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The Boater's Cookbook: 450 Quick & Easy Galley-Tested Recipes
The Boater's Cookbook: 450 Quick & Easy Galley-Tested Recipes
SKY138
$29.99  
Paperback, Sylvia Williams Dabney, 432 pages, 7.5 x 9.5, 9781944824280
Eat well at every meal and enjoy the voyage. Cooking on a small boat―sail or power―requires special attention few new boaters understand. Sylvia Williams Dabney is a longtime live-aboard sailor with more than sixty thousand offshore miles who understands the necessity of a well-stored pantry...
How to Be a Pirate
How to Be a Pirate
MPS239
$17.99  
hardcover, Isaac Fitzgerald, 40 pages, 10.2x10.4, 9781681197784
" A beautiful, generous, fun collaboration of story and illustration and pirate tattoos. Seriously wise pirate advice for everyone." - Jon Scieszka, National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature CeCe dreams of being a pirate. When the neighborhood boys tell her that she can't, she...
Never Say P*g: The Book of Sailors’ Superstitions
Never Say P*g: The Book of Sailors’ Superstitions
HPC166
$18.95  
Hardcover, R. Bruce Macdonald, 176 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9781550179798
The nautical reference book you never knew you needed: a compendium of all superstitions maritime and marine. Learn your A-B-Seas of sailors’ guiding magic and mythos―and why you should never stir your tea with a knife, lest you invite trouble and strife. Ever wondered why the skipper gave...
Northern Lights Playing Cards
Northern Lights Playing Cards
PER110
$5.95  
Cards, Tom Anderson, 0.8 x 2.8 x 3.8, 9781591934691
The northern lights are nature's spectacular light show. This gorgeous deck features some of the most beautiful photographs of the aurora borealis ever captured. Anyone who appreciates nature will love having these playing cards for their favorite games.
The Outlaw Ocean
The Outlaw Ocean
PGN345
$21.00  
Paperback, Ian Urbina, 576 pages, 5 x 8, 9781101972373
A riveting, adrenaline-fueled tour of a vast, lawless, and rampantly criminal world that few have ever seen: the high seas. There are few remaining frontiers on our planet. But perhaps the wildest, and least understood, are the world's oceans: too big to police, and under no clear...
Courage Like Kate: The True Story of a Girl Lighthouse Keeper
Courage Like Kate: The True Story of a Girl Lighthouse Keeper
RAN652
$17.99  
Hardcover, Anna Crowley Redding, 40 pages, 9 x 12, 9780593373408
An inspiring and beautifully illustrated picture book biography based on the life of Kate Moore, a twelve-year-old lighthouse keeper in the 19th century who saved the lives of twenty-three sailors. With an evocative text and stunning illustrations, travel back to the stormy, rocky shores of...
How I Became a Pirate
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.
Raincoast Chronicles 21: West Coast Wrecks and Other Maritime Tales
Raincoast Chronicles 21: West Coast Wrecks and Other Maritime Tales
HPC133
$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...
Care and Feeding of Sailing Crew 4th Ed.
Care and Feeding of Sailing Crew 4th Ed.
PDB017
$24.95  
Paperback, Lin Pardey with Larry Pardey, 9781929214341
Lin Pardey’s ever popular book, The Care and Feeding of Sailing Crew has now been updated. Despite the title, this is hardly a cookbook; rather it s a primer on successful cruising. Certainly, anyone contemplating, or preparing for, off shore passages would want to read and then keep this...
Light Years: Memoir of a Modern Lighthouse Keeper
Light Years: Memoir of a Modern Lighthouse Keeper
HPC155
$29.95  
Hardcover, Caroline Woodward, 232 pages, 6 x 9, 9781550177275
In 2007, Caroline Woodward was itching for a change. With an established career in book-selling and promotion, four books of her own and having raised a son with her husband, Jeff, she yearned for adventure and to re-ignite her passion for writing. Jeff was tired of piecing together low-paying...
Placemat of Canadian Gulf Islands
Placemat of Canadian Gulf Islands
EVE046
$5.99  
Laminated Chart, 11 x 17
This attractive, water proof nautical placemat features an overview of the Gulf Islands East to Bellingham, Blaine, Point Roberts & Burrard Inlet on the front side, and shows detailed harbor charts of Belllingham, Roche Harbor and Semiahmoo Bay on the reverse....
