A how-to guide for building the generation of quick and easy boats. It shows you how to create elegant, seaworthy plywood boats. It explains the basics of stitch-and-glue construction, tools, materials, shop safety, and more.
Teaches a few basic knots: the bowline, sheet bend, and rolling hitch, among others - and splices in three-strand and braided rope. This book also covers decorative rope and canvaswork - the traditional arts of the sailor.
Helps you understand and prevent diving accidents, based on 20 true-life reports. This guide reveals how scuba diving accidents leading to severe injury or death usually result from a chain... Læs mere
Offers plans and instructions for building 47 functional wooden boats for oar, motor, and sail, including dories, peapods, Sea Bright skiffs, wherries, and Rangeley boats.
Shows you how to find your way on the water - even if your navigation equipment is damaged or lost - using ancient and modern skills or rudimentary materials like a stick, a piece... Læs mere
The first comprehensive book on stripbuilding almost any type of small boat
Expert instruction beginning andintermediate surfers need to take theirskills from kook to boss.
Written by the founder of the Yacht Design Institute, this book contains answers to several boat related topics. It contains information on many aspects of boat-design and... Læs mere
Chronicles the odyssey of making a major lifestyle change from land to sea. This book explores what women stand to gain when they set forth on such a journey - and what they stand to lose if they do not.
Long typecast as the hotrods of the sea - fast but dangerous - modern cruising multihulls actually are among the safest and most comfortable cruising sailboats available. This... Læs mere
All sailors want to believe their boats can go anywhere and stand up to anything. Who knows when you might get caught by bad... Læs mere
Features more than 100 cutaway and drawings to give you a glimpse into the inner workings of powerboats and sailboats, including engines and propulsion gear, steering, rigging, ground tackle, electronic gear, electrical systems, and plumbing.