The Minimum Boat
Title | The Minimum Boat PDF eBook |
Author | Sam Llewellyn |
Publisher | A&C Black |
Pages | 97 |
Release | 2010-01-06 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 1408199998 |
A humorous collection of nautical observations promoting the simple boating lifestyle.
Learn Sailing Right!
Title | Learn Sailing Right! PDF eBook |
Author | United States Sailing Association |
Publisher | U.S. Sailing Association |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Sailing |
ISBN | 9780982167687 |
Learn Sailing Right Intermediate Sailing is the next logical step in the progression of skills. Learn Sailing Right! Intermediate Sailing is about sailing faster and smarter with greater confidence. As an intermediate sailor, you no longer need to think about how to tack, return to the dock or rig your boat. These maneuvers are now as natural as breathing. Where sailing is simplified for beginners as they learn fundamental skills and concepts, intermediate sailors are ready for deeper explanations and some of the details behind how a sailboat works.
The Voyage of the Cormorant
Title | The Voyage of the Cormorant PDF eBook |
Author | Christian Beamish |
Publisher | Patagonia |
Pages | 234 |
Release | 2013-10-06 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 1938340116 |
Christian Beamish, a former editor at The Surfer’s 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. How the vision met reality – and how the two came to shape each other – places Voyage of the Cormorant in the great American tradition of tales of life at sea, and what it has to teach us.
My Father's Arms are a Boat
Title | My Father's Arms are a Boat PDF eBook |
Author | Stein Erik Lunde |
Publisher | |
Pages | 40 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9781592701247 |
Unable to sleep, a young boy climbs into his father's arms and asks about birds, foxes, and whether his mother will ever awaken, then under a starry sky, the father provides clear answers and assurances.
Cruising in Seraffyn
Title | Cruising in Seraffyn PDF eBook |
Author | Lin Pardey |
Publisher | Lin and Larry Pardey |
Pages | 229 |
Release | 2002-08 |
Genre | Boats and boating |
ISBN | 1929214502 |
A fun and exciting guide to the world of living out at sea. This book will teach you what you need to know inorder to live safely, economically and cheaply when spending moths at sea. If nothing else, this book will send you chasing for your dreams, whether it be to take an adventure at sea or just about anyhting else. This is the first of a four-book series which begins on the journey that Lin and Larry Pardey began 34 years ago in their self-built 24-foot engineless cutter, Seraffyn. In this journey, we explore places such as Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and the Islands of the Atlantic ocean. Throughout the book, we learn about people and customs, we learn about the tricks of boating, we learn about surviaval. This 25th anniversary edition includes a new forward, new appendixes, and a color photo album showing Lin, Larry and the Serraffyn during those months at sea.
Toy Boat
Title | Toy Boat PDF eBook |
Author | Randall de Sève |
Publisher | Philomel Books |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 2014-05-15 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0399167978 |
A toy boat gets separated from its owner and has an adventure on the high seas.
Principles of Yacht Design
Title | Principles of Yacht Design PDF eBook |
Author | Lars Larsson |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 401 |
Release | 2022-03-17 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 1472981936 |
Principles of Yacht Design has established itself as the standard book on the subject for practising designers, naval architecture students, discerning boat owners as well as the boatbuilding industry as a whole. The fifth edition is completely revised and expanded. It examines every aspect of the process of yacht and powerboat design. The new edition includes new findings from recent research in aero and hydrodynamics, as well as covering the most recent changes to building standards. The authors have used a newly built 41-foot performance cruiser to demonstrate the practical application of yacht design theory. This new edition includes photos of the building process and detailed explanations.