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As Long as It's Fun: The Epic Voyages and Extraordinary Times of Lin and Larry Pardey
As Long as It's Fun: The Epic Voyages and Extraordinary Times of Lin and Larry Pardey - Book
PDB014
In As Long as It’s Fun, the biography of Lin and Larry Pardey, Herb McCormick recounts their remarkable sailing career—from their early days in Southern Cal. to their two circumnavigations to their current life in a quiet cove in New Zealand. Through interviews with their families, friends, and critics, McCormick delves deeply into the couple’s often-controversial opinions, sometimes-tenuous marriage, and amazing list of accomplishments. As Long as It’s Fun is as much a love story as it is a sea yarn, and, like all such stories, it’s not without complications . . . which makes it not only a sailing tale but also a human one....
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Book Type: Paperback
Author: Herb McCormick
ISBN: 9781929214983
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Taleisin's Tales: Sailing towards the Southern Cross
Taleisin's Tales: Sailing towards the Southern Cross - Book
PDB021
    Including stories from paradise and hard-won lessons in seamanship,  Taleisin’s Tales  reflects back to the first miles Lin and Larry Pardey gained together on their second boat – one they built lovingly with teak carvel planking over sawn black locust frames. The book begins with the boat launch and the transition from their cherished  Seraffyn , and includes details from outfitting, provisioning and final detailing during the early months Lin and Larry spent getting to know their new bluewater cruiser, as well as moments of melancholy as they let go of attachments to their first trusty boat that took them around the world. The...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Lin and Larry Pardey
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Cruising In Seraffyn: Tribute Edition - Book
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...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Lin & Larry Pardey
ISBN: 9781929214150
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Seraffyn's Mediterranean Adventure 30th Anniversary Edition
Seraffyn's Mediterranean Adventure 30th Anniversary Edition - Book
PDB015
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 sail, eastward from the rocky monolith of Gibraltar to the imposing stone ramparts of Malta. Along the way they share stories of the kaleidoscope of people who filled their days, from the naval officers who joined them for day races to the officials who helped turn them into smugglers (not drugs but a boat full of yeast, flour and vegetables and...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 9 x 6
Author: Lin and Larry Pardey
ISBN: 9781929214167
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Letters from the Sea - Book
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
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.8 x 5.8
Author: Deborah Shapiro
ISBN: 9780939837038
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Wildly Inside: A Visual Journey Through the Inside Passage - Book
SMC001
"Wildly Inside" transports you through the Inside Passage of British Columbia and Southeast Alaska--a visual journey where you'll smell the muskiness of a whale's breath, hear the thunderous waves of a wide-awake ocean, feel the reverberations of the big ships passing by, and be totally awestruck by the magic of it all. Travel through the Salish Sea, the Great Bear Rainforest, and coastal Southeast Alaska via imagery created largely at the pace of a kayak. Witness the beauty of this remarkable seascape while learning about the creatures who make their homes here. This photo book makes a lovely companion to the author's award-winning...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8 x 8
Author: Susan Marie Conrad
ISBN: 9780578501352
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Bull Canyon: A Boat builder, a Writer and other Wildlife - Paperback Book - Paracay
Bull Canyon: A Boat builder, a Writer and other Wildlife - Paperback Book
PDB025
Lin Pardey and her husband Larry are internationally famous for their sailing adventures. But in 1980 -- fresh from an eleven years-long sailing journey, where they forged the early years of their marriage on high seas and in exotic locales -- they came to CA looking for a good spot to build a boat, test Lin's skills as a writer and taste the apparent security life ashore could offer. Nestled in a rocky outcropping of winding, sparsely populated dirt roads, 60 miles from the sea and 50 miles from Los Angeles, Bull Canyon would seem an unlikely place for boat-building. But when Lin and Larry set eyes on the abandoned stone cottage at...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Lin Pardey
ISBN: 9781929214327
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Child of the Sea
Child of the Sea - Book
JCS002
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 days away in deserted anchorages; visiting some of the most beautiful islands in the world; falling in love with the sea in all its ever-changing moods, from balmy trade wind ocean passages to the treacherous breakers that crash onto tropical reefs. And yet,  Child of the Sea  is much more than this. The book tells the story of a girl’s...
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Author: Doina Cornell
ISBN: 9780955639692
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Occupation Circumnavigator
Occupation Circumnavigator - Book
ACB104
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, but by judiciously using his funds, and topping them up by taking charter guests on cruises, he sailed around the world for ten years. Woven into the book is advice on costs, distances, timing, power needs, food and medication – in other words, the practicalities that everyone who sails needs to know about.
