Boating: Sport and leisure

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.

Written by respected nautical Journalist Andrew Simpson, RYA Electrics Handbook is the ideal reference point for all boaters and their boat electrics.

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.

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.

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.

The eBook edition of the RYA Power Schemes Instructor Handbook comprehensively covers the entire process of training as an RYA Power Instructor.

This book is aimed at those running shorebased, sail and motor cruising courses within the RYA Yachtmaster Scheme.

RYA An Introduction to Navigation is the latest in the RYA's popular Navigation series.

By day, Jean Hausser leads a research lab at Karolinska Institute (Sweden).

What is the best shape for a sailboat?

John Vigor knows a thing or two about sailing.

Sailing by Starlight is the story of the adventure of a lifetimein fact, of many lifetimes.

I would like now to write a practical book that will cover three topics: boats, the sea, and the beachcombing life.

What is the best shape for a sailboat?

Sailing by Starlight is the story of the adventure of a lifetimein fact, of many lifetimes.

John Vigor knows a thing or two about sailing.

I would like now to write a practical book that will cover three topics: boats, the sea, and the beachcombing life.

RYA Inland Waterways Handbook accompanies the RYA Inland Waterways Helmsman's Course and chapters include types of boat; rope handling; rules of the road; steerable power; turning; reversing, and propeller and wind effect.

Pacific Ocean Mariners GuideBy Alan PhillipsThe Pacific Ocean is not one cruising ground.

The hilarious true story of an amateur boating adventure.

'Tim and I both understood we had done something really stupid.

THE HEART-STOPPING MEMOIR, NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING SHAILENE WOODLEY AND SAM CLAFLIN, AND DIRECTED BY BALTASAR KORMAKUR (EVEREST)A compelling, at times devastating, ultimately inspiring account of how much can go wrong on the ocean and how, miraculously, one woman conquered her own fears.

From the author of Pardon My French and A Certain Je Ne Sais Quoi, this is the charming and hilariously funny story of one man's attempt to travel the entire length of the Seine by boatWhen Charles shows his friends the rowing boat he has spent the last six months building, he little realises the adventures that lie ahead.

'One of the finest memoirs published in recent years.

'Brilliant, clear, and humane' Elizabeth Gilbert'Miraculous and hopeful' Emma StraubRiverman: An American Odyssey uncovers the story of an extraordinary man and his puzzling disappearance, and paints a picture of the singular spirit of America's riverbank towns.

An engaging and informative first-hand account of the last 'grain race' of maritime history, from respected travel writer Eric Newby.

Der Triumph einer Segelheldin In "e;Alles gut, K!

Zwei Weltenbummler erzählen vom Abenteuer ihres Lebens: Mit dem Segelboot vom Berliner Kiez nach KiribatiIn Berlin machen Claudia Clawien und Jonathan Buttmann die Leinen los und verwirklichen sich den Traum einer Weltumsegelung.

Die "Seemannschaft" ist in über 80 Jahren zu einem einzigartigen Standardwerk geworden.

Auf den Spuren StörtebekersOb traditionsreiche Hansestädte, sanfte Boddenlandschaften oder quirlige Seebäder – die Küste Mecklenburg-Vorpommerns hat für jeden Geschmack etwas zu bieten.

Traumtörns mit dem MotorbootEinmal die finnischen Wälder vom Wasser aus entdecken, die französischen Kanäle erkunden oder die schwedischen Küsten entlangfahren – jeder Motorbootfahrer kennt diese Sehnsüchte.

For many people the chance to go out on the water and try a boat starts with a trip on a friend's boat, most first time powerboaters come back hooked and want more.

All vessels need to be buoyant in order to float, and need to be stable in order to stay upright.

This is the third edition of the RYA Personal Watercraft Handbook, the essential text for anyone taking an RYA personal watercraft course.

The digital edition of the RYA Sail Trim Handbook for Cruisers is crammed with useful tips and pointers on one of the fundamentals of good seamanship: sail trim.

Written for leisure boat owners, the RYA Diesel Engine Handbook is essential reading for anyone doing the one-day RYA Diesel Engine Course.

RYA Tactics is essential for those looking to win their next race on the water.

This book is the official text for the RYA Basic Sea Survival Course and the RYA/World Sailing Offshore Safety Course and supports World Sailing approved Offshore Personal Survival courses.

Provisioning for the Voyage: Food, Water, and Survival on Small BoatsSetting off on a long voyage at sea means planning carefully—especially when it comes to food and water.

The RYA National Sailing Scheme Instructor Handbook is a resource for anyone wanting to teach sailing in dinghies, keelboats, or multihull, using the RYA's famous method.

This handy book for the leisure user is a quick-reference guide to radio procedure (including Urgency, Safety, and Distress messaging); installing and maintaining a VHF radio; the licensing requirements, and GMDSS including Navtex.

Written by a leading first aid author, an experienced paramedic and first aid trainer, this book is easy to understand with easy to follow layouts with plenty of clear pictures and diagrams, "e;test yourself"e; questions and an emergency index.

Powerboating is a fun, fast, and exhilarating sport.

When the wind picks up and the race is on, safety boats are the unsung heroes of the water.

Griechenland - Segelurlaub im Land der GotterLeuchtend wei e Hauser uber tiefblauem Meer so prasentiert sich Griechenland auf vielen Bildern.

Segeln im Reich der tausend Inseln: Handbuch fur Bootstouren in Kroatien und SlowenienDas Kustenhandbuch fur Kroatien und Slowenien enthalt alles, was Segler und Motorboot-Kapitane fur entspannte Torns im Mittelmeer benotigen.