, 9780156034623
Illuminates the brief span of 1715-1725 when Blackbeard, Stede Bonnet, Anne Bonney and their compatriots wreaked havoc. Chronicles the men who brought them down and the end of The Republic of Pirates. Surprising reading.

$10.00  
Hardcover, Andrew Darby, 291 pages, 6 x 9, 9780306816291
Chronicles the evolving pursuit of whales and its significance to our humanity. For fans of well-written history and those fascinated by whales and the fierce international conflict surrounding them.

Gar Wood Boats
CHP001
$39.95  
Hardcover, Anthony Mollica Jr., 128 pages, 8.5 x 11, 9780760306079
Gar Wood boats are arguably the most coveted of all antique boats. This photo history presents Gar Wood, the man, his celebrated company and the magnificent boats themselves with special attention to the Baby Gar as well as runabouts, speedsters, and more.

$12.95  
Paperback, Lin & Larry Pardey, 319 pages, 6 x 9, 9780964603646
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....

Walking on Water
SHP346
$9.00  
Paperback, Geoff Holt, 364 pages, 5 x 8, 9781574092769
On September 5, 1984, eighteen-year-old Geoff Holt dived into an idyllic tropical sea, and his life changed forever. A broken neck cut short a promising career as a yachtsman and left him paralyzed, with his horizons reduced to an uncertain future in a wheelchair. On September 5, 2007, after a...

Hackercraft
MBI087
$10.00  
Paperback, James Barry, 128 pages, 8 x 10, 9780760336328
Hackercraft is the story of the enigmatic naval architect John Hacker and his industry endeavors. Hackercraft gives an in-depth look at the flawed genius behind the boats. Hacker is arguably the most significant and influential powerboat designer of the early half of the 20th century. Pioneering...

$9.95  
Paperback, C.T. Anthony, 95 pages, 6x9, 9780764324925
From women who fought alongside the men in dastardly high-sea robberies, to an Irish heroine who plundered British ships, this book explores some long overlooked characters in the history of piracy. Included are Madame Ching, whose fleet ruled the southern coasts of China, Ireland's Grace...

Over the Top
IPG032
$7.00  
Paperback, Adrian Flanagan, 402 pages, 5 x 8.25, 9780753826102
In 1975, when Adrian Flanagan was 15, he read Sir Francis Chichester's account of his record-breaking circumnavigation, and a dream began to form. Thirty years later, on October 28, 2005, Adrian set sail from the south coast of England on his quest to voyage vertically around the earth by the...

$18.99  
Paperback, Peter Sasgen, 297 pages, 8.25x8.5, 9780312605537
The thrilling untold story of Cold War submarine espionage and an inside look at the U.S. Navy’s “Silent Service” Stalking the Red Bear —for the first time ever—describes the action principally from the perspective of a commanding officer of a  Sturgeon...

$21.99  
Paperback, William S. Hanable, 128 pages, 6.5 x 95, 9780738559711
Washington's storm-ridden outer coast stretches from Cape Disappointment, at the mouth of the Columbia River, to Cape Flattery, at the entrance to the Strait of Juan de Fuca, a distance of about 150 miles. Historians have labeled these waters "the Graveyard of the Pacific" and "the Unforgiving...

$5.99  
Laminated Chart, 11 x 17
This attractive, water proof nautical placemat covers an overview of the San Juan Islands (including Victoria, Deception Pass, Swinomish Channel, Anacortes, & Bellingham) on the front side, and shows a detailed chart of northern San Juan Island (Friday Harbor to Henry Island and Roche...

$19.95  
Paperback, Doug DuCap & Linda Beaulieu, 244 pages, 8.5 x 8, 9781599219165
Seafood can be intimidating to today's consumer. A well-stocked fish market might carry dozens of species--resulting in confusion. That's one reason most people buy fish in supermarkets. "Knack Fish & Seafood" "Cookbook" provides step-by-step recipes, helpful photographs, and practical...