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9.5
Author: Lars Hassler
ISBN: 9781408112014
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The Long Way - Book
SHP617
The Long Way is Bernard Moitessier's own incredible story of his participation in the first Golden Globe Race, a solo, non-stop circumnavigation rounding the three great Capes of Good Hope, Leeuwin, and the Horn. For seven months, the veteran seafarer battled storms, doldrums, gear-failures, knock-downs, as well as overwhelming fatigue and loneliness. Then, nearing the finish, Moitessier pulled out of the race and sailed on for another three months before ending his 37,455-mile journey in Tahiti. Not once had he touched land.
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Bernard Moitessier
ISBN: 9781493042784
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Seraffyn's European Adventure
Seraffyn's European Adventure - Book
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. 
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Lin & Larry Pardey
ISBN: 9780964603646
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The Night Orion Fell: A Survival Story
The Night Orion Fell: A Survival Story - Book
ABI001
When Captain Larry Hills attempted to rescue his deckhand, he too was tragically caught in the lines that whipped and wrapped the two men against the net reel of the trawler like captured fish. In the moment before the deckhand’s death he was the only one who heard Larry’s cold realization: “We’re dead.” Thus began the gripping 40-hour torture as Larry waited for rescue or death. In February 1982, the Coast Guard worked this North Pacific search and rescue, which still remains unforgettable in Coast Guard annals. This is the story of a man’s continued courage to fight his way through the lonely and painful hours of survival and disability...
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Dimensions (IN): 6 x 0.6 x 9
Author: Abigail B. Calkin Ph.D.
ISBN: 9780615591933
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On the Edge of Survival: A Shipwreck, a Raging Storm, and the Harrowing Alaskan Rescue That Became a Legend [Paperback]
On the Edge of Survival: A Shipwreck, a Raging Storm, and the Harrowing Alaskan Rescue That Became a Legend [Paperback] - Book
SMP064
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 helicopter was hit by a rogue wave, sending it into frigid waters. While readers will not find much nuance here and the dialogue sometimes falls into hyperbole, Deadliest Catch fans will appreciate hearing more about Alaska's dangerous environment, and there is plenty of tense human drama for even the most hardened disaster epic fan. An epilogue provides...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.9
Author: Spike Walker
ISBN: 9780312604592
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The Sun Is a Compass: My 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds - Book
LBC121
For fans of Cheryl Strayed, the gripping story of a biologist's human-powered journey from the Pacific Northwest to the Arctic to rediscover her love of birds, nature, and adventure.   During graduate school, as she conducted experiments on the peculiarly misshapen beaks of chickadees, ornithologist Caroline Van Hemert began to feel stifled in the isolated, sterile environment of the lab. Worried that she was losing her passion for the scientific research she once loved, she was compelled to experience wildness again, to be guided by the sounds of birds and to follow the trails of animals.   In March of 2012, she and her...
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Dimensions (IN): 5.5 x 8.5
Author: Caroline Van Hemert
ISBN: 9780316414449
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Astounding Sea Stories: Fifteen Ripping Good Tales
Astounding Sea Stories: Fifteen Ripping Good Tales - Book
SKY128
“1789 April: Just before sun-rising, Mr. Christian, with the master at arms, gunner’s mate, and Thomas Burket, seaman, came into my cabin while I was asleep, and seizing me, tied my hands with a cord behind my back and threatened me with instant death if I spoke or made the least noise.”  So began William Bligh’s explanation of the infamous mutiny aboard the  Bounty . His account of his capture and his phenomenal navigation of a small boat filled with men desperate to survive is one of the greatest sailing stories ever told.  It is just one account readers will find in  Astounding Sea Stories ―many that have been sitting unread...
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Dimensions (IN): 5.5 x 8.5
ISBN: 9781944824242
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Sailing Bible 2nd ed. - Book
FFB179
"Sailing is a popular sport and this book is a very comprehensive treatment of the subject.... The volume is well illustrated with color photographs [and] this reviewer was impressed by the constant stress the authors place on safety at sea.... This title is recommended for general reference collections." --American Reference Books Annual The Sailing Bible  is for all sailors, whatever their level of experience. It provides novice sailors with all that they need to take to the water and helps experienced sailors improve their skills and deepen their knowledge. Instruction ranges from learning the anatomy of a boat to handling...
