Mooring Against the Tide

Mooring Against the Tide
Author: Jeff Knorr
Publisher: Pearson
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005
Genre: Creative writing
ISBN: 9780131787858

For beginning and intermediate creative writing courses (General/Fiction/Poetry) that use a workshop approach. Message: This workshop-based textbook offers a hands-on, interactive approach to writing fiction and poetry. Presenting the fundamental elements of both genres, the text illustrates the creative writing process and guides the students through several drafts of various student sample writings as if they were participating in an actual workshop. Clearly written and organized, it also includes student samples, class-tested exercises, and an easy-to-use guide to the workshop process.

Against the Tide

Against the Tide
Author: Richard Adams Carey
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Total Pages: 414
Release: 1999
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Carey, who spent a year with four Cape Cod fishermen, examines the variables that affect their lives and their livelihood, and explores the current politics surrounding the environmental impact of commercial fishing.

Manoeuvring

Manoeuvring
Author: Bill Johnson
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2013-07-05
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1408159414

This is a unique, practical, hands-on guide to boat manoeuvring. Manoeuvring a yacht under engine at close quarters in a marine of close to other (expensive!) boats can be a daunting prospect for the inexperienced skipper - but it has to be done in order to take your boat off a pontoon to go sailing, and to berth her after a day on the water. Throw in fast flowing tides, and wind which might blow from the bow or beam or stern, and the exercise becomes even more of a lottery - even for the experienced boat handler. Here at last is a well organised visual guide to coping in every possible combination of wind and tide. Laid out in a very clear fashion, with one manoeuvre per page and in a handy wiro format, this is the ideal teach yourself guide, and the perfect on-board aide memoire. It will be a godsend to every nervous helmsman, and a good talking point for crew!

Sailing - A Guide for Everyman

Sailing - A Guide for Everyman
Author: Aubrey De Selincourt
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2013-05-31
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1473389070

This antiquarian book contains a comprehensive and novice-friendly guide to sailing. Including all the information a beginner needs to know, this accessible and profusely illustrated guide constitutes the ideal introductory book. Although old, the information contained within this volume is timeless, and would be of considerable utility to the modern enthusiast. Chapters include: “Is It Expensive?”, “Old Boats and New”, “Beginning to Sail”, “Engines”, “Rigs”, “Cruising: Gear”, “Cruising: Buoys and Charts”, “Cruising: Coastal Navigation”, “Some Miscellaneous Tips”, “Maintenance”, “Flags and Rule of the Road”... and more. This vintage book is being republished now in an affordable, modern edition - complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on sailing.

The Handbook Of Sailing

The Handbook Of Sailing
Author: Bob Bond
Publisher: Knopf
Total Pages: 354
Release: 1992-08-11
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0679740635

Newly updated and now in paperback, this backlist classic contains 2,000 diagrams and photos enabling you to visualize every sailing procedure and maneuver; reflects the latest word on procedures, techniques, and equipment. 48 pages of full-color photos.

The Dinghy Cruising Companion

The Dinghy Cruising Companion
Author: Roger Barnes
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2014-05-08
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1408179164

A practical and engaging guide to dinghy cruising, covering everything from getting set up to embarking on more adventurous cruises. A wonderful read with a huge amount of useful advice.

The Complete Day Skipper

The Complete Day Skipper
Author: Tom Cunliffe
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2016-04-21
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1472924177

The Complete Day Skipper is a totally practical hands-on manual that covers the RYA Day Skipper syllabus in a way that reflects a skipper's growing experience at sea, beginning with yacht handling under power, moving on to boat husbandry and sailing skills, and from there to the realistic use of modern electronic navigation systems. Eminently readable and very down to earth, this fully revised fifth edition has become required reading for all skippers in their early years as well as more experienced sailors who choose not to venture far afield. As one of Britain's best-known instructors and writers on seamanship, Tom Cunliffe provides just the right blend of advice, instruction, inspiration and encouragement.