A Story of Killing Seas, False Lights and Plundered Ships
Author: Bella Bathurst
From the bestselling author of The Lighthouse Stevensons, a gripping history of the drama and danger of wrecking since the eighteenth century - and the often grisly ingenuity of British wreckers, scavengers of the sea. A ... |
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From Pearl Harbour to Bikini Island
Author: Robert D. Ballard
To be published in the 60th anniversary year of the infamous bombing of Pearl Harbor, Graveyards of the Pacific is Dr. Robert Ballard's compelling survey of the major WWII Pacific battlefields and graveyards including Mi ... |
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Author: George Buehler
Everybody has the dream: build a boat in the backyard and sail off to join the happy campers off Pogo Pogo, right? But how? Assuming you aren't independently wealthy, if you want a boat that's really you, you gotta build ... |
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Author: Mike Dash
When the Dutch East Indiaman Batavia struck an uncharted reef off the new continent of Australia on her maiden voyage in 1629, 332 men, women and children were on board. While some headed off in a lifeboat to seek help, ... |
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Author: Clive Cussler & Craig Dirgo
Bestselling author Clive Cussler takes us on a breathtaking real life search for lost wrecks around the world. Clive Cussler is the world's foremost author of maritime adventure thrillers. His many bestsellers include In ... |
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Author: Oxford Paperback Reference
The most comprehensive and authoritative reference book of its kind, The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea is a completely revised and updated edition of a classic volume that was first published in 1976 to huge accl ... |
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Author: Charlie Wing
Keep your boat's electrical systems running and reliable ""Boatowner's Illustrated Electrical Handbook" is perfect for learning how your boat's electrical system and much of its equipment works, and it will be an i ... |
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Tools and Techniques for Modern and Traditional Rigging
Author: Brion Toss
Offers ideas and tips on how to supplement winches with block and tackle, rigg snubbers at anchor, use pantyhose for an emergency fanbelt. This book is intended for sailors who want the satisfaction and hard-cash savings ... |
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More Elegant Wooden Kayaks Anyone Can Build
Author: Chris Kulczycki
Presents plans and instructions for building and finishing three stitch-and-glue designs - a touring kayak, a fast sea kayak, and a flatwater kayak. The designs and simple building methods offer kayakers the experience o ... |
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How to Find and Sail the Right Boat for You
Author: Daniel Spurr
Can a keelboat tip over? Can I take a centerboard boat onto open water? How can I determine what boat I want? Once I do, what's a fair price to pay for it? Should I buy it new or used? How can I tell the difference betwe ... |
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101 Questions and Answers About the Great Transatlantic Liner
Author: David Ellery
Even before her launch, RMS Queen Mary earned a special place in history. Job number 534, as the new Cunard liner was known, was Britain's largest passenger ship by far. In 1930, construction was begun, but as the strang ... |
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Extraordinary Stories of Wreck, Terror and Triumph on the Sea
Author: Jean Hood
The drunken captain of an unseaworthy ferry who refuses to return to port in bad weather because he would have to refund the fares the naval captain who entrusts the navigation of his frigate to a passenger the crew who ... |
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Author: Donald Johnson & Juha Nurminen
This is a large format, meticulously researched, lavishly illustrated and fully international history of mankind's seaborne voyages from the Phoenicians and Chinese to modern navies and round-the-world sailing yachts. Ro ... |
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Author: J. J. Trayner & E.C. Plumb
This charming little handbook was first published in the 1950s as an aid for stewards entering the Merchant Navy. It contained notes on the necessary etiquette and skills required to serve passengers on the great ocean l ... |
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Author: Don Daneburg
Available together for the first time, Don Danenburg's best-selling guides to restoring wooden powerboats are a must-have for any enthusiast in this field. Written clearly, and with a wealth of hard-earned practical advi ... |
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Author: E.C. Tupper & K.J. Rawson
Rawson and Tupper's Basic Ship Theory, first published in 1968, is widely known as the standard introductory text for naval architecture students, as well as being a useful reference for the more experienced designer. Th ... |
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Development of the Oil Tanker, 1940-2000
Author: Andrew G. Spyrou
From T-2 to Supertanker provides a unique insight into the oil tanker industry's efforts to produce safe and efficient vessels. Dr. Andrew G. Spyrou believes that marine transportation is the key to effective global ship ... |
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Development of the Oil Tanker, 1940-2000
Author: Andrew G. Spyrou
From T-2 to Supertanker provides a unique insight into the oil tanker industry's efforts to produce safe and efficient vessels. Dr. Andrew G. Spyrou believes that marine transportation is the key to effective global ship ... |
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Matthew Fontaine Maury and the Mapping of the Oceans
Author: Chester G. Hearn
Tracks in the Sea captures a rich yet little-known chapter in the history of seafaring - the mapping of the oceans by Matthew Fontaine Maury, the father of modern navigation and ocean science. Voyages in the early 1800s ... |
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New Life for Old Boats Using Modern Methods
Author: Jim Trefethen
Tells the reader how to select the right boat; establish a work schedule and budget; buy the right tools and equipment; select alternatives to endangered tropical rainforest woods; repair and modify the hull, topsides, d ... |
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