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Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 8 X 10
Author: Jeremy Evans, Pat Manley, Barrie Smith
ISBN: 9780228101826
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Wanderer-Book
Wanderer - Book
SHP616
Since its publication in 1963, Sterling Hayden's autobiography, Wanderer, has been surrounded by controversy. The author was at the peak of his earning power as a movie star when he suddenly quit. He walked out on Hollywood, walked out of a shattered marriage, defied the courts, broke as an outlaw, set sail with his four children in the schooner Wanderer--bound for the South Seas. His attempt to escape launched his autobiography. It is the candid, sometimes painfully revealing confession of a man who scrutinized his every self-defeat and self-betrayal in the unblinking light of conscience.
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Dimensions (IN): 8.36 x 5.38
Author: Sterling, Hayden
ISBN: 9781493035274
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Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter
Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter - Book
GPT080
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, then-fifteen-year-old Ida and her mother took over the tending of the Lime Rock Light from 1857 until 1872, when her father died. Her mother was appointed lighthouse keeper and remained in this position until she died in 1879, even though Ida continued to do the work. In 1879, Ida was officially appointed to the job, which she remained in until her...
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Dimensions (IN): 5.5 x 8.5
Author: Lenore Skomal
ISBN: 9780762758807
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Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship - Book
RAN496
A thrilling new adventure of danger and deep-sea diving, historic mystery and suspense, by the author of the  New York Times  bestseller  Shadow Divers   Finding and identifying a pirate ship is the hardest thing to do under the sea. But two men—John Chatterton and John Mattera—are willing to risk everything to find the  Golden Fleece,  the ship of the infamous pirate Joseph Bannister. At large during the Golden Age of Piracy in the seventeenth century, Bannister should have been immortalized in the lore of the sea—his exploits more notorious than Blackbeard’s, more daring than Kidd’s. But his story, and his ship, have been lost...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6.4 x 1 x 9.6
Author: ROBERT KURSON
ISBN: 9780812973693
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Seraffyn's Oriental Adventure - Book
PDB006
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 book, fourth of the Seraffyn series, the Pardeys have reached a turning point in their lives-halfway around the world, eight years into a meandering voyage. Their routes had always been determined by the need to find the work to support their cruising life-style or the desire to see an island spoken of by some favorite writer. Now they have to decide...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 9 x 6
Author: Lin and Larry Pardey
ISBN: 9780964603639
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Deadliest Sea
Deadliest Sea - Book
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.
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8 x 5.3 x 0.8
Author: Kalee Thompson
ISBN: 9780061766305
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Adrift [Movie tie-in]: A True Story of Love, Loss, and Survival at Sea - Book
HRW156
New York Times   Bestseller The heart-stopping memoir, soon to be a major motion picture starring Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin, and directed by Baltasar Kormákur ( Everest ). “An inspirational and empowering read.” —Shailene Woodley Young and in love, their lives ahead of them, Tami Oldham and her fiancé Richard Sharp set sail from Tahiti under brilliant blue skies, with Tami’s hometown of San Diego as their ultimate destination. But the two free spirits and avid sailors couldn’t anticipate that less than two weeks into their voyage, they would sail directly into one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded...
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Dimensions (IN): 5.5 x 8.5
Author: Tami Oldham Ashcraft
ISBN: 9780062868206
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Lighthouse Ladies: Shining a Spotlight on Hardy Heroines - Book
HRW235
The derring-do of   Shark Lady   meets the inspiration of   Mae Among the Stars   in the true stories of four intrepid and diverse women of history as they battle weather and waves to save sailors at sea. Kris Coronado's debut nonfiction picture book, perfect for fans of   Hello, Lighthouse,   is brilliantly illustrated by Islenia Mil. Ahoy!  To man a lighthouse over a century ago in America required guts, courage, and bravery. It was a job tackled by hundreds every day, many of whom . . . were not men! This true tale chronicles the amazing feats of four fascinating women. Each real lighthouse lady featured in this...
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Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 8 x 12
Author: Kris Coronado
ISBN: 9780063351837
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The Sea: A World to Preserve - Book
STL361
The CubeBook series brings together breathtaking landscapes, inspiring quotes, and infographics about environmental issues that will take readers on a journey through the depths of the sea.   "For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive; in this century he is beginning to realize that, in order to survive, he must protect it." —Jacques-Yves Cousteau   The mesmerizing pictures in  The Sea  combine with powerful quotes about the importance of protecting the world around us. Each chapter begins with an infographic depicting the issues faced by these large bodies of water. The images in this book, from the icy waters of...
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Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 6.38 x 6.38
Author: Valter Fogato
ISBN: 9788854418714
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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 - Book
IPS014
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 1930s with her five children; the failed meeting of explorers Alexander Mackenzie and George Vancouver in 1793; countless sinkings; and tales from the author's own experiences plying this legendary waterway.
