Boating: Sport and leisure

A fascinating collection of articles by various authors, first published in 1886.

First published in 1939, this is the gripping account of a voyage in a small sloop from Nova Scotia to the northern coast of Labrador.

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.

This unique book covers the author, Clay Blair Jr.

First published in 1939, this book is a vivid account of Richard Maury's voyage from New York to Fiji in the small, 35-foot, Nova Scotia-built schooner Cimba.

The Lure of Faraway Places is the publication canoeist Herb Pohl (1930-2006) did not live to see published.

'One of the finest memoirs published in recent years.

"e;Knott Book"e; is an easy-to-follow, illustrated guide to tying a variety of knots that are commonly used at sea.

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.

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

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

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.

Originally published in 1956, this book is a memoir by Danish explorer Peter Freuchen, a close friend and travel companion of Arctic legend Knud Rasmussen, and ended up living in Greenland for fifteen years, 800 miles from the North Pole-adopting the native ways of life, marrying an Inuit woman, and having two children along the way.

In this collection of narratives Victoria technologist, environmentalist and writer Alex Zimmerman tells stories not only of self-propelled travel and adventure but also of nature, the magnificent environment and of interesting people that he meets on the coast of British Columbia.

IN THESE PAGES, the reader will meet one of America's foremost seafaring men and explorers.

Whether you enjoy small day trips around local lakes and slow-moving rivers, overnight trips, or expeditions, Andrew Westwood's thoughtful and clear breakdown of canoeing principles, skills and techniques makes this book a must-have for solo and tandem paddlers who are interested in maximizing their enjoyment of the canoe.

Cape Horn Birthday documents the extraordinary non-stop round-the-world journey of a lone sailor and his thirty-two-foot sloop.

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In Sea Kayaking, , comprehensive guide for those who travel the open waters in the Southern Hemisphere, Philip Woodhouse, Australian paddler and Royal Australian Air Force veteran, shares his years of experience, technical training, and military teaching skills.

Part ode to building something with one's hands in the modern age, part celebration of the beauty and function of boats, and part moving father-daughter story, How to Build a Boat is a bold adventure.

You're probably familiar with the difficulty of dealing with service departments when getting a vehicle repaired-but what happens when that vehicle is a boat?

In late March of 1958 four men set sail in a thirty-foot ketch, the Golden Rule, for the nuclear-bomb-testing area in the Marshall Islands.

A TOP 10 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 SPORTS BOOK AWARDSLONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017The incredible true story of four ordinary working mums from Yorkshire who took on an extraordinary challenge and broke a world record along the way.

In this 1960 book, Surface at the Pole: The Extraordinary Voyages of the U.

Southeastern Minnesota is a paddlers dream.

THE ULTIMATE SURVIVAL GUIDE for anyone who thinks they'd survive the world's most hostile environments - or at least imagine they could do.

This is Volume 2 of 3 of Kayaking Through Historycovering the Maine Paddles of Deer Isle and Stonington.

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There is a need to capture a child's attention using appropriate themes just to get him/her to go over a book.

On October 2, 2013, Dave Rearick began an epic solo voyage around the world.

This is Volume I of II of Kayaking through History: Maine Paddles, Deer Isle/Stonington.

First published in 1930, this is the personal adventure narrative of Henri de Monfreid-nobleman, writer, adventurer and inspiration for the swashbuckling gun runner in the Adventures of Tintin.

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