Sailing Trawlers: The Story of Deep-Sea Fishing with Long Line and Trawl

Science & Math

Edgar J. March

Nature & Ecology

International Marine Publishing Company

Anyone who has sailed alone or short-handed offshore knows the importance of getting the boat to steer herself. This book is the first to set down in one place all of the considerations that go into making self-steering work. The author has in mind all types of sailing craft, from the smallest to the largest, and all types of self-steering systems - sheet-to-tiller arrangements, vane gears, and electronic autopilots. But this is more than just a survey of what types of equipment are available with details on their mechanical operation. It is also a comprehensive guide to the technique and technology of self-steering.

Self-Steering for Sailing Craft

Letcher, John S.

Most new boats available today are stock fiberglass boats, manufactured to be acceptable to the "average" person. Yet most owners of new stock fiberglass boats -- and used ones as well -- are not "average" people and find deficiencies in their boats. They find that some areas of the hull structure need strengthening, portholes need to be added or filled in, hatches require waterproofing, freeing ports should be enlarged, berths should be added, and plumbing and electrical systems require improvements. There are hundreds of things -- big and small -- that can be done to stock fiberglass boats to make them more suitable for the owners' uses. As the author says in his introduction, there are four good reasons to modify your boat: (1) to make the boat safer; (2) to make her more comfortable; (3) to improve performance; and (4) to improve appearance. This book is a handy guide to meeting all four of those requirements, with specific advice on how to undertake specific tasks. The author has had years of experience modifying fiberglass boats, which he brings to bear in discussing the major and minor considerations that go into tackling a modification project. From the basic construction techniques to the finishing touches, this book will help you give any fiberglass boat the improvements that will make her more valuable to you. Numerous diagrams and black and white photographs throughout.

Modifying Fiberglass Boats

Wiley, Jack

Restoring Vintage Boats

John Lewis

Patrick and June Ellam dreamed of running away to sea -- and decided to make a go of it by starting their own yacht delivery business. They set off on a series of adventures that took them from their New York headquarters to Venezuela, Cuba, New Brunswick, London, Paris and all the places in between. 
Not only a narrative of fascinating experiences, this is a practical guide for achieving independence with a maritime enterprise.

Wind Song: Our Ten Years in the Yacht Delivery Business

Sports & Outdoors

Ellam, Patrick

Water Sports

The inside flap of the dust jacket has a wonderful description of the contents. It reads: "Unlike other so called 'simplified' celestial navigation textbooks, this book enables the reader to master the practical elements of celestial navigation quickly and easily."

Successful celestial navigation with H.O. 229

G. D. Dunlap

Astronomy & Space Science

Sail and Oar

Leather, John

The Gourmet Galley (Fine Cooking On Small Boats)

Janericco, Terence

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Pacific Sail: Four Centuries of Western Ships in the Pacific

Business & Money

The Thousand Dollar Yacht

BAILEY, Anthony

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