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 5.5 x 8.5
Author: Joe Upton
ISBN: 9780882407401
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Shakedown Cruise: Lessons and Adventures from a Cruising Veteran as He Learns the Ropes
Shakedown Cruise: Lessons and Adventures from a Cruising Veteran as He Learns the Ropes - Book
MPS193
Long before he was one of America's leading yachting writers, Nigel Calder was a novice cruiser with ambitions grander than his experience, setting off for a round-world-voyage. Nigel and his partner Terrie were young and foolish, with a home-built boat that was new and untested, one child already and another on the way--but they were determined to complete an adventurous voyage from New Orleans to see the world. It was the voyage that made Calder the marine guru he is today, a marvelous romp through uncharted family waters, while learning hard-won lessons from direct experience--troubleshooting engines, kedging off shoals and reefs,...
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Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 6.5 x 9.5
Author: Nigel Caulder
ISBN: 9781472946713
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The Sea Takes No Prisoners: Offshore voyages in an open dinghy
The Sea Takes No Prisoners: Offshore voyages in an open dinghy - Book
ACB156
This is a real-life story of small-boat adventure on the high seas, complete with extreme risk, last-minute ingenuity, and many near-misses. The Sea Takes No Prisoners  begins in the 60s, telling of the adventures of the author as a boy--a time of boarding schools, long holidays, and an unbelievable (to today's parents) amount of freedom and danger. Encouraged by his parents (who lived abroad) to become more independent and self-sufficient, Peter decided to see how far he could get in his family's small open dinghy Calypso. At age 16, he spent a winter restoring the 16-foot Wayfayer open boat before sailing headlong into a force...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Peter Clutterbuck
ISBN: 9781472945716
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Flirting with Mermaids: The Unpredictable Life of a Sailboat Delivery Skipper - Book
NBN042
Over the course of twenty years of delivering sailboats to far-flung quaysides, John Kretschmer has had innumerable adventures, both humorous and terrifying. in  Flirting with Mermaids , he recounts the most memorable of them. He crosses the Western Caribbean with a crew of eccentric Swedes researching ancient Mayan mariners, lands in Aden at the outbreak of civil war, and endures a North Atlantic crossing during which he disocvers the existence of Force 13 winds. Approaching Japan at the end of a particularly trying delivery, he finds himself sailing in "a high impact debris zone," but his resolve is unshaken. "If a piece of rocketship...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: John Kretschmer
ISBN: 9781574091649
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Sailing Around the World
Sailing Around the World - Book
SHP080
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.
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Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 65 x 9.5
Author: Guy Bernardin
ISBN: 9781574091489
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Waterworlds - Book
IPS337
Our planet is covered in water, but most of the ocean is a mystery - until now. It's time to voyage with seabirds, surf the waves, dodge a polar bear and dive in a submersible - there's a deep blue world to explore. Waterworlds is a book full of incredible cross-curricular information, fun activities, and beautiful illustrated scenes to enjoy. Discover why the sea is blue, how boats float, and the rhythm of the tides, before flipping the book to read about the hidden world beneath the waves. Find out what lives in the darkest depths of the ocean, how to make your own shipwreck treasure and explore the wonders of a coral reef.
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Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 9.1 x 11
Author: Anna Claybourne
ISBN: 9781803381725
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Superdocious!: Racing Insights and Revelations from Legendary Olympic Sailor Rodney Pattisson - Book
MPS220
The previously untold life story from world champion, Olympic medalist, and Britain's most successful Olympic sailor for three decades, Rodney Pattisson, with a foreword by Sir Ben Ainslie CBE. Rodney Pattisson MBE, the three-time Olympic medalist and multi-world champion, is an iconic figure within the sailing world. A winner in dinghies, multihulls, and offshore, he has set race and speed records, and with Lawrie Smith led Britain's challenge for the America's Cup in 1983. They were beaten in the finals by Alan Bond's eventual winner, Australia II. A perfectionist when it comes to race preparation, and passionate about speed on...
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Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 6.5 x 9.5
Author: Rodney Pattisson, Barry Pickthall
ISBN: 9781472935595
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A Sailor, A Chicken, An Incredible Voyage: The Seafaring Adventures of Guirec and Monique - Book
IPS191
A man and his chicken sail 45,000 nautical miles in this powerful story of following your dreams no matter what stands in your way. When Guirec Soudée was 21 years old, he bought a 30-foot sailboat and set out across the Atlantic, despite having only sailed a dinghy before.  His only companion? His plucky pet hen, Monique. Guirec never intended to sail the world with a chicken, but after reaching the Caribbean, he and Monique made for Greenland––and emerged from the pack ice 100 days later.  Their next goal? San Francisco. Then, Antarctica. But first, could they navigate the treacherous Northwest Passage? One thing was for...
