Reeds Marine Distance Tables are the perfect ready-reckoner for captains, navigators and owners of merchant and cruise ships large and small wanting a quick and accurate distance reference between all the regularly used commercial ports around the world.
Die Historie der britischen Traditionsreederei ist eng verknüpft mit Ereignissen der Weltgeschichte: der Auswanderung nach Amerika, der Ära der Goldenen Zwanziger, zwei Weltkriegen, Wirtschaftswundern und den Swinging Sixties bis hin zur Renaissance der Kreuzfahrt im neuen Jahrtausend.
Einfach schneller segelnBei einer Regatta gibt es zwei Kriterien, die über Erfolg oder Niederlage entscheiden: die Bootsbeherrschung des Seglers und der Trimm des Bootes.
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.
With over two-thirds of the globe covered by water, the ability to navigate safely and quickly across the oceans has been crucial throughout human history.
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.
Paints a compelling picture of impressive pre-Columbian cultures and Old World civilizations that, contrary to many prevailing notions, were not isolated from one another In Ancient Ocean Crossings: Reconsidering the Case for Contacts with the Pre-Columbian Americas, Stephen Jett encourages readers to reevaluate the common belief that there was no significant interchange between the chiefdoms and civilizations of Eurasia and Africa and peoples who occupied the alleged terra incognita beyond the great oceans.
In this important book, ten navigators - the late Hec Busby, Piripi Evans and Jacko Thatcher from Aotearoa New Zealand; Peia Patai and Tua Pittman from the Cook Islands; and Kalepa Baybayan, Shorty Bertelmann, Nainoa Thompson, `Onohi Paishon and Bruce Blankenfeld from Hawai`i - share the challenges and triumphs of traditional wayfinding based on the deep knowledge of legendary navigator Mau Piailug.
