Water Sports

A, B, Sea is an entertaining, comprehensive guide to the language and lore of 21st-century seafarers. This playful mariner's glossary of nautical terms includes definitions for and cross-references to everything from aft to zenith, brass monkey to tuna...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957003156Author Mark YoungFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint Educate & Learn PublishingPublisher Educate & Learn PublishingWeight(grams) 280g

The latest official UKHO data is included, combined with additional information sourced from Imray's network to make it ideal for small craft. The chart has been fully revised throughout.About the AuthorImray Laurie Norie & Wilson Ltd was formed in 1904...

2013 Gold Winner IBPA Ben Franklin Awards In a memoir remarkable for its quiet confidence and acute natural observation, the author of Paddling Hawaii and Paddling My Own Canoe begins with her decision, at age 60, to undertake a solo, summer-long...

This is a complete introduction to open canoeing. Canoeing and kayaking have topped the UK charts for water sports since 2003, matched only by angling (British Marine Federation survey). Over one million people went canoeing in 2008. This is the first...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781801054904Author Nancy LambertFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Imagine That Publishing LtdPublisher Imagine That Publishing Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781603094948Author Kim DwinellFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Top Shelf ProductionsPublisher Top Shelf Productions

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780930406134Author Jolie BookspanFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Neck and Back Pain Sports MedicinePublisher Neck and Back Pain Sports...

In Deeper into the Darkness Rod takes the reader diving to explore many more famous wrecks around the UK from the Great War. These include HMS Pathfinder and HMS Audacious - the first British battleship to be lost to enemy action in WWI. The wreck of HMS...

Plans included: Marmaris Limani (1:50 000) Skopea Limani (1:100 000) Goecek (1:25 000) Fethiye (1:35 000) Approaches to Kastellorizo and Kas (1:75 000) Imray-Tetra charts for the Ionian and Aegean are widely acknowledged as the best available...

This sailing activity book is brimming with ideas and information for young sailors to inspire them to discover, explore and learn about sailing and boats. The book's central character, Sailor Taylor, takes children on an enjoyable sailing excursion:...

Naming a boat is as personal as naming a baby (even if few male skippers would risk telling the wife that). The culmination of many years of dreaming and penny pinching, the purchase of a boat of any size is a huge event for any sailor, and with that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486246581Author Charles G. DavisFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 368g

From John C. Payne, on eof the foremost international authorities on marine electrical systems and electronics, comes a new series of easy-to-understand yet thorough treatments of technical issues facing every boat owner, whether sail or power. Each...

"White Water Nepal" is probably the most iconic and famous rivers guidebook in the world of international kayaking and rafting, and it is the book that you will find on every international river runner's bookshelf or wish list. This new and thoroughly...

In the 1930s, hundreds of barges sailed the crowded waters of the Thames estuary carrying up to 100 tons of every sort of cargo - wheat and barley, coal, gun powder, cement and gravel. These remarkable craft were worked by a crew of two - skipper and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593512302Author Daniel James BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 329gDimensions(mm) 212mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781879009394Author Jeff FarrFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint Old Barn PublishingPublisher Old Barn PublishingWeight(grams) 227g

Three Sheets in the Wind brings together a glorious collection of Thelwell's sailing cartoons. Arriving on a summer weekend at any stretch of water without one's own craft behind the car or swaying proudly at its moorings is like attending a dance...

The image of the pirate never fails to capture the imagination. The cut-throat sea robbers of history who plundered richly laden merchant ships are legendary. The likes of Blackbeard, Captain Kidd and Henry Morgan are romanticised and celebrated in...

The chain of islands from the Virgins to the southern Lesser Antilles is one of the most desirable tropical cruising grounds as well as the most accessible for North American and European sailors. The Caribbean Sea is usually benign, but the conditions...

Since the publication of the widely hailed first edition in 1983, THE ANNAPOLIS BOOK OF SEAMANSHIP has set the standard by which other books on sailing are measured. It is a comprehansive guide to all aspects of seamanship from the the simplest ABC's to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994863300Author Mike ElliottFormat PaperbackPage Count 194Imprint Kettle River CanoesPublisher Kettle River CanoesWeight(grams) 463gDimensions(mm) 280mm...

Sailing is fun for everyone. No matter where you are or how old you are, anyone can get involved. There are only two things you need to get afloat - a kitbag full of enthusiasm, and this book. In this ultimate beginner's guide, yachtsman and writer...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994201416Author Tracy RockwellFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Ashnong Pty Ltd T/As Pegasus PublishingPublisher Ashnong Pty Ltd T/As Pegasus...

32 classic big wave surfing stories from the sport's pioneers John Long's classic collection of big wave surfing stories heralded a new era in surfing literature. Focusing on those elite athletes who live to challenge the ocean's fury, The Big Drop is...

Whether drifting in Optimists or skimming the water in a catamaran, the principles of instruction are the same and the major difficulty is communicating knowledge. This is a step-by-step course in how to teach beginners to sail safely and effectively. It...

"This book is intended to be a practical and concise presentation of some of the operations involved in designing yachts of all types. Cumbersome and impractical methods which are so often found in more pretentious works on naval architecture have been...

A companion volume to Ocean Yachtmaster" for those taking the Yachtmaster Ocean Certificate, and for navigation revision."Book InformationISBN 9780713648300Author Pat Langley-PriceFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Adlard Coles NauticalPublisher...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781265626808Author Edwin ShermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint McGraw-Hill EducationPublisher McGraw-Hill EducationWeight(grams) 290g

"I wonder if you can help me." "Maybe I could, or maybe I couldn't," was the very Welsh reply. "What is it you are wanting?" "Would you happen to know of any boats for sale?" It was a question the young man had asked many times before, and always with...

Into the Abyss, the first volume in The Diving Trilogy, is a fascinating collection of true life diving adventures from Rod's long and varied diving career. It follows his progression from novice diver in the 1980s through the dangers of the deep air...

Helen Tew sailed across the Atlantic in a small boat at the age of 89. This is a remarkable book about a remarkable life, by a remarkable woman whose sense of adventure is both infectious and inspirational.Book InformationISBN 9780954275075Author Helen...

The west coast of Scotland casts a spell on anyone with a taste for adventure, a feeling for the past or a love of the wild, uninhabited places. With tidal currents of awesome power running between fascinating patterns of islands, it is a challenging...

An original American sports story about John B. Kelly, the most famous U.S. oarsman of all time, three-time Olympic gold medalist, rags-to-riches millionaire, and father of actress Grace Kelly and champion oarsman Jack Kelly Jr.About the AuthorDaniel J...

Alaska has few roads and even fewer trails—only a few hundred miles of maintained footpaths exist outside the cities—so paddling the state's thousands of miles of rivers and lakes is the best way to get off the beaten track. Paddling Alaska describes the...

These racing factors, Dr. Walker explains, translate into boat speed, psychology, and tactics.Wind strength and wave formation, in turn, determine sail rig and fin trim, as well as the psychological approach needed to win. He demonstrates for both the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781896980423Author Ken WhitingFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Heliconia PressPublisher Heliconia PressWeight(grams) 590g

Living afloat on inland canals, rivers and waterways is a popular choice throughout the UK and Europe, and its popularity is growing. Attracted for financial, environmental or lifestyle reasons, there are now so many people wanting to sell up and live on...

For eleven years, the world's leading drivers contested international races at the Aintree circuit on the outskirts of Liverpool. Fangio, Surtees, Clark, Moss, Hawthorn and many more were on the grid. The British Grand Prix was held there five times,...