$9.95  
Paperback, Anthony Dalton, 124 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9781926613314
On January 22, 1906, the passenger ship Valencia lost her way in heavy fog and rain and rammed into the deadly rocks at Pachena Point on the west coast of Vancouver Island. As the wreck was shattered by the pounding waves, the survivors clung desperately to the rigging. Few made it the short...

$7.00  
Paperback, Tom Perkins, 284 pages, 6 x 9, 9780060859770
A legendary venture capitalist pens a charming, slyly wicked tale of love among the fabulously rich and the sexy young women who aspire to marry them.

Pirate Devlin
LBC027
$10.00  
Hardcover, Mark Keating, 342 pages, 6 x 95, 9780446563901
As the great powers of Europe fight over the spoils of slavery, corruption and greed, the golden age of piracy is born. Sold by his father as a child for four guineas, captain's servant Patrick Devlin knows how cheap a man's life can be. But his instinct for survival is strong, and when his...

$21.95  
Paperback, Geoffrey Budworth, 157 pages, 7.5 x 10.25, 9781558217911
A handy guidebook that includes eighty ornamental and useful knots with easy-to-follow; with step-by-step illustrations.

$24.95  
Paperback, Capt. Charles Johnson, 352 pages, 7.5 x 95, 9781599219059
Originally published in 1724, this is an account of the lives and exploits of some of the most notorious pirates of the day, including Mary Read, Anne Bonny, Blackbeard and Captain Kidd.

Nights of Ice
SMP043
$18.99  
Paperback, Spike Walker, 206 pages, 5.5 x 8.25, 9780312199937
Hair-raising accounts of survival by the author of "Working on the Edge". "Grab-you-by-the-throat, rip-snorting tales of disaster on furious high seas". --"Kirkus Reviews".

$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,...

$24.95  
Paperback, Rick James, 128 pages, 0.3 x 8.3 x 10.5, 9781550175455
In this special edition of Raincoast Chronicles, maritime historian Rick James takes the reader on an authoritative and well-illustrated tour of the most fascinating of BC's shipwrecks. As well as reliving high-seas adventures, we learn the stories behind retired Cape Horn windjammers, solve the...

$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...

$5.00  
Paperback, Charles & Corrine Kanter, 364 pages, 6 x 9, 9780961840693
364 pages (includes 32 pages of COLOR photos) of mirth, introspection, experience, pathos and just plain lifestyle joy from two people who dared to be different and take to the sea on an '-unconventional'-sailing craft and find camaraderie, lasting friendships, and a business model that allowed...

$19.95  
Paperback, Mike Ostlund, 544 pages, 6 x 9, 9780762772827
Revised and fully updated, the stirring and authoritative account of one of World War II’s most highly decorated submarines On April 7, 1944, the battle-hardened USS Gudgeon (SS-211) slowly pulled away from tiny Johnston Island, slipping beneath the waves in one of the most treacherous...

HMS Warrior, 1860
NAV065
$30.00  
Hardcover, Andrew D. Lambert, 224 pages, 10.6 x 8.6, 9781844861286
Built to underline Victorian Britain's supremacy at sea, HMS Warrior was the world's first iron-hulled, armored warship. In 1979 she was rescued from ignominy as an oil jetty in Milford Haven to become the subject of an ambitious restoration programme, and for the last twenty years has been open...

Life at Sea Level
SWP055
$8.00  
Paperback, Steven J. Pavlidis, 259 pages, 6 x 9, 9781892399335
Life at Sea Level is the latest work of one of America s finest travel guide authors. For nearly 20 years, Stephen J Pavlidis has been writing books about the Bahamas and the Caribbean islands. He has written 14 guides covering virtually all the geography from south Florida to Trinidad and...

$24.99  
Paperback, H.S. Contino, 128 pages, 6 x 9, 9780738581576
European settlement of Coos County began with a shipwreck. The Captain Lincoln wrecked on the north spit of the Coos Bay in January 1852. The crewmen built a temporary camp out of the ship's sails and named it "Camp Cast-Away" This was the first white settlement in the area. The men eventually...