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Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Guirec Soudée
ISBN: 9781771647045
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Walking on Water - Book
SHP346
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 journey of 109 days and 1445 miles, Geoff Holt crossed the finish line in the Solent and reached the summit of his 'personal Everest'---e was the first quadriplegic yachtsman to sail single handed around Britain. Walking on Water is Geoff'- very personal story of his life before the accident: how he learned to live with his disability, how he...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 5 x 8
Author: Geoff Holt
ISBN: 9781574092769
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A Full Cup - Book
PGN105
The chain of islands from the Virgins through to the southern Caribbean is considered one of the most desirable tropical cruising grounds for any sailor. It can be sailed in comfort and confidence with only one language, one currency, a modicum of weather forecasting, and an ability to spot weather windows. This updated second edition offers an entertaining mine of information for the sun-soaked passage planner as well as the dreamer back home. Here is the full, vital background to help skipper and crew enjoy sailing the region. Topics include: How to achieve easier passage making and sail in comfort Which are the safe and easy harbors...
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Book Type: Paperback
Author: Michael D' Antonio
ISBN: 9781594485213
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Rescue at the Top of the World - Book
PAR033
Winter came early to the Arctic in 1897. Frigid temperatures brought pack ice that filled the waters north of the Bering Strait. As a result, virtually the entire North American whaling fleet was trapped, stranding 300 men to die of starvation and exposure. Three escaping ships raised the alarm. Answering the call, three officers from the early U. S. Coast Guard and two missionaries volunteered to travel over 1,500 miles through the Arctic winter to reach the shipwrecked whalers. The rescuers' perilous four-month journey, through mountainous territory and barren sub-zero landscapes never before traversed, was fraught with blizzards,...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 9 x 5.9
Author: Shawn Shallow
ISBN: 9780939837656
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Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea - Book
RAN213
Tracing an awe-inspiring oceanic route from Boston, around Cape Horn, to the California coast, Two Years Before the Mast is both a riveting story of adventure and the most eloquent, insightful account we have of life at sea in the early nineteenth century. Richard Henry Dana is only nineteen when he abandons the patrician world of Boston and Harvard for an arduous voyage among real sailors, amid genuine danger. The result is an astonishing read, replete with vivid descriptions of storms, whales, and the ship's mad captain, terrible hardship and magical beauty, and fascinating historical detail, including an intriguing portrait of...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 5.5 x 8.5
Author: Richard Henry Dana Jr. & Gary Kinder
ISBN: 9780375757945
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Paddling North: A Solo Adventure Along the Inside Passage
Paddling North: A Solo Adventure Along the Inside Passage - Book
IPS062
2013 Gold Winner IBPA Ben Franklin Awards In a memoir remarkable for its quiet confidence and acute natural observation, the author of  Paddling Hawaii  and  Paddling My Own Canoe  begins with her decision, at age 60, to undertake a solo, summer-long voyage along the southeast coast of Alaska in an inflatable kayak.  Paddling North  is a compilation of Sutherland's first two (of over 20) such annual trips and her day-by-day travels through the Inside Passage from Ketchikan to Skagway. In 22 years she encountered over 30 bears, four wolves, and hundreds of whales. Her lifelong philosophy, "Go simple, go...
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Author: Audrey Sutherland
ISBN: 9781938340758
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Getting Stoned with Savages - Book
RAN003
The hilarious tale of the author's time on Vanuatu, a rugged cluster of islands where the natives gorge themselves on kava and are still known to 'eat the man. '
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Dimensions (IN): 5 x 8
Author: J. Maarten Troost
ISBN: 9780767921992
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Adrift
Adrift - Book
HMC022
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.
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Dimensions (IN): 5.5 x 8.25
Author: Steve Callahan
ISBN: 9780618257324
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More Faster Backwards: Rebuilding David B - Book
NWN001
ON JUNE 16, 2006, the David B left Bellingham, Washington bound for Juneau, Alaska, on her maiden voyage as a passenger vessel. Eight years earlier, Christine and Jeffrey had found the David B tucked behind a breakwater on Lopez Island. The tired old wooden boat, built in 1929, was showing her age. When the young couple stepped aboard the neglected vessel, her sturdy work-boat style captured their hearts with an ageless beauty that only the young dreamers could see. Their desire was to own and operate a small expedition cruise ship in Alaska. With their love for one another and without much income, they pinned their hopes and sheer will...
