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Die Maritime E-Bibliothek von Delius KlasingAlte Schätzchen neu aufgelegt: Aus einer Zeit, in der es noch keine E-Books gab, stammen die meisten der Titel der Maritimen E-Bibliothek von Delius Klasing.
Ingenieur und Segler Marchaj betrachtet die zur Seetüchtigkeit beitragenden Entwurfsmerkmale, untersucht aber auch, was mit dem heutigen Konzept der seegehenden Rennyacht oder vorgeblichen Tourenyacht fehlgelaufen ist und warum es dazu kam.
Waterborne is the story of an artist, an engineer and a Labradorthree entirely different personalitieswho abandon a stable middle-age lifestyle for a pitching deck and the possibility of pirates.
ANCESTOR is the story of a Carriacou sloop, an engineless, locally-built sailing vessel purchased and refit by the author while living and sailing in the vicinity of the islands of St.
Christian Beamish, a former editor at The Surfers Journal, envisioned a low-tech, self-reliant exploration for surf along the coast of North America, using primarily clothes and instruments available to his ancestors, and the 18-foot boat he would build by hand in his garage.
The constant dangers that deep-sea sailing ships and sailors of the late 19th century and early 20th centuries faced were numerous and this book recounts the true-life dramas of their perils and misfortunes - the battles that they waged, and all too often lost - against the hazards of the sea.
To celebrate 60 years of sailing Scottish waters, the author single-handedly sailed Halcyon, a 32ft wooden yawl, from Fairlie on the Clyde, round the Mull of Kintyre by way of numerous inner islands to Barra in the Outer Hebrides and to the Atlantic side of the islands, not often visited by cruising yachts.
An idiosyncratic, richly illustrated guide to Britain's rivers, seas and shores, for everyone who loves the water and the natural world - a Norwegian Wood for Britain's watersThis is a book for those who want to understand better how the waters surrounding us affect our daily lives, how it imperceptibly but crucially shapes our actions, and has shaped our landscape for millenia.
Denis Gorman's A Voyage to the Sea is an inspirational tale of following your dream, despite the set-backs that life can throw at you, and is delivered in a well-paced narrative that military historians and deep-water sailors will enjoy in equal measure.
For thousands of years, we have set out sailing for all kinds of reasonsfor battle, for infinite wealth, for the excitement of exploring the unknown, and for escape from the mundane.