The Death of the USS Thresher: The Story Behind History's Deadliest Submarine Disaster
The Death of the USS Thresher: The Story Behind History's Deadliest Submarine Disaster
NBN035
$16.95  
Paperback, 9781493027538, 224 pages, 6 x 9, 9781493027538
On the morning of April 10, 1963, the world's most advanced submarine was on a test dive off the New England coast when she sent a message to a support ship a thousand feet above her on the surface:  experiencing minor problem . . . have positive angle . . . attempting to blow . . . ...
Moby Dick
Moby Dick
IPS162
$25.00  
Hardcover, Herman Melville, 656 pages, 5 x 7.5, 9781912714698
Chiltern creates the most beautiful editions of the World’s finest literature.  Your favorite classic titles in a way you have never seen them before: the tactile layers, fine details and beautiful colors of these remarkable covers make these books feel extra special and look striking on any...
Good Night Boats
Good Night Boats
PER148
$9.95  
Board, Adam Gamble & Mark Jasper, 20 pages, 6 x 0.5 x 5.8, 9781602195004
Ahoy there, landlubbers! Host the sails, we’re off to sea. Young readers find their sea legs as they journey across the ocean blue aboard their favorite floating vessels. From giant cruise ships and submarines to speedy lake boats, little mariners will feel the wind in their hair and taste the...
Scratch & Sketch Pirates
Scratch & Sketch Pirates
PPP053
$14.99  
Hardcover Spiral, Peter Pauper Press, 64 pages, 6.5 x 8.5, 9781441334039
Wire-o bound hardcover 6-3/8 wide x 8-1/2 high (16.2 cm wide x 21.6 cm high) 64 pages (20 scratch-off, 20 illustrated, 20 sketch pages) Shrink-wrapped with a wooden stylus. White outlines on black scratch-off pages create a fun way for younger children (ages 5 and up) to trace illustrations,...
Ship Spotter's Guide
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...
Fortune's A River: The Collision of Empires in Northwest America
Fortune's A River: The Collision of Empires in Northwest America
HPC171
$28.95  
Paperback, Barry Gough, 416 pages, 6 x 9, 9781550174595
Winner of the John Lyman Book Award for best Canadian naval and maritime history Finalist for the Nereus Writers' Trust Non-fiction Award Finalist for the Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize, BC Book Prize Longlisted for the 2007 Victoria Butler Book Prize Honourable Mention for the Canadian...
Bigfoot 2024 Calendar 2024 Bigfoot Calendar - Info 2024 Bigfoot Calendar - January Info
Bigfoot 2024 Calendar
IHP_SDC24
$15.95  
Wall Calendar, 11 x 8.5", 745808178864
The official, fully illustrated BIGFOOT 2024 calendar is here! Learn about what Bigfoot does for fun, what he eats, and more! Full color, detailed illustrations for each month of 2024 After looking around for a quality Bigfoot calendar and having no luck, we decided to make...
Submarines and Submersibles
Submarines and Submersibles
DKP138
$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...
Over the Edge of the World
Over the Edge of the World
HRW154
$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.
Torpedo Junction: U-Boat War off America's East Coast, 1942
Torpedo Junction: U-Boat War off America's East Coast, 1942
NAV437
$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...
500 Days
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.
Rescue Warriors
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...
Tugboat Bill and the River Rescue
Tugboat Bill and the River Rescue
HRW138
$17.99  
Hardcover, Calista Brill, 40 pages, 10 x 0.2 x 10, 9780062366184
Fans of  Little Tug  and  Chugga-Chugga Choo-Choo  will love this lyrical, heartwarming story by Calista Brill, brought to life by Tad Carpenter’s bright and lively illustrations. Perfect for readers who can’t get enough of things that GO! Bill is a tugboat. Mabel is a barge. Together they go...
Tall Ships on Puget Sound (Images of America)
Tall Ships on Puget Sound (Images of America)
ARC017
$24.99  
Paperback, Chuck Fowler, 128 pages, 6.5 x 0.3 x 9 inches, 9780738548142
This engaging pictorial history tells of the tall sailing ships that came to the Pacific Northwest beginning in the mid-1700s. Met by native Salish people, the ships brought Spanish, British, Russian, and American explorers, as well as settlers and entrepreneurs, to the region. Over the next two...