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Author: Christine K Smith
ISBN: 9780615540894
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Back Under Sail
Back Under Sail - Book
MWE001
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.
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Dimensions (IN): 5.5 x 8.5
Author: Migael Scherer
ISBN: 9781571312747
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Cape Horn Birthday: Record-Breaking Solo Non-Stop Circumnavigation - Book
SWP065
Cape Horn Birthday documents the extraordinary non-stop round-the-world journey of a lone sailor and his thirty-two-foot sloop. GPS did not exist when Peter Freeman set sail from Victoria, British Columbia, in 1984. Peter navigated the old-fashioned way, with a compass, a sextant, books of tables, and his wits. Along the way, he had to rebuild the self-steering rudder, repair torn sails, and fix broken gear. Peter encountered a severe lightning storm, snow, and hailstorms as he sailed as close to the Antarctic ice as he dared. Near île Kerguélen in the South Indian Ocean, Laiviņa almost rolled over in a violent storm. While the little...
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Author: Peter Freeman
ISBN: 9781948494045
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Spirit of a Dream: A Sailor's Ultimate Journey Around the World Alone - Book
SWP069
On October 2, 2013, Dave Rearick began an epic solo voyage around the world. Onboard his specifically built Class 40 racing sloop appropriately named Bodacious Dream, Dave sailed from Newport, Rhode Island, sailing the length of the Atlantic Ocean to Cape Town, South Africa, 8000 miles distant. From Cape Town, Dave sailed to Wellington, New Zealand where “Bo” was originally built, and then onto the fabled Galapagos Islands, one of the earth’s great nature preserves. On the final leg, Dave returned to Newport, Rhode Island by way of the Panama Canal. The full circumnavigation took 256 days to complete, leaving an indelible memory of the...
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Author: Dave Rearick
ISBN: 9781948494090
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Gift From the Sea: 50th-Anniversary Edition - Book
RAN526
In this inimitable, beloved classic—graceful, lucid and lyrical—Anne Morrow Lindbergh shares her meditations on youth and age; love and marriage; peace, solitude and contentment as she set them down during a brief vacation by the sea. Drawing inspiration from the shells on the shore, Lindbergh’s musings on the shape of a woman’s life bring new understanding to both men and women at any stage of life. A mother of five, an acclaimed writer and a pioneering aviator, Lindbergh casts an unsentimental eye on the trappings of modernity that threaten to overwhelm us: the time-saving gadgets that complicate rather than simplify, the multiple...
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Dimensions (IN): 5.5 x 7
Author: Anne Morrow Lindbergh
ISBN: 9780679732419
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Log from the Sea of Cortez - Book
PGN037
An exciting day-by-day account of Steinbeck's trip to the Gulf of CA with botanist Ed Ricketts. A wonderful combination of science, philosophy and high-spirited cruising adventure.
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Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: John Steinbeck
ISBN: 9780140187441
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Capt. Nat Herreshoff, new edition
Capt. Nat Herreshoff, new edition - Book
SHP361
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 illustrated with historical photos and boat designs.
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Author: L. Francis Herreshoff
ISBN: 9781574092875
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A Speck On the Sea
A Speck On the Sea - Book
INT164
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.
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Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: William Longyard
ISBN: 9780071440295
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The Outlaw Ocean - Book
PGN345
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 international authority, these immense regions of treacherous water play host to rampant criminality and exploitation.      Traffickers and smugglers, pirates and mercenaries, wreck thieves and repo men, vigilante conservationists and elusive poachers, seabound abortion providers, clandestine oil-dumpers, shackled slaves and cast-adrift stowaways--drawing...
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Author: Ian Urbina
ISBN: 9781101972373
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Harmony on the High Seas: When Your Mate Becomes Your Matey
Harmony on the High Seas: When Your Mate Becomes Your Matey - Book
HMY002
What is it that compels us to follow our all-consuming passions? Is it a search for that elusive, genuine happiness that uplifts the spirit and satisfies the soul? But why go cruising? For my husband Robert and I, it was the innate desire to explore our world, escape the rat race and cold winters, while partaking of a truly unique lifestyle. A romantic dream enticed us to sail to warm, secluded beaches in the tropics to spend time swimming and snorkeling in aquarium-like settings, spending time in nature in its least corrupted arena. The ingenuity, perseverance, and hard work that was required by both of us to keep the dream alive and the...
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Author: Virginia Crane Gleser
ISBN: 9780964724723
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500 Days
500 Days - Book
STP002
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.
