Impeccably researched and colorfully told, Vencedor is a fascinating account of not just a racing sailboat storied for its exploits and victories, but of the man who built it: Danish American naval engineer Thorvald Julius Schougaard Poekel.
Impeccably researched and colorfully told, Vencedor is a fascinating account of not just a racing sailboat storied for its exploits and victories, but of the man who built it: Danish American naval engineer Thorvald Julius Schougaard Poekel.
This clear and accessible introduction to coastal navigation outlines most of the techniques of piloting that are still fundamental to safe navigation even with modern electronic aids.
This clear and accessible introduction to coastal navigation outlines most of the techniques of piloting that are still fundamental to safe navigation even with modern electronic aids.
The Golden Age of Yachting presents a panoramic view of yachting, providing an insightful introduction to the pleasures, craft, and history of the sport, with emphasis on the era of the great steam yachts.
The essential handbook for making your boat-buying journey stress-freeBuying a boat in today's environment can be confusing, whether you're looking for a fishing boat, a sailboat or powerboat, or a yacht, and whether you're planning to spend weekends offshore or become a live-aboard cruiser.
The Golden Age of Yachting presents a panoramic view of yachting, providing an insightful introduction to the pleasures, craft, and history of the sport, with emphasis on the era of the great steam yachts.
The essential handbook for making your boat-buying journey stress-freeBuying a boat in today's environment can be confusing, whether you're looking for a fishing boat, a sailboat or powerboat, or a yacht, and whether you're planning to spend weekends offshore or become a live-aboard cruiser.
Wilderness Camping in the Adirondacks is a handy and helpful guide for adventure seekers planning weekend or two-day camping trips in the Adirondack Park.
Wilderness Camping in the Adirondacks is a handy and helpful guide for adventure seekers planning weekend or two-day camping trips in the Adirondack Park.
This is the story of the historic ship Vega's first missions of mercya real-life sea tale complete with vicious storms, exotic locations, heart-rending moments, and priceless glimpses into real life on some of the world's most remote tropical islands.
This is the story of the historic ship Vega's first missions of mercya real-life sea tale complete with vicious storms, exotic locations, heart-rending moments, and priceless glimpses into real life on some of the world's most remote tropical islands.
Part of the RYA Racing book series, this new Racing Rules Explained 2025-2028 eBook, is the complete guide to understanding the Racing Rules of Sailing.
If you are doing an RYA course or are simply seeking to gain a greater understanding of the weather, this edition of the RYA Weather Handbook (which covers the Northern and Southern Hemispheres) is full of practical and useful information on aspects such as theory, weather charts, clouds, predicting the wind, and the technology used in sourcing meteorological information.
The RYA Day Skipper Handbook Motor eBook is the digital companion to the RYA Motor Cruising Day Skipper Course, continuing the RYA practical series of books that accompany the courses.
Inselhüpfen im Ionischen MeerSegeln Sie los: vom grünen Korfu bis nach Zakynthos, der »Blume der Levante«, vom Stadthafen Gaios auf Paxos nach Ithaka, der Heimat von Odysseus.
From the author of the best-selling RYA Navigation Handbook, this is the RYA's official title to support the RYA VHF Operator's Short Range Certificate examination.
With a gear-buying guide and hundreds of color photos, this is the clearest, most accessible instructional guide availablefor paddling on ponds, lakes, rivers, or oceans.
With a gear-buying guide and hundreds of color photos, this is the clearest, most accessible instructional guide availablefor paddling on ponds, lakes, rivers, or oceans.
Based on the exceptional and fascinating eyewitness account of a seventeenth-century Spanish padre, Dave Horner's Shipwreck is the absorbing and true story of two immense galleons that were lost (along with hundreds of passengers and millions of pesos in treasure) to disasters at sea.
In a salty, slashing style, Tristan Jones unfolds his extraordinary sagaa six-year voyage during which he covered a distance equal to twice the circumference of the worldrevealing both a rich sense of history and an insuppressible Welsh wit.
With the used boat market growing and becoming more complex, here is the book that all boat buyers have been waiting for: John Kretschmer's Used Boat Notebook has long been one of the most popular features in Sailing Magazine where Kretschmer provides a hard hitting, detailed review of a well-known boat each month.
In a salty, slashing style, Tristan Jones unfolds his extraordinary sagaa six-year voyage during which he covered a distance equal to twice the circumference of the worldrevealing both a rich sense of history and an insuppressible Welsh wit.