$24.99  
Paperback, David Pinyerd, 128 pages, 6.5 x 95, 9780738548876
A pictorial history of the Oregon lighthouses and life-saving stations which predated the formation of the Coast Guard. 200 rare b&w photos with extensive captions document the historic and fascinating lights of the Oregon coast.

$10.99  
paperback, Marcia K. Vaughan, 32 pages, 10 x 0.4 x 11.5, 9781582708881
Abbie's father falls ill and she is left alone to care for the lighthouse. Based on a true story. Vibrant illustrations.

First Sail
CMP286
$15.99  
Hardcover, Richard Henderson, illustrated by Jennifer Heyd Wharton, 41 pages, 11 x 8.5, 9780870334429
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...

Ashley Book of Knots
DBD001
$95.00  
Hardcover, Clifford W. Ashley, 610 pages, 8.5 x 11.25, 9780385040259
The bible of knot and rope work. Every practical and decorative knot, function and origin. 7,000 drawings describing 3,900 knots, splices and whippings. The final word on knotting and rope work the world over.

$4.99  
Paperback, Deborah Lock, 32 pages, 5.9 x 0.2 x 9, 9780744067163
New Edition! Are you ready to dive deep under the sea? Make reading your superpower with DK’s beautiful, leveled nonfiction. Use your reading superpowers to learn all about living and working deep under the surface of the ocean - a high-quality, fun, nonfiction reader - carefully...

Lighthouse Activity Book
IHP_LHA001
$12.95  
Paperback, Elinor DeWire, 75 pages, 8.5 x 11, 9780945092551
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.

How I Became a Pirate
HBC004
$19.99  
Hardcover, Melinda Long, 44 pages, 0.5 x 9 x 11.2, 9780152018481
Braid Beard's pirate crew invites Jeremy to join them and become a pirate. Buried treasure, tough pirate talk, sea shanties, bad table manners, no bedtime-who wouldn't want to be a pirate.

$9.99  
Paperback, Hildegarde H. Swift & Lynd Ward, 58 pages, 9 x 10, 9780152045739
This very important lighthouse stands tucked beneath the George Washington Bridge spanning the Hudson. Here is the story of how the little lighthouse learned that it was still very important and needed.

Tough Boris
HBC008
$7.99  
Paperback, Mem Fox, illust. by Kathryn Brown, 32 pages, 95 x 10.25, 9780152018917
Tough Boris is a mean, greedy old pirate- tough as nails like all pirates. Or is he?

$18.99  
Hardcover, Melinda Long, illust. by David Shannon, 44 pages, 9 x 11.25, 9780152053536
Swashbuckling pirates baby-sitting' How did this happen' This hilarious companion to How I Became a Pirate reveals that minding the nursery can be even more terrifying than walking the plank-especially if you're a pirate. Memorable illustrations.

Adrift
HMC022
$16.99  
Paperback, Steve Callahan, 237 pages, 5.5 x 8.25, 9780618257324
Riveting, first-hand account of the only man ever to have survived more than a month alone at sea in an inflatable raft. A genuine seafaring classic.

Paddle-to-the-Sea
HMC044
$13.99  
Paperback, Holling Clancy Holling, 64 pages, 8.75 x 11, 9780395292037
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.

A Voyage for Madmen
HRW005
$18.99  
Paperback, Peter Nichols, 298 pages, 5.25 X 8, 9780060957032
In 1968 nine sailors set off on the first solo, nonstop circumnavigators' race-possibly the most daring competition ever held. Only one finished. This is the story of each of those sailors, the challenges and hardships they faced, the obsession that drove them.

$19.99  
Paperback, Laurence Bergreen, 430 pages, 6 x 9, 9780062890481
A vivid account of Magellan's thoroughly terrifying first circumnavigation of the globe. Includes first-person accounts never before available in English. Filled with sex, violence and unprecedented adventures.

Lighthouse Cat
HRW025
$17.99  
Hardcover, Sue Stainton, 32 pages, 7.5 x 0.2 x 11, 9780060096045
The faithful lighthouse cat, Mackerel, one night helps guide a fishing boat to safety when the candles illuminating the light blow out in a freak windstorm. Charming text and superb illustrations.