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Dimensions (IN): 5.75 x 8.25
Author: Serge Testa
ISBN: 9780731648498
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South From Alaska: Sailing to Australia with a baby for crew
South From Alaska: Sailing to Australia with a baby for crew - Book
SFA001
"As a sailor who raised his daughter aboard, I was touched by this book. Litzow writes from the heart."  - Fatty Goodlander   When marine biologists Mike Litzow and Alisa Abookire decide to follow their dream and sail from Alaska to Australia, they agree that they won't leave until their son, Elias, is one year old. But when he is just ten months old, they give up waiting, strap him down, and set sail. In his deeply personal account of their trip, Mike tells the story of the stress and exhilaration, the closeness of family life on board, and the fierce beauty of the open ocean. Demonstrating a moving affinity with the...
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Author: Mike Litzow
ISBN: 9780692029268
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Ten Years in a Twenty Foot Boat - Book
CPJ002
Ten Years is the love of a young man and a small boat. It is a guide to the waters of America and an instruction for the novice sailor wishing to cruise them.
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Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 11
Author: Gary Sack
ISBN: 9781463581435
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Mum's Beauty - Book
CBJ001
A young family leaves their Northern California tree farm to explore Europe by water. On this journey they discover a vast waterway system. Each family member assumes more responsibilities along the way and they all learn to live in harmony in a small space. This is a story of their sailing adventure, it's challenges and accomplishments.
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Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 11
Author: Karen Sack
ISBN: 9781719272438
A Voyage for Madmen
A Voyage for Madmen - Book
HRW005
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.
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Dimensions (IN): 5.25 X 8
Author: Peter Nichols
ISBN: 9780060957032
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Living A Dream - Book
PAR040
On 9/11, USN Commander Suzanne Giesemann was aboard the military aircraft Speckled Trout as it flew over the just-demolished Twin Towers. As aide to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, she strode beside him through the still-smoldering Pentagon. All those lives gone in an instant, robbed of the chance to live their dreams: would she and her Naval captain husband get to live their own dream?. Click the E-Book icon to get the Kindle version of this title
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Author: Suzanne Giesemann
ISBN: 9780939837809
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Before the Wind - Paperback Book
RAN508
The Johannssens are a sailing family: adventurous, fanatical, and, for now, a complete and total mess. Ruby, a prodigiously talented skipper, has taken off for Africa. Bernard is god-knows-where at sea. And at thirty-one years old, Josh Johannssen, the middle child, is fixing up an old family boat and trying to figure out where it all went wrong. When Josh’s father coaxes his children home for one last yacht race, the Johannssens find themselves reunited under thrilling circumstances that will change the course of their lives.  Before the Wind  is a funny, tender, and big-hearted novel about a gifted, volatile family whose love for the...
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Author: Jim Lynch
ISBN: 9780307949356
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The Un-Adult A-Rated Wally: 16 of Wally's Best Stories, Un-Cut, Un-Edited and Un-Usually Fun Reading - Book
SWP064
The UN-ADULT A-RATED Wally by Cruising World Magazine contributor, Wally Moran, is a collection of 16 of Wally's best stories, un-cut, un-edited and un-usually fun reading! Wally's often philosophical humor and his tongue-in-cheek outlook on life, as well as all things sailing and cruising related will take you on a journey through the realities, and often the tribulations, of the sailing and cruising lifestyle. But good or bad, Wally always finds the best in the cruising life as he opens a porthole for sailors, cruisers, and wanna-be cruisers into the world of the liveaboard cruising sailor. Whether you are new to sailing and boating, or...
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Author: Wally Moran
ISBN: 9781948494113
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Suddenly Overboard: True Stories of Sailors in Fatal Trouble
Suddenly Overboard: True Stories of Sailors in Fatal Trouble - Book
INT460
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 luck. These tales will make you think "if these are the ways most sailors actually die, then what if I were in that situation?" These true-life stories are told in compelling, short narratives, with an insider's analysis of what contributed to the accidents so you know what not to do or what to look out for when you are on the water. You will learn...
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Author: Tom Lochhaas
ISBN: 9780071803311
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The Great Circle Route, 2nd Edition - Book
PAR005
This, the second edition of A Guide to Planning and Cruising the Great Circle Route Around the Eastern USA, documents a motor yacht "cruise of a lifetime", the 5,400-mile circumnavigation of the Eastern United States. Author Bick Remmey refers to this voyage as "the longest one-way inland cruise possible in the US" Bick shares the details of his 5 years of planning and 18 weeks of journeying with his wife aboard their 36-foot aft-cabin motor yacht Nittany Navy. The cruise took Bick and Jeri through several of the Great Lakes, down the Mississippi, across the Gulf of Mexico, up the coast of Florida, north through the Intracoastal Waterway,...
