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High-spirited and passionate-at once a useful guide and a record of an extended love affair with small boats-Away All Boats is a blending of sparkling water lands and vivid memories.
Author of Striper and Fishing Came First, John N. Cole takes readers from the dangers of haul-seining for striped bass that challenge a wooden dory's limits in the surf to the excitement of searching the flats of the Florida Keys for tarpon and other game fish aboard...
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When Louis Rubin was thirteen, he built a leaky little boat and paddled it out to the edge of the ship channel in Charleston, South Carolina, where he felt the inexorable pull of the water. In his sixties, dozens of boats later-sailboats, powerboats, inboards and outboards-the pull is as strong as ever.
In the tradition established by Twain, Conrad, and Melville, Small Craft Advisory explores man's longtime passion for boats. Louis Rubin examines...
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This book of non-fishing, recreational powerboats, a step up from the very basic Power Boating for Dummies, offers the avid boater or novice a comprehensive overview of the hobby. Packed inside are how-to articles, builder histories and addresses, and engine option details. This 2002 publication is being offered at a special low price prior to the 2010 release of an updated edition.
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There are many books available that teach sailing skills for avid sailors. This is for those who are new to sailing, those who are thinking about sailing and those who will just be a guest along for a ride.Having sailed for many years in various parts of the world, I've learned that most people are not aware of what to expect or what is expected of them when going for a sail. Knowing some sailing basics will make the sailing experience more enjoyable...
9) Wrecker
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Alfred A. Knopf
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[2023]
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IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
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When fifteen-year-old Valdez Jones VIII, a.k.a. Wrecker, unwittingly becomes entangled with a group of smugglers and grave robbers, he must deep dive into their shady dealings in order to escape their twisted net.
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Since 2006, The Insiders' Guide to Becoming a Yacht Stewardess has been a must-read guide for hopeful, young travelers and those intrigued by a career path in the super-yacht industry. Hundreds of yacht crew in the industry today used Julie's book to get started---and succeed---working aboard yachts. Entertaining and educational, this book not only covers who owns luxury yachts, where they travel, and what taking care of their eccentric owners is...
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Hoy en día es bastante difícil creer que alguna vez existió un tiempo en el que la mayoría de los hombres se comportaban precisamente como eso, como hombres. Actualmente las redes sociales, las canciones populares, las películas (comedia romántica), Disney o el internet en general, nos están programando para deja de un lado nuestra masculinidad El hombre moderno necesita reestructurar su mente, su forma de pensar y su disciplina. En el objetivo...
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Two by sea: a couple rows the wild coasts of the far north in Rowing to Latitude: Journeys Along the Arctic's Edge.
Jill Fredston has traveled more than twenty thousand miles of the Arctic and sub-Arctic-backwards. With her ocean-going rowing shell and her husband, Doug Fesler, in a small boat of his own, she has disappeared every summer for years, exploring the rugged shorelines of Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Spitsbergen, and Norway. Carrying what...
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The comprehensive powerboating guide from the experts at Boating magazine, with essential info on the latest boats and gear-plus expert tips and more.
Boating magazine is the destination for powerboat information, whether your goal is competitive deep-sea fishing or soaking up rays on the lake. The Total Boating Manual draws on the knowledge and expertise of our writing staff to provide unbiased and well-researched reviews and tips on boating gear,...
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Cuántos nudos existen, cuántos son verdaderamente útiles, cuáles nos serán de utilidad en casa, o para ir en barca, hacer alpinismo, salir a pescar, etc.
Nudos para unir, colgar, enlazar, regular, etc.
Gazas, ayustes, ligadas, accesorios, guías, sujeciones, sistemas de enganche, herramientas, etc.
Un libro ilustrado: en cada secuencia de los dibujos y de las fotografías veremos «nacer», con nuestros propios ojos, el nudo que nos interesa...
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Bestselling author Irwin Shaw's lighthearted travelogue follows his family's vacation sailing from St. Tropez to Venice in the 1960s. As a boy, Irwin Shaw stared out across Brooklyn's Sheepshead Bay and dreamed of owning a boat and sailing the oceans wide. Decades later, he determined that chartering a yacht was better than having no boat at all. With his wife and son, Shaw then set out to mosey about the Mediterranean, guided by a Scottish captain,...
16) Los Misterios del Titanic: Historias Impactantes y Datos Increíbles Acerca del Hundimiento más Famos
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¿Qué secretos se ocultan tras el hundimiento de uno de los barcos más icónicos de la historia? ¿Cómo pudo ocurrir una tragedia de tal magnitud? ¿Aún quedan detalles sin conocer que podrían cambiar nuestra perspectiva de este evento tan trágico? Entonces sigue leyendo… "Viéndolo salir de lo oscuro cual barco fantasma me sigue desconcertando cada vez, el ver la triste rutina del grandioso barco yaciendo aquí, donde se posó a las 2:30...
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Along the Maine coast, the distinctive lobster boat is ubiquitous, and fisherman devote nearly as much time and effort naming their boats as their children. In this charming little volume, Victor Cole has reached out to hundreds of lobstermen and collected the stories behind the names of their boats. Some of the names are of children, or of loved ones who've passed on; some are religious or inspirational, and some are downright funny. But the stories...
18) Barky boats
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Penguin Young Readers Group
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[2023]
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Bluey and Mackenzie are excited to play with their buddies! But will Mia and Captain have time to play with them?
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Surfers, sailors, and anyone who loves the ocean will enjoy this visual exploration of the world's seas along its shores, including rip tides, swells, waves, and tsunamis.
Tide is the vertical motion of water, something so subtle it is impossible to see with the naked eye. Inspired by his travels around the world's coastline in a camper van with his young family, William Thomson captures the cycles of the sea's movement, and intersperses his adventures...
20) Cruising Brazil
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2021. The Boating and Cruising information for Brazil. The book includes links to online current cruising sources.Current information on formalities, ports, navigation, cruising Brazil etc .The sources examined in the preparation of this publication were:British Hydrographic Department Sailing Directions.Argentina Sailing Directions.Brazil Sailing Directions.Various port handbooks.Reports from United States Naval and merchant vessels and various shipping...
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