I'm Mighty!
HRW071
$17.99  
Hardcover, Kate & Jim McMullan, 36 pages, 11.25 x 95, 9780060092900
Big format, engagingly illustrated look at just what mighty tugboats do around the harbor and how they do it.

$21.00  
Paperback, Frank Mastini, 155 pages, 7.25 x 95, 9780071558679
A clear and simple guide to building high quality model ships from kits. Choosing a kit, tools, planking, rigging, lots of shortcuts, tricks and pointers are all treated by this master modeler. 200 illustrations.

$24.00  
Paperback, Peter D. Jeans, 370 pages, 6 x 9, 71486569
A wonderfully entertaining miscellany of maritime myths, superstitions, fable and even fact. Presented in a relaxed style displaying a passion for the classic and sometimes obscure nautical tales of pirates, mermaids, castaways and buccaneers.

$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.

$32.00  
Hardcover, C. Dale Nouse, 224 pages, 9 x 12, 9780070482371
Log keeping pages for 105 days of cruising formatted parallel to spine for easy use. Each day gets two-page spread featuring morning maintenance checklist, record of times, courses, distances, positions.

Busy Boats
KGF002
$5.99  
Paperback, Tony Mitton & Ant Parker, 24 pages, 4 x 0.1 x 7.9, 9780753459164
Sail boats, row boats, ferry boats and speedboats: find them all and discover how they work in this fun-filled picture book. Then take a cruise on an ocean liner, crewed by our favorite animal characters, in a jolly rhyming journey. . About the Authors: Tony Mitton is a widely anthologized...

I Love Crab Cakes!
MOR008
$21.99  
Hardcover, Tom Douglas, 144 pages, 6.75 x 6.75, 9780060881962
Seattle's award-winning chef and author dishes out dozens of easy-to-prepare recipes for this seafood favorite. A wonderful, mouth-watering collection including 50 recipes, and 10 sauces. Color photos throughout.

$17.99  
Paperback, Mario Bigon & Guido Regazzoni, 251 pages, 5 x 7.5, 9780688012267
A super book. 647 color photos describe in step-by-step detail how to tie 70 of the most useful knots. Good for sailing, fishing, camping, climbing.

Take Her Deep
NAV021
$26.95  
Paperback, Admiral I. J. Galantin (Ret.), 262 pages, 6 x 9, 9781591142997
On 12 August 1943, on Midway Island, Lt. Cdr. I. J. Galantin took command of the fleet submarine USS Halibut. For the next fourteen months, Galantin and his officers and crew would play their part in the unrelenting attack on Japan's navy and merchant marine. But it was in Luzon Strait in...

Little Toot
PPG021
$8.99  
Paperback, Hardie Gramatky, 96 pages, 7 x 7.75, 9780698115767
The famous story of the little tugboat who rescues an ocean liner from the rocks and becomes a hero.

Scuffy the Tugboat
RAN002
$5.99  
Hardcover, Gertrude Crampton, 24 pages, 6.7 x 0.1 x 7.9, 9780307020468
A classic adventure in which a little tugboat gets lost and after some scary times is reunited with the man and boy to spend his time in the bathtub where he belongs.

Sailor Dog
RAN048
$5.99  
Hardcover, Margaret Wise Brown, 36 pages, 7.2 x 0.2 x 8.1, 9780307001436
One of the true classic children's seafaring tales in which Scuppers the sailor dog has adventures galore and learns lessons in self-reliance and the nature of contentment. Fine illustrations and a timeless story.

Loud Emily
SIM002
$9.99  
Paperback, Alexis O'Neill, 40 pages, 10 x 95, 9780689846694
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!

Birdie's Lighthouse
SIM017
$8.99  
Paperback, Deborah Hopkinson, 32 pages, 6 x 11.25, 9780689835292
Birdie, a young girl living on a tiny and desolate lighthouse island, watches her father tend the light and keeps the light going when her father falls ill. Based on true stories of lighthouse heroines. Dramatic illustrations.

