Water Sports

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781587313776Author Peter KreeftFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint St Augustine's PressPublisher St Augustine's PressWeight(grams) 178gDimensions(mm) 180mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781940944005Author Richie KohlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Heinerth Productions Inc.Publisher Heinerth Productions Inc.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995484214Author Mark YoungFormat PaperbackPage Count 122Imprint Educate and Learn PublishingPublisher Educate and Learn PublishingWeight(grams) 178g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781595557742Author Paul Andrew AsmuthFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint Elm Hill BooksPublisher Thomas Nelson PublishersWeight(grams) 258gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781596913448Author Steven KotlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PlcPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PlcWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorImray Laurie Norie & Wilson Ltd was formed in 1904 when three private chart publishing firms amalgamated. Each of these London companies had a long history going...

In this first biography of David Henry Lewis, Ben Lowings examines his lifetime of adventure forensically yet sympathetically, and unlocks the secrets of his determination. This British-born New Zealander was the first person to sail a catamaran around...

What does it take to win at the Olympic Games? How many years of hard work and dedication does it take to prepare for such a feat? How many disappointments do you have to endure on this journey? Danielle Brittain has walked this journey over and over...

A century, a hundred, a ton, whether in sport, in life or an exam result raises expectations and interest. When it is a celebration of a leading yacht club's longevity, pens descend on paper. From small beginnings after the First World War the Royal...

Give this book a year and it will improve your sailing - and that's if you read only one tip a day. No fewer than 365 experienced sailors share the wisdom of their experience, revealing invaluable suggestions you won't get taught on many sailing courses...

Includes practical advice on where and when to paddle, clothing and equipment needed for safety and comfort, and how to prepare the body with fitness training.Book InformationISBN 9781842159798Author Bill MattosFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint...

Since its publication in 1963, Sterling Hayden's autobiography, Wanderer, has been surrounded by controversy. The author was at the peak of his earning power as a movie star when he suddenly quit. He walked out on Hollywood, walked out of a shattered...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781265936167Author Greg RosselFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint McGraw-Hill EducationPublisher McGraw-Hill EducationWeight(grams) 812g

One of Britain's greatest living sailors shares a collection of distilled wisdom, acute observation and fascinating anecdotes. This book is a collection of provoking, insightful and perceptive pieces of writing by Robin Knox-Johnston. His forthright and...

Set to become the bible for powerboat owners and operators for years to come, this long overdue analysis and review of modern powerboat design and operation explores how powerboats have developed, why, and how design impacts on control and performance. ...

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 9780984377527Author Charles A MathysFormat PaperbackPage Count 258Imprint Netcam PublishingPublisher Netcam PublishingWeight(grams) 303g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781938922268Author Yvon ChouinardFormat HardbackPage Count 84Imprint Distributed Art PublishersPublisher Distributed Art Publishers

Essential Sculling is an authoritative, concise, and thoroughly readable handbook that focuses on helping anyone become an accomplished sculler. Here, Daniel J. Boyne offers the finest instruction - for men and women alike - on the art and skill of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995484238Author Mark YoungFormat PaperbackPage Count 122Imprint Educate and Learn PublishingPublisher Educate and Learn PublishingWeight(grams) 227g

Chart scale 1: 350 000 Plans included: A Coruna (1:50 000) Ria de Corme e Laxe (1:75 000) Ria de Camarinas (1:50 000) Ria de Muros (1:75 000) Approaches to Ria de Arousa (1:150 000) Ria de Arousa (1:150 000) Cabo de Cruz (1:40 000) Vilagarcia...

Des Sleightholme, former Editor of Yachting Monthly" for many years, is well known for his irreverent outlook on the Establishment and for his unfailing eye for the funny side of things; here he takes on a hilarious anecdotal romp through his sailing...

This is the ultimate guide to liferaft survival for all boaters and its purpose is to ensure the survival of skipper and crew in the event of their boat sinking. In this essential safety book, expert authors, Frances and Michael Howorth, cover how to...

'No cure, no pay'- those are the terms under which a salvor operates, and in doing so he takes on an onerous responsibility. If he is defeated by the elements he is not paid. He receives nothing, however much money, effort, sweat and tears he has put in...

Through fifty years of epic stories, art, and personal ephemera, The Fletcher Family spans surfing's golden era to the present day, when bathing-suit model Dibi and competitive surfer Herbie met, to raising talented Christian and Nathan on boards and...

Chart scale 1: 350 000 Plans included: Figueira da Foz (1:15 000) Nazare (1:15 000) Porto de Peniche (1:10 000) Cascais (1:15 000) Lisboa Approaches (1:65 000) Lisboa (Lisbon) (1:30 000) Sesimbra (1:15 000) Entrance to Rio Sado (Setubal) (1:40...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345476616Author Louise SoutherdenFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

Frank Mulville gives advice on how to choose self-steering, how to adapt rigging and gear, what supplies to take and how to stow them, how to prepare for bad weather, and how to keep fit on an ocean passage.Book InformationISBN 9780850364101Author Frank...

Recounted with his usual level of meticulous historical research, Rod weaves an easily readable account of the build-up to and implementation of Operation Desecrate 1 - the raid undertaken to destroy Japanese ships and aircraft in the lagoons of Palau...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780972146142Author Jim BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint Bookspecs PublishingPublisher Bookspecs PublishingWeight(grams) 414g

The Adlard Coles Book of Navigation is the perfect reference for anyone following an RYA navigation course, from Day Skipper through to Yachtmaster Offshore and for any seafarer requiring a knowledge of navigation. This highly practical book explains...

No other vessel-sail or power driven-had ever passed through the dangerous straits of the Northwest Passage and completed a voyage round the world before David Scott Cowper's daring journey in the converted RNLI life boat Mabel E. Holland. David Scott...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956072269Author Clare AllcardFormat PaperbackImprint Imperator PublishingPublisher Imperator PublishingWeight(grams) 481g

In 1982, a hobby sailor and retired geography professor named Marvin Creamer embarked on a very special circumnavigation: On his 36' steel ketch, Globe Star, Creamer and his crew ventured out into the Atlantic a few days before Christmas on the first leg...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995484252Author Mark YoungFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Educate and Learn PublishingPublisher Educate and Learn PublishingWeight(grams) 178g

The Triumph of the Amateurs is the story of the lost world or professional rowing in America, a sport that attracted crowds of thousands, widespread betting, and ultimately corruption that foretold its doom. It centers on the colorful careers of two New...

Ancient records of canoes are found from the Pacific Northwest to the coast of Maine, in Minnesota and Mexico, in the Southeast and across the Caribbean. And if a native of those distant times might encounter a canoe of our day-whether birch bark or...

Double -sided. Side one- Europe from Ireland and Portugal to the Caspian Sea - dimensions 1210 x 870 mm. Scale 1:4 000 000- enlargement on reverse, with unprecedented detail, covering Dublin to Bratislava on the Danube scale 1:1 500 000. Includes a brief...

This richly illustrated book presents the first comprehensive study of the making and marketing of pottery in medieval Ireland. Focusing on a well-preserved 14th-century pottery production centre which was excavated in 2006 at Highhays, outside the walls...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Reading the West (Nonfiction) 2013 and National Outdoor Book Awards (History/Biography) 2013.Book InformationISBN 9781439159859Author Kevin FedarkoFormat...