The Adventures of Onyx and The Race to Mackinac
The Adventures of Onyx and The Race to Mackinac
ENS009
$14.99  
Hardcover, Tyler Benson, 32 pages, 10 x 10, 9780989284615
The Chicago to Mackinac Island sailboat race has entered the final mile of their 333 mile journey, but they're in trouble.  An overnight weather shift is causing high gusts and huge waves.  More than 350 sailboats are trying to make it to the finish line in the Round Island Passage.  The Coast...
Silent Service: Submarine Warfare from World War II to the Present?An Illustrated and Oral History
Silent Service: Submarine Warfare from World War II to the Present?An Illustrated and Oral History
SKY145
$29.99  
Paperback, Philip Kaplan, 240 pages, 8 x 10.5, 9781634505536
See the secret and dangerous world of submarine life and warfare like never before. From the ingenious but impractical designs of seventeenth-century inventors through the nuclear-powered submarines of today, this heavily illustrated volume traces the history of the silent force and the elite...
Bold Sea Stories: 21 Inspiring Adventures
Bold Sea Stories: 21 Inspiring Adventures
IPG090
$16.99  
paperback, Marlin Bree, 240 pages, 6x9, 9781892147356
Who doesn't love a good sea story? Award-winning newspaperman Marlin Bree crafts his true tales about the legends and the lore of the world's wickedest waters, from the North Atlantic to the South Pacific, as well as upon (and in the dark depths) of the world's biggest inland ocean, Lake...
Old Wood Boat
Old Wood Boat
RAN649
$18.99  
Hardcover, Nikki McClure, 48 pages, 11 x 8.5, 9781536216585
Raise the sails and follow the wind across the green sea in this captivating marriage of lyrical prose and intricate illustrations from a renowned West Coast artist. Old wood boat remembers the wind. Dilapidated and parted from the sea, she remembers and waits as her mast cracks and...
The Science and Spirit of Seaweed: Discovering Food, Medicine and Purpose in the Kelp Forests of the Pacific Northwest
The Science and Spirit of Seaweed: Discovering Food, Medicine and Purpose in the Kelp Forests of the Pacific Northwest
IPS216
$24.95  
Hardcover, Amanda Swinimer, 256 pages, 8 x 10, 9781550179613
Sustainable Pacific Northwest-based seaweed harvester Amanda Swinimer describes the ecology, culinary uses, evidence-based health benefits and climate change-resisting potential of seaweed and shares highlights from her remarkable life beneath the waves. Related to the most ancient living...
Sail The World With Me
Sail The World With Me
JCS023
$49.95  
Flexi, Jimmy Cornell, 395 pages, 9.5 x 8, 9781916091054
Sail The World With Me   deals with all essential aspects of offshore voyaging and long distance cruising. Every subject is dealt with in an informative and entertaining manner, backed up by telling incidents or anecdotes from the author’s wide-ranging experience. While primarily aimed at...
Ship Model Building
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.
Submarine! The Classic Account of Undersea Combat in World War II
Submarine! The Classic Account of Undersea Combat in World War II
SIM026
$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...
Seraffyn's European Adventure
Seraffyn's European Adventure
PDB007
$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....
Gubby Builds a Boat
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...
Mouth of the Columbia River Placemat
Mouth of the Columbia River Placemat
ASP004
$7.50  
Laminated Chart, 11 x 17
Journeys Through the Inside Passage: Seafaring Adventures Along the Coast of British Columbia and Alaska
Journeys Through the Inside Passage: Seafaring Adventures Along the Coast of British Columbia and Alaska
IPS014
$14.95  
Paperback, Joe Upton, 192 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9780882407401
Writer and fisherman Joe Upton recounts the riveting stories of explorers of the past and seafarers of the present in JOURNEYS THROUGH THE INSIDE PASSAGE. His chronicle offers events vivid in their telling: the journey of widow  Muriel Blanchet, who solo navigated a small vessel in the...
Lighthouse Encyclopedia: The Definitive Reference
Lighthouse Encyclopedia: The Definitive Reference
GPT254
$29.95  
Hardcover, Ray Jones, 296 pages, 8.5 x 11, 9781493029822
A wealth of facts and history fill this beautifully designed armchair and reference book. This single volume, packed with full-color and vintage photos, contains everything a lighthouse lover or maritime historian wants to know about lighthouse history, changing technologies, lighthouse keepers,...