$9.99  
Paperback, Edward L. Beach, 354 pages, 4.25 x 6.75, 9780743487993
THE WAR BENEATH THE WAVES For the World War II submariner, every day was a life-or-death trial: going to sea for months at a time; existing in dank, claustrophobic conditions; enduring long stretches of monotonous silence punctuated by adrenaline-spiked episodes of paralyzing fear and...

Stowaway
SIM060
$8.99  
Paperback, Karen Hesse, illust. by Robert Andrew Parker, 315 pages, 5 x 7.5, 9780689839894
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.

$8.99  
Paperback, Tom Lichtenheld, 40 pages, 8.5 x 11, 9780689860096
A collection of made-up facts (did you know that pirates ate school cafeteria food'), educated guesses and silly pictures about the bad guys of the high seas. Aspiring buccaneers will find this a must read.

500 Days
STP002
$17.95  
Paperback, Serge Testa, 216 pages, 5.75 x 8.25, 9780731648498
The author departed Brisbane, Australia in June 1984 in his 12 ft. self-designed and built boat to complete a circumnavigation in the smallest yacht yet. An amazing story. Photos.

$24.00  
Paperback, Milton Roth, 275 pages, 7.25 x 9, 9780830628445
Lavishly illustrated, complete sourcebook of tools, techniques and materials for the model ship builder.

$22.00  
Paperback, Donald Dressel, 135 pages, 7.25 x 9, 9780830628681
In-depth reference for tools, techniques, materials for planking wooden ships, both kit and scratch models. Illustrations, photos.

$14.99  
Hardcover, Andrea Froncillo & Jennifer Jeffrey, 118 pages, 65 x 65, 9781580088602
Crack open this handy guide to buying, preparing and, of course, eating crab. Here are soups, stews, chowders, souffl‚s, frittatas, hushpuppies, salads, risottos and more. Delicious recipes with mouthwatering color photos. What a book.

$6.99  
Paperback, Helene Seigel, 96 pages, 5 x 6, 9780890878248
A celebration of salmon recipes in miniature and it's shaped like the fish itself. These are good, proven recipes. Die cut in shape of a salmon.

Longitude
WAC005
$17.00  
Paperback, Dava Sobel, 180 pages, 4.5 x 7.5, 9780802715296
Engagingly told true story of John Harrison, the lone genius who met the greatest scientific challenge of his time by perfecting the marine chronometer and solving the problem of measuring longitude at sea, profoundly altering history. Color photos.

Halibut: The Cookbook
WHI010
$24.95  
Paperback, edited by Karen Barnaby, 176 pages, 8.25 x 9.5, 9781552858608
120 proven and delicious recipes for this increasingly popular fish. Includes grilled halibut steaks with peppercorn chive butter, Alaska halibut chowder along with traditional favorites galore. Color photos.

Salmon: The Cookbook
WHI015
$24.95  
Paperback, edited by Bill Jones, 166 pages, 8.25 x 9.5, 9781552856451
Some of the best salmon recipes ever collected now compiled in one handy volume. More than 120 recipes for both Atlantic and Pacific species, organized by meal course, ranging from simple to elaborate preparations. Color photos.

$24.95  
Paperback, edited by Karen Barnaby, 224 pages, 8.25 x 9.5, 9781552859254
Oysters, clams, mussels, scallops, prawns, crabs, lobsters, shrimp and prawns all have starring roles in this diverse cross-section of delicious recipes culled from a host of global cuisines. Easy instructions.

Six Frigates
WWN014
$18.95  
Paperback, Ian Toll, 560 pages, 6 x 95, 9780393330328
The epic history if the founding of the American Navy and how a handful of bastards and outlaws fighting under a piece of striped bunting humbled the omnipotent Royal Navy. From the decision to build six heavy frigates through the war of 1812.

$6.99  
Board, Hardie Gramatky, 12 pages, 8 x 0.4 x 6.8, 9780448405858
First published in 1939, this classic story of the energetic tugboat, available in board book format.

$14.99  
Paperback, Therese LaniganSchmidt, 159 pages, 6x9, 9780764311147
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,...

