The Boat Buyer's Guide to Motor Yachts and Trawlers
The Boat Buyer's Guide to Motor Yachts and Trawlers

Author: Ed McKnew

Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press

Published: 2006-04-01

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 9780071473545

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Get the best boat for your buck Now you can access the same inside information yacht brokers and boat dealers have relied on for nearly twenty years. The Boat Buyer's Guide to Motor Yachts and Trawlers lets you compare more than 600 new and used models, making it the most authoritative and useful guide available. With photos, floorplans, performance specifications, production updates, and price comparisions, it puts the world of boats at your fingertips. Nothing else in print or online comes close when you want to find the best boat for your buck. Photos and floorplans of each boat Sizes, weights, and tankage and powering options Standard and optional features, hard-to-find performance data, distinctive characteristics, and production updates and changes Price for each model year since 1980

Getting Started in Powerboating
Getting Started in Powerboating

Author: Robert J. Armstrong

Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional

Published: 2005-05-05

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780071448994

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Thoroughly updated with new developments and technologies, this bestselling book now features stunning new photographs that illustrate key techniques and maneuvering sequences, including docking, inlet running, and more.

All About Powerboats: Understanding Design and Performance
All About Powerboats: Understanding Design and Performance

Author: Roger Marshall

Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional

Published: 2002-03-26

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9780071362047

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Providing practical advice on hull shape, engines, construction methods, steering systems, comfort and safety, this text is an ideal introduction to small powerboats, 18 to 30 feet long, from the perspective of use.

Cruising Ports
Cruising Ports

Author: Patricia Miller Rains

Publisher: Mexico Boating Guide

Published: 2000-06

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9780963847027

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Principles of Yacht Design
Principles of Yacht Design

Author: Lars Larsson

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2022-03-17

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 1472981936

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Principles of Yacht Design has established itself as the standard book on the subject for practising designers, naval architecture students, discerning boat owners as well as the boatbuilding industry as a whole. The fifth edition is completely revised and expanded. It examines every aspect of the process of yacht and powerboat design. The new edition includes new findings from recent research in aero and hydrodynamics, as well as covering the most recent changes to building standards. The authors have used a newly built 41-foot performance cruiser to demonstrate the practical application of yacht design theory. This new edition includes photos of the building process and detailed explanations.

Cruisers Handbook of Fishing 2/E
Cruisers Handbook of Fishing 2/E

Author: Scott Bannerot

Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional

Published: 2003-09-16

Total Pages: 440

ISBN-13: 9780071427883

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Here is the first-ever complete guide to finding, catching, processing, and cooking fish from the decks of a slow-moving cruising sail- or powerboat. Scott and Wendy Bannerot have successfully cruise-fished tropical and temperate seas for more than two decades.

Reeds Channel Almanac 2017
Reeds Channel Almanac 2017

Author: Perrin Towler

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2016-08-25

Total Pages: 438

ISBN-13: 1472940326

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Available as an ebook exclusively from Bloomsbury.com, Reeds Channel Almanac is provided in Web PDF format for viewing on all compatible devices (including tablets, laptop and desktop computers). PLEASE NOTE: this ebook is NOT compatible with Amazon Kindle devices. The Reeds Channel Almanac covers the south coast of England from the Scilly Isles to Dover, the Channel Islands and northern France from Calais to L'Aberildut, offering cruising and racing yachtsmen ready access to essential navigation information by virtue of its clear layout and user friendly format. Completely updated for 2017, topics include seamanship, pilotage, tide tables, safety procedures, navigation tips, radio, lights, waypoints, weather forecast information, communications, Mayday and distress procedures - in fact everything the cruising yachtsman needs to know. The spiral binding allows the Almanac to be opened flat on the chart table and the large type size and clear layout makes information easy to read even in adverse conditions. This handy volume is ideal for anyone cruising the length of the English Channel. The ebook incorporates the free Reeds Marina Guide. Also available: free supplements of up-to-date navigation changes from January to June at: www.reedsnauticalalmanac.co.uk 'There are some things I would not go to sea without - Reeds is one of them.' Sir Chay Blyth