STUDIO SERIES COLORED PENCIL SET (SET OF 30)
STUDIO SERIES COLORED PENCIL SET (SET OF 30)
PPP018
$14.99  
Pencils, 11.75" x 10.5" x 0.5, 9781441314512
Create luminous drawings with this deluxe  Studio Series Colored Pencil Set ! Premium colored pencils have soft-core leads for superb color laydown and smooth and easy shading and blending. Let these premium pigments bring your drawings to life. This comprehensive colored pencil set contains:...
Ghost Ship: The Mysterious True Story of the Mary Celeste and Her Missing Crew
Ghost Ship: The Mysterious True Story of the Mary Celeste and Her Missing Crew
RAN080
$18.00  
Paperback, Brian Hicks, 304 pages, 5.25 X 8, 9780345466655
On December 4th, 1872, a 100-foot brigantine was discovered drifting through the North Atlantic without a soul on board. Not a sign of struggle, not a shred of damage, no ransacked cargo—and not a trace of the captain, his wife and daughter, or the crew. What happened on board the ghost ship...
How to be a Pirate
How to be a Pirate
RAN382
$5.99  
Hardcover, Sue Fliess, 24 pages, 6.8 x 0.2 x 7.9, 9780449813096
Ahoy, landlubber! Come with me. Board me ship upon the sea! Not a pirate? Don't know how?  Ye can learn to be one now! Little landlubbers get to earn their sea legs on a pirate ship amidst the goofiest pirates ever. There's lingo to learn ( Gangway! Blimey! Yo-ho-ho! ), a pirate look...
Gar Wood Boats
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.
A Voyage for Madmen
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.
Hand Tools
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.
Voyaging With Kids - A Guide to Family Life Afloat
Voyaging With Kids - A Guide to Family Life Afloat
PDB019
$34.95  
Paperback, Behan Gifford, Sara Dawn Johnson, Michael Robertson, 320 pages, 6 x 9, 9781929214334
“A treasure-trove of useful, well-organized information on sea-going parenting.” —Gary “Cap’n Fatty” Goodlander, Author of Buy, Outfit and Sail     Choosing a boat that is right for your family; handling the naysayers; keeping your children safe, healthy and entertained...
Ripley Twists: Pirates Ripley Twists: Pirates
Ripley Twists: Pirates
SIM213
$12.95  
Hardcover, 48 pages, 8.5 x 0.4 x 11, 9781609911393
Ripley’s Twists: Pirates is the new 2015 title in Ripley's Believe It or Not's® popular reference series for young readers. Complete with compelling illustrations and all-new content, the book’s historical approach to the subject is augmented with tales from today’s...
Pirates: Predators of the Seas
Pirates: Predators of the Seas
SKY115
$17.99  
Paperback, Angus Konstam & Roger Michael Kean, 248 pages, 8.3 x 0.7 x 9.4, 9781510702851
Authors Angus Konstam and Roger Michael Kean reveal the truth behind our myths, fairy tales, and Hollywood-inspired images. The reality is, unbelievably, even more intriguing than the flashing swords, talking parrots, and mysterious eye patches portrayed in the movies. In this lavishly...
The Long-lost Secret Diary of the World's Worst Pirate
The Long-lost Secret Diary of the World's Worst Pirate
NOR011
$9.99  
Paperback, Tim Collins, 216 pages, 5 x 8, 9781631631412
Meet Thomas--a young man sailing with his parents aboard a merchant ship in the 18th century and prone to daydreaming about living an exciting life as a pirate on the high seas. When a pirate crew led by Captain Bartholomew Morgan takes over the ship, Thomas stows away and is accepted into their...
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,...
Busy Boats BOARD
Busy Boats BOARD
MPS200
$6.99  
Board, Tony Mitton & Ant Parker, 20 pages, 6 x 6, 9780753474167
Ahoy! Come aboard to learn all about boats!  Busy Boats  follows the animal crew as they become sailors heading out to the ocean. Each page is filled with details that machine-mad kids will love: anchors, masts, motorboats, ferries, and much more! From airplanes to fire engines, the...
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