$19.95  
Paperback, Elinor DeWire, 292 pages, 8.8 x 5.5, 9780939837861
This guidebook, now in a second, expanded edition, is a roundup of the existing lighthouses along the Pacific Coast of the United States lighthouses in California, Oregon, and Washington. . Most West Coast sentinels still exhibit a beacon each night, while a few serve only as daymarks. Many are...

Fishes & Dishes
EPP002
$19.95  
Paperback, Kiyo Marsh, Tomi Marsh, and Laura Cooper, 143 pages, 8.5x8.8, 9781935347071
The women featured in this book successfully challenged one of the last frontiers of male domination - the commercial fishing grounds of Alaska. A generation ago, they might have been celebrated as pioneers. In today's world they were simply living their dreams. They worked every job, from...

Sea Wolf
DBD002
$4.95  
Paperback, Jack London, 278 pages, 4.25 x 5, 9780553212259
Uniquely packaged to appeal to the young reader with bright, colorful cover art and great cover copy, here is the Tor Classics edition of Jack London's Sea Wolf. A shipwrecked gentleman scholar is "rescued" by a brutal crew and their murderous captain. Unabridged.

$14.95  
Paperback, Lenore Skomal, 148 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9780762758807
This is the absorbing, painstakingly researched story of Ida Lewis, born in Newport, Rhode Island in 1842, and the fearless rescues she made at Lime Rock Lighthouse. Her father, Captain Hosea Lewis, became the first keeper of Lime Rock Lighthouse in 1853. But after he was disabled by stroke,...

Haunted Lighthouses
GPT081
$14.95  
Paperback, Ray Jones, 242 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9780762756605
Lighthouses and ghosts are two popular passions. Melded together by master storyteller and lighthouse expert Ray Jones, these tales of spirited lights are guaranteed to grab the attention of all readers. As an added bonus, practical information is given for those who wish to visit the featured...

So Others May Live
LYB067
$16.95  
Paperback, Martha LaGuardiaKotite, 260 pages, 6 x 9, 9781599211596
Dramatic, compelling, downright unbelievable accounts of the Coast Guard's often unsung heroes.

$29.95  
Paperback, L. Francis Herreshoff, 349 pages, 6 x 9, 9781574092875
A much anticipated reissue, in larger format, of the biography of Nathanael G. Herreshoff, who was the greatest yacht and marine designer and builder this country has ever produced. Many of the closely guarded secrets of Captain Nat, the great master, are revealed in these pages. Fully...

Coming Back Alive
SMP035
$20.99  
Paperback, Spike Walker, 267 pages, 6 x 95, 9780312302566
This spellbinding work chronicles a desperate sea rescue off the coast of Alaska and an electrifying look at the U. S. Coast Guard Search and Rescue crews. Map.

Rescue Warriors
SMP059
$21.99  
Paperback, David Helvarg, 356 pages, 5.5 x 8.25, 9780312628147
The Extraordinary Story Of The U. S. Coast Guard Since its inception more than 200 years ago, the United States Coast Guard has rescued over 1. 1 million people. Yet, despite having more than fifty thousand active and reserve members, most of us know very little about this often neglected but...

Deadliest Sea
HRW093
$17.99  
Paperback, Kalee Thompson, 336 pages, 8 x 5.3 x 0.8, 9780061766305
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...

$29.95  
Hardcover, Terry Breverton, 384 pages, 1.2 x 5 x 8, 9781599219790
Breverton's Nautical Curiosities is about ships, people and the sea. However, unlike many other nautical compendiums, this lavishly illustrated book focuses on the unusual, the overlooked, or the downright extraordinary. . Thus, someone most of us do not know, Admiral William Brown, is given...

$18.95  
Paperback, LaDonna Gunderson, 136 pages, 8.75x7.5, 9781578335237
Salmon, Desserts & Friends is a fantastic collection of scrumptious recipes, fishing stories and dozens of captivating colorful images depicting the magic of Alaska's commercial fishing lifestyle. I share many of the delicious galley-tested salmon and dessert recipes I've learned to make...

