The Small Boat Handbook
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| Author | : Richard N. Aarons |
| Publisher | : International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press |
| Total Pages | : 480 |
| Release | : 2006-03-09 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 9780071468824 |
Make the U.S. Coast Guard your first mate The Small-Boat Seamanship Manual contains all the information found in the Coast Guard's official 1,200-page training manual, giving you access to the highest standards of seamanship practiced and perfected by professional mariners. In addition to in-depth coverage of boat handling and navigation, you’ll find instructions for dealing with extreme situations, including search and rescue, towing, firefighting, vessel flood management, righting capsized boats, and maneuvering in heavy surf. You’ll also learn about Steering with a broken hydraulic line Close-quarters maneuvering Using the right lines and knots Capsize prevention, precautions, and survival techniques Change-of-course maneuvers to reduce icing and freezing spray Plugging and patching holes for flood control Predicting weather And much more This is the U.S. Coast Guard's primary training resource for boat handling and seamanship in conditions ranging from benign to extreme. Now this accumulated wisdom is yours with the Small-Boat Seamanship Manual.
| Author | : David Richey |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 228 |
| Release | : 1986-08 |
| Genre | : Family & Relationships |
| ISBN | : 9780064635356 |
| Author | : Greg Rössel |
| Publisher | : WoodenBoat Books |
| Total Pages | : 300 |
| Release | : 1998 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 9780937822500 |
Greg Rossel grew up cruising the waters of New York Harbor and spending time in the boatyards on the south shore of Staten Island where economics (more than anything else) made wooden boats the craft of choice. He makes his home in Maine where he specializes in the construction and repair of small wooden boats, as well as writing for several publications. Greg has been an instructor at WoodenBoat School in Maine since the mid-1980's, teaching lofting, skiff building, and the "Fundamentals of Boatbuilding".
| Author | : Eve Bunting |
| Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Total Pages | : 37 |
| Release | : 2003-05-19 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0547533284 |
Little Bear loves his little boat. He rows it around Huckleberry Lake, fishing and dreaming. But then Little Bear begins to grow and grow, until one day he doesn’t fit in his little boat anymore! All children who experience growing pains will appreciate Little Bear’s predicament. And they will smile with satisfaction as the solution to his problem unfolds in simple, lyrical words and charming pictures from two award-winning picture-book creators.
| Author | : Roger Kopanycia |
| Publisher | : A&C Black |
| Total Pages | : 153 |
| Release | : 2013-10-05 |
| Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
| ISBN | : 1408151294 |
The second book in our Classic Boat series aimed at traditional boat lovers, builders and restorers. Lofting is an essential stage in the transition between designing and building a boat in order to turn the design plans into boat lines plans to measure off and build the full-size boat. Its a tricky art, but this book shows exactly how it is done in clear, step-by-step diagrammatic stages. Aimed specifically at the amateur DIY builder, it will enable anyone to build a boat of any size, whether power or sail. The author has been teaching lofting to boatbuilding students for over 10 years, and has found that the key to understanding is visualisation - hence the plethora of step-by-step diagrams in this book to assist the reader to grasp the concepts. Lofting will be welcomed by budding boatbuilders everywhere.
| Author | : Kathy Harrison |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 228 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 9781585424658 |
An intimate portrait of America's foster-care system is told through the experiences of a foster parent and an emotionally abandoned girl who, ensconced with the author's biological, adopted, and foster children, began to thrive in her new family environment. 20,000 first printing.
| Author | : Steve Henkel |
| Publisher | : McGraw Hill Professional |
| Total Pages | : 417 |
| Release | : 2010-01-15 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 0071736948 |
For the first time ever, a comparative survey of 95 percent of the fiberglass pocketcruising sailboats ever built Author Steve Henkel has researched hundreds of cruising sailboats less than 26 feet long--pocket cruisers--to create this definitive gallery and handbook of the small cruising sailboats built in the last 45 years. With detailed plans, specifications, performance indexes, and commentary for every model the author could find (360 in all!), The Sailor’s Book of Small Cruising Sailboats is your ideal core reference for the used and new boats you see on the water.
| Author | : Geoff Lewis |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 309 |
| Release | : 1977 |
| Genre | : Boats and boating |
| ISBN | : 9780589072261 |
| Author | : Charles F. Chapman |
| Publisher | : Hearst Books |
| Total Pages | : 640 |
| Release | : 1983-04-01 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 9780910990479 |
| Author | : Elbert S. Maloney |
| Publisher | : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 312 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 9781588167514 |
BOATING. Perfect for onboard use - whether it's for dealing with emergencies, complying with safety regulations and government requirements, refreshing your knowledge of seamanship and piloting, reading charts, assessing weather conditions, or just figuring out what flag to fly, this facts-at-your fingertip reference has the answer. Tides and currents, electronics, life on board, maintenance: it's all here, handily arranged for easy look-up. Numerous charts, tables and line drawings amplify the text, thumb tabs make finding everything so straightforward and a wealth of Internet resources brings this up to the moment. Plus, the technology and communication sections have been thoroughly revised!
