Boating: Sport and leisure

This antiquarian book contains a comprehensive and novice-friendly guide to sailing.

This is William Albert Robinson's seminal 1944 travel book, "e;Deep Water and Shoal"e;.

Originally published in 1905.

This antiquarian book contains a detailed guide to building and using radio control systems for model ships, boats, and aircraft.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

This antiquarian book contains an account of a 2000 mile canoe journey in the artic prairies - in search of Caribou.

This vintage book is authentic tales of nineteenth-century seafaring adventures and experiences.

This is John Kendrick Bangs' 1897 novel, "e;The Pursuit of the House-Boat"e;.

This vintage book is a collection of humorous sailing poems, anecdotes, and extracts, illustrated with delightful drawings and interspersed with handy tips and useful information.

This vintage book is a detailed guide to boating, with information on design and construction, history, boating as a profession and for sport, training, rowing clubs, and many other related aspects.

This narrative is not, nor does it purport to be one of general navigation upon Lake Ontario, but solely of the vessels and steamers which plyed during its century to the ports of the Niagara River, and particularly of the rise of the Niagara Navigation Co.

This book is a fascinating and detailed chronicle of over two years spent in the American merchant service during the early 1800s.

This vintage book is a complete guide to build, rig, and sail self-acting model yachts.

Carefully selecting the best articles from our collection of classic magazines we have compiled a series of informative publications on the subject of sport.

This book is a collection of vintage articles about designing and building punts and canoes.

This book is a collection of classic articles on motor boating and yachting, covering many aspects of the sport but focusing on the use and recognition of flags.

This book is a collection of vintage articles on model boat building, with information on tools and equipment, instructions for fitting engines, tips for sailing and racing, and more.

This book is a collection of historical articles about yachting, with information on design, construction, maintenance, repairing, sailing, and many other related aspects.

This book is a collection of classic articles on building yachts and motor boats, dealing with design, repairs and maintenance, equipment, materials, and many other related aspects.

This book is a collection of vintage articles on the subject of engineering for model vehicles, with information on the design, construction, and installation of small engines.

This vintage book is a detailed guide to the designing and building of model yachts, being a treatise on the construction, rigging, and racing of model yachts, ships and steamers.

This vintage volume is a complete and novice-friendly guide to making novel model boats and ships.

This vintage book is a complete and accessible guide to boat construction, with full instructions for designing and building punts, skiffs, canoes, sailing boats, and more.

This vintage book is a complete guide to building model historical boats, with information on tools and equipment, complete directions for assembly, practical tips and hints, and more.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

This vintage book is a complete guide to build, rig, and sail self-acting model yachts.

First published in 1935, this fascinating volume traces the history of English boat-racing from its origins as a forbidden pastime, to the respected sport that sport that it is today.

Alfred E.

A detailed guide to a variety of aquatic sports, with information on and instructions for angling, swimming, rowing, sailing, skating, sliding, and curling.

This vintage book contains a collection of reminiscences and anecdotes by Frank Gray Griswold, a notable nineteenth-century huntsman.

The second edition of the Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year is updated with a new chapter describing Nick's eventual completion of the Fastnet Race thirty years after his first, ill-fated attempt.

Both concise and comprehensive, this out-and-out 'crammer' covers all the essentials of the RYA Day Skipper syllabus, arranged and highlighted to make revising easier and now updated and expanded for the sixth edition.

Reeds Marine Insurance is aimed at all those who have little or no experience of marine or any other form of insurance working within the maritime transport field.

Mit dem Boot durch Holland: Törn-Abenteuer im Land der tausend WasserwegeEntdecken Sie die Niederlande aus einer neuen PerspektiveErleben Sie die reiche Vielfalt der niederländischen Landschaft mit "Mit dem Boot durch Holland: Unterwegs im Land der tausend Wasserwege.

Storms, fatigue, equipment failure, intense hunger, and lack of water are just a few of the challenges that ocean rower Mick Dawson endured whilst attempting to complete one of the World's 'Last Great Firsts'.

Octogenarian Anthony Smith's journey was originally inspired by both the Kontiki Expedition of Thor Heyerdahl (who he knew) and the incredible story of the survivors of a 1940 boat disaster, who spent 70 days adrift in the Atlantic, eventually reaching land emaciated and close to death.

Every man's dream - to sail around the world.

Meet Bryn, the self-proclaimed unluckiest girl in the world.

This is not a story about someone who grew up around boats and made a miraculous voyage across open oceans.

Set against the backdrop of mankinds epic spaceodyssey is the tale of a dream that wouldntdie and a stone boat that eventually sailed40,000 ocean miles.

Sail Tales is about the adventures a humble sailboat owner had over the years.

Georgia's waters hold a wealth of riches, and Paddling Georgia features thirty-eight river and coastal trips for avid paddlers, floaters, and anglers.

In Paddling Alaska, you can drive to all the lakes and rivers described in this guide.

BASIC ILLUSTRATED CANOE PADDLINGHarry Roberts and Steve Salins guide canoeists in everything they need to know, such as choosing the right paddle, safe launches, basic forward, turning and correction strokes, and working in wind, waves and moving water.

Noted traveller and environmentalist Hap Wilson shares accounts of his lifelong involvement with wilderness living within the Canadian Shield.

Improbable, heart-wrenching, and uplifting, Jeremiah Brown's journey from novice rower to Olympic silver medallist in under four years is a story about chasing a goal with everything you've got.

Improbable, heart-wrenching, and uplifting, Jeremiah Brown's journey from novice rower to Olympic silver medallist in under four years is a story about chasing a goal with everything you've got.

Third-generation Chinese-Canadian Arlene Chan shares the rich histories of Toronto's Chinese-Canadian communities in this special four-book bundle.

Carol and Bruce Hodgins began leading canoe trips in 1957 for Camp Wanapitei on Lake Temagami in Northern Ontario, initially to the great rivers of that region and on into Quebec.