$19.99  
Paperback, Spike Walker, 304 pages, 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.9, 9780312604592
Walker mines familiar territory here with this detailed look into the grounding of a freighter on the Aleutian Islands in 2004. Through multiple interviews with the Coast Guard personnel involved, he provides a minute-by-minute account of the rescue mission that was compounded when a USCG...

$16.00  
Paperback, LARRY COLTON, 416 pages, 9780307888457
On April 23, 1943, the seventy-man crew of the USS Grenadier scrambled to save their submarine—and themselves—after a Japanese aerial torpedo sent it crashing to the ocean floor. Miraculously, the men were able to bring the sub back to the surface, only to be captured by the...

$21.99  
Flex, Des Pawson, 400 pages, 8.5 x 5.3 x 1.1, 9780744028478
With step-by-step color photographs, the highly visual Knots: The Complete Visual Guide is a clear, comprehensive, and practical guide to tying more than 100 knots. From choosing, using, and maintaining ropes, to learning about the different families of knots - from stopper knots; binding knots;...

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...

$19.95  
Paperback, Elinor DeWire, 292 pages, 8.8 x 5.5, 9781937196912
The immense Pacific Ocean, rife with islands and rimmed by huge continents, has been a liquid highway for trade and travel for centuries. Its peaceful name masks a fickle character though-serene and idyllic at times but also turbulent and merciless. . Marking the shores of this largest ocean...

$8.95  
Playing Cards, Adventure Medical Kits, 9781594856624
* Survival tips packaged in a playful, functional, water-resistant card deck * Practical information drawn from Marine Medicine: A Comprehensive Guide, a Mountaineers Books bestseller* Proven gift market bestsellerWhen heading into the outdoors, you choose multipurpose gear whenever possible --...

$10.00  
DVD
Featuring three programs. Pacific Firepower: 25 days of hell to take Saipan. Guam took 17 days of straight air attacks and bombing, paving the way for our massive anphib landings. The Battle Of Rabaul: Having taken Guadalcanal and Papua, New Guinea we planned a major encirclement of New Britain....

$10.00  
DVD
Featuring 81 classes of fighting ships and warbirds of the fleet in motion picture profile. From carriers such as Nimitz, Eisenhower, Enterprise, Kitty Hawk to missile cruisers and aerial fleet weapons including A7 Corsair, Hawkeye, A6 Intruder, F14 Tomcat and much more.

$48.00  
Hardcover, Lennarth Petersson, 9781557509703
The rigging of period ship models is arguably the most complex and daunting task for the modeler. An eighteenth-century man-of-war boasted mile upon mile of rigging, over 1,000 blocks, and acres of canvas. To reduce the rigging in scale and yet retain an accurate representation is a formidable...

Gubby Builds a Boat
HPC136
$19.95  
Hardcover, Gary Kent, 32 pages, 9 x 0.2 x 12, 9781550175912
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...

$50.00  
Paperback, Carolyn Shearlock, Jan Irons, 9780071782364
No matter what anyone tells you, boat cooking IS different from cooking ashore. The space is smaller, there's no grocery store 5 minutes away, you have fewer prepared foods and electric appliances, and food storage is much different. . Despite cruising different oceans, we-Jan and Carolyn--both...

$44.95  
Hardcover, Gavin Brown, 9781908271822
This 11th edition of the legendary round the world race is arguably the most visually dazzling yacht race ever. Seldom has photography documented the quest to master the oceans or the ingredients of world-class sporting endeavour better or more vividly than in this Volvo Ocean Race. . From...

$44.95  
Hardcover, Barry Pickthall, 9781908271099
Sailing Legends recounts the stories and heroes of the longest running ocean race. Begun in 1973 as the Whitbread Round the World Race, its evolution into the fully professional Volvo Ocean Race of today is a fascinating story littered with colourful characters and anecdotes and filled with...

$17.00  
Paperback, Ernest Hemingway, 9780743219181
From childhood on, Ernest Hemingway was a passionate fisherman. He fished the lakes and creeks near the family's summer home at Walloon Lake, Michigan, and his first stories and reportages were often about his favorite sport. Here, collected for the first time in one volume, are all of his great...