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Dimensions (IN): 9 x 5.9
Author: G. Bickley Remmey Jr.
ISBN: 9780939837687
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Sailing Off The Anchor: Adventures of an Entrepreneur
Sailing Off The Anchor: Adventures of an Entrepreneur - Book
CAP004
Charts are non-returnable
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Dimensions (IN): 6 x 0.6 x 9
Author: Don Douglass
ISBN: 9781934199152
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All Hands on Deck: A Modern-Day High Seas Adventure to the Far Side of the World - Book
HCT057
A maritime adventure memoir that follows a crew of misfits hired to sail an 18th-century warship 6,000 miles to Hollywood “Thrilling . . . this is an adventure story of the highest order.” —Nathaniel Philbrick, author of the National Book Award–winning   In the Heart of the Sea   and   Travels with George In the late 1990s, Patrick O’Brian’s multimillion-copy-selling historical novel series—the Aubrey–Maturin series—seemed destined for film. With director Peter Weir and stars Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany signed on for  Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World , there was one problem: The  Rose,   the replica...
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Dimensions (IN): 6 X 9
Author: Will Sofrin
ISBN: 9781419767067
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Blood Ransom: Stories from the Front Line in the War against Somali Piracy
Blood Ransom: Stories from the Front Line in the War against Somali Piracy - Book
ACB132
For the first time in history, the navies of the world have united against a common enemy--a couple of thousand rag-tag, underfed men and boys in the western Indian Ocean. Crammed into open boats and armed with ancient AK-47s, they range up to a thousand miles from home shores in Somalia. No one knows how many die at sea. But occasionally they hit the jackpot, seizing vessels and crews to be ransomed for millions of dollars. This is a war that's estimated to have cost the world economy as much as eighteen billion dollars in a single year. Lawyer turned award-winning filmmaker John Boyle takes us with him in this investigation into...
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Dimensions (IN): 6 x 1.2 x 9
Author: John Boyle
ISBN: 9781472912671
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Slow Boat From China
Slow Boat From China - Book
SHP144
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.
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Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Adrian Sparham
ISBN: 9781574092172
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Cruising Conversations with A Daring Duo!
Cruising Conversations with A Daring Duo! - Book
SAI003
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 them to prosper both intellectually and financially while enjoying a vigorous, healthful and productive life.
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Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Charles & Corrine Kanter
ISBN: 9780961840693
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Over the Top
Over the Top - Book
IPG032
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 most difficult route imaginable, via Cape Horn and the icebound waters of the Russian Arctic. He mortgaged his house and bought a unique stainless steel boat with the unlikely name of Barrabas. With limited funds and no means of paying a professional support team, he persuaded his ex-wife to manage the expedition. Adrian faced death when a rogue wave...
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Author: Adrian Flanagan
ISBN: 9780753826102
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August Gale: A Father and Daughter's Journey into the Storm PAPERBACK
August Gale: A Father and Daughter's Journey into the Storm - Book
GPT154
  An award-winning journalist's voyage into her family history and her quest to face the storms she encounters there.  
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Dimensions (IN): 9 x 6
Author: Barbara Walsh
ISBN: 9780762784905
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Damn the Torpedoes!
Damn the Torpedoes! - Book
TWE001
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.
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Dimensions (IN): 5.5 x 7.5
Author: Catherine Dook
ISBN: 9781894898065
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Life at Sea Level
Life at Sea Level - Book
SWP055
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 Tobago, including many lesser known destinations such as Guatemala and Honduras. That writing was done aboard his 40-foot sailboat, IV Play, making careful notes, tedious maps and talking to the locals he met ashore. 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...
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Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Steven J. Pavlidis
ISBN: 9781892399335
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The Yacht Log - Book - Paracay
The Yacht Log - Book
GPT281
The official Mystic Seaport Museum yacht log. With Yacht Log, you can preserve your sailing memories, recall the details of idyllic or stormy passages, remember cruises spent with your favorite guests, and record the important data of your vessel in one convenient location. This helpful book contains space for your yacht's vital data, a Register of Guests with room for recording ninety-six visits aboard, a Radio Log with entries to cover sixty-four transmissions, and a guide to using the log, written by avid sailor and cruiser Ken Mahler. Double pages provide room to record a variety of data - time, position, course, current, wind,...
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Dimensions (IN): 11.43 x 0.61 x 8.59"
Author: Ken Mahler
ISBN: 9781493068296
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