Boater's Bowditch: The Small Craft American Practical Navigator
Boater's Bowditch: The Small Craft American Practical Navigator

Author: Richard Keith Hubbard

Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional

Published: 2000-06-20

Total Pages: 438

ISBN-13: 9780071361361

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Emphasizing the visual and graphic techniques of navigation, Boater's Bowditch is a small-boat adaptation of the world's most trusted navigation reference, the U.S. government's American Practical Navigator ("Bowditch" for short). Now in handy paperback with hundreds of new diagrams and photographs, including a 16-page color insert, this book is a pleasure to use. It covers piloting, celestial navigation, marine weather, and all modern methods of electronic navigation, such as GPS and electronic charts. The Boater's Bowditch is an indispensable resource for beginning and advanced navigators, whether in sail- or powerboats, inshore or offshore.

Boater's Pocket Reference
Boater's Pocket Reference

Author: Thomas McEwen

Publisher: Anchor Cove Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 802

ISBN-13: 0977405206

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800 pages, 435 illustrations, 94 photographs, index. Handy, fact-filled new boating guide offers, how-to-do-it information and reference facts, figures, formulas, graphs, and tables about boating in a book small enough (about 3 x 5 x 1) to fit in your pocket. This book is for everyone who wants to enjoy being a better, safer, and more responsible boater. If you are new to boating this book is filled with information you need to know. If you are an experienced boater this book can act as a great reference and memory jogger.

About Time
About Time

Author: Adam Frank

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2012-09-11

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 1439169608

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"The Big Bang is dead and astrophysicist Adam Frank explains how our experience of time will change as a result"--

Nigel Calder's Cruising Handbook (PB)
Nigel Calder's Cruising Handbook (PB)

Author: Nigel Calder

Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional

Published: 2001-05-28

Total Pages: 608

ISBN-13: 0071797351

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The most comprehensive and helpful guide ever written for selecting and equipping a cruising sailboat Whether you’re a coastal or offshore cruiser, you’ll find your most pressing concerns treated with the know-how that makes for skillful, confident cruising in Nigel Calder’s Cruising Handbook. The author -- one of the most respected marine how-to authors on either side of the Atlantic, and author of the universally admired Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual, -- walks you through all key technical and practical aspects of modern cruising systems and equipment, providing you with a summary of the skills necessary for safe, enjoyable sailing. The first half of the book includes an easy-to-use tabular method for evaluating a boat's suitability for cruising; ideas for workable deck and interior lay-outs and organization; how to choose and configure suitable boat systems for cruising; and how to install gear for trouble free operation. The book's second half teaches you boat handling skills; core navigational expertise; anchoring techniques; weather understanding; heavy weather expertise; and specific skills for long-term and long-distance cruising.