$19.95  
Paperback, Nick Gibbs, 256 pages, 8 x 6, 9781770850132
A practical and inspiring A-Z guide to the world's most popular woods. . Many of the world's most beautiful and useful woods are in serious decline due to over-harvesting and environmental degradation. This updated edition of The Real Wood Bible gives the current sustainability status of these...

$10.00  
Paperback, Tom Lochhaas, 9780071803311
True stories of contemporary sailing disasters that will keep you alert and careful when you are on the water. . Suddenly Overboard tells stories about sailors who experienced catastrophes when least expecting them and who were rescued, or who died, or who lived to tell the tale simply by good...

$24.99  
Paperback, Jess Thomson, 9781612120287
These 150 delectable recipes celebrate the unique flavors of the Evergreen State, from Pacific salmon and Dungeness crab to wild mushrooms, cherries, apples, saffron, and much more. Try Grilled Spot Prawns with Curried Caramel Dipping Sauce, Fall Sausage Minestrone with Mushrooms and Squash,...

$17.00  
Paperback, Peter Sasgen, 9780451234858
By 1945, the U.S. Navy's submarine force in the Pacific had sunk over a thousand enemy cargo ships and tankers supplying the food, weapons, and oil Japan needed to continue to fight. Yet this once mighty merchant fleet continued to thrive in the Sea of Japan, where, protected from American...

$15.95  
Paperback, Theresa Levitt, 9780393350890
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...

$18.99  
Paperback, Rowan Jacobsen, 9781596915480
"A wide-ranging, thorough, breezily written guide to oysters as cuisine" (Boston Globe), A Geography of Oysters is the complete guide to understanding, serving, and savoring one of North America's most delicious foods-an Amazon Best of the Year 2007 selection. . In this passionate, playful, and...

Sailing Fascination
SPC023
$20.00  
Hardcover, Heinrich Hecht, 9780764342684
America's Cup races, regattas around the world, and Olympic sailing competitions are the classic yachting events where the most picturesque sailing takes place. This broad spectrum of yachting fascinates versatile professional photographer Heinrich Hecht. Over twenty years (1984 to 2008) of...

$9.95  
Map, Bella Stander, 4 x 9, 24 x 36 unfolded, 9781888216448
An authoritative map and directory to every standing lighthouse in the 50 United States. Each lighthouse is located and named on one of 14 regional maps or a US locator. The directory lists all 770 standing lighthouses by state. Listings for each lighthouse include year of first lighting, year...

$7.95  
Map, Bella Stander, 4 x 9, 24 x 36 unfolded, 9781888216363
The illustrated map and guide to all the lighthouses of Oregon, Washington & Alaska. Newly revised and updated. . Features:- All standing & "lost" lighthouses located on a detailed coastal map. - History & description of each standing lighthouse. - Directions to each light or the...

$12.95  
Paperback, Chris Lubkemann, 104 pages, 9 x 6, 9781565237728
Relax the old fashioned wayWhether on your front porch-or in the back woods-the Little Book of Whittling will help you learn to how to create fun and useful objects with nothing more than a pocket knife and a twig. Author Chris Lubkemann will help you "whittle away the hours" with clear guidance...

Lighthouse Ghosts
ING018
$14.95  
Paperback, Norma Elizabeth & Bruce Roberts, 9781561645916
A new edition with updated information. Thirteen tales of ghost haunting American lighthouses. Includes photographs of each lighthouse by Bruce Roberts. The lighthouses included are: Old Presque Isle Lighthouse on Lake Huron, Michigan Plymouth Lighthouse, Massachusetts Heceta Head Lighthouse,...

$13.99  
Hardcover, Tyler Benson, 10 x 10, 9780615627373
One windy, November day, a cry for help comes into the Coast Guard Station in St. Ignace, Michigan. A plane has crashed on Mackinac Island and it's up to The Guardians of the Straits to answer the call. The Coasties quickly rush to their motor lifeboat, along with their newest and most fearless...
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