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Now anyone can make their own, custom-built canoe guaranteed to draw raves on land and water alike. The Illustrated Guide to Wood Strip Canoe Building is a comprehensive, detailed guide to the process of contructing a high-quality wood strip canoe,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780932146229Author Oscar Bryan WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Peninsula PublishingPublisher Peninsula PublishingWeight(grams) 290g

This book is designed to serve as a textbook for students and a reference for today's engineering officers, port engineers, superintendent engineers, and other maritime professionals. Steam turbine propulsion systems are included, but the coverage has...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781419660788Author Randy FolsomFormat PaperbackPage Count 158Imprint Booksurge PublishingPublisher Booksurge PublishingWeight(grams) 286gDimensions(mm)...

Applied Naval Architecture is intended for undergraduate students of many of the disciplines in maritime affairs, including marine engineering, marine transportation, nautical science, shipbuilding or ship production (shipyard apprentice schools), marine...

Sir John Franklin's Arctic expedition departed England in 1845 with two Royal Navy bomb vessels, 129 men and three years' worth of provisions. None were seen again until nearly a decade later, when their bleached bones, broken instruments, books, papers...

Founded in 1873, the Holland America Line provided services carrying passengers and freight between the Netherlands and North America. When the Second World War ended, only nine of Holland America Line's twenty-five ships had survived and the company set...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780892877072Author Haynes PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 824Imprint Clymer PublicationsPublisher Haynes Publishing GroupWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780906294819Author Alan KittridgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Twelveheads PressPublisher Twelveheads Press

When Arthur Anderson invited William Makepeace Thackeray to take a cruise in 1844, and to write about it, British shipping lines offered passage on their vessels for no other reason than leisure. By the 1880s, passenger ships designed solely for cruising...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780142001219Author Michael RuhlmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 323gDimensions(mm) 213mm *...

This practical book presents fundamental principles and identifies the separate systems (fuel, cooling, etc.). In this revision, current information is supplied for electronic diesel engines. It presents the conventional Mechanical Fuel Injection...

Intended for people who are not boat designers, this book describes how to bring a dream boat into being. Written by an experienced naval architect, it prepares intelligent amateurs create conceptual vessel designs ready for a naval architect's finishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780892875511Author Haynes PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 440Imprint Clymer PublicationsPublisher Haynes Publishing GroupWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840338171Author Andrew ClarkFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 173mm * 240mm * 4mm

Written primarily for the beginner, the book first gives directions for the use of tools, and suggestions for material and other equipment. Successive chapters cover specific problems relating to the preliminary design, the lines, construction and joiner...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739774387Author Alexander Arnfinn OlsenFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Magellan Maritime Press LtdPublisher Nordik AcademiaWeight(grams)...

The book covers such topics as ship geometry, properties of shipbuilding materials, stability, submarine hydrostatics, propellers and propulsion systems, and manoeuvrability. Appendices include conversion tables, lists of fresh- and saltwater properties,...

This book provides a coherent and systematic view of the key concepts, principles, and techniques in maritime container transport and logistics chains including all the main segments: international maritime trade and logistics, freight logistics,...

As the main artery of international commerce, merchant shipping was the world's first globalised industry, often serving as a vanguard for issues touching on labour recruiting, the employment relationship, and regulatory enforcement that crossed national...

Ship Management: Theory and Practice unpacks the complexity of this crucial maritime activity by spelling out its key elements and the connections and linkages between them. Opening with an introduction and an overview of the special characteristics of...

Finally, a comprehensive guide to constructing of beautiful wood strip rowing crafts. This style of construction is renowned for producing sophisticated hull shapes. Construction techniques can be mastered by the hobby builder. Over 835 clear color...

Created to be small and compact for easy traveling, this study guide provides all the lights, shapes, and symbols used out in the sea. How do you signal that a vessel is in distress or has run aground? International signals and symbols are also provided,...

The four battleships of the Iowa class, the crowning achievement of U.S. battleship construction, had exceptionally long careers and each in their way left a distinctive mark not only on the U.S. Navy but on naval history at large. Built as the ultimate...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992937133Author Mario MeisterFormat PaperbackPage Count 214Imprint Northern Aeromarine Ltd.Publisher Northern Aeromarine Ltd.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780892877959Author Haynes PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Clymer PublicationsPublisher Haynes Publishing GroupWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789888769094Author Peter MenderFormat PaperbackPage Count 166Imprint Earnshaw Books LtdPublisher Earnshaw Books LtdWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

The worldwide cruise industry is booming-alone, there are some 56 new cruise ships being built or planned (2018). Cruise ships visit ports around the world. And the ships themselves are amenity-filled, moving resorts. But when did it all begin? This book...

This is the story of lightkeepers' contributions to the natural history of lighthouses in conjunction with the history and maintenance of the manned navigation beacons - their primary function of course - 'for the safety of all'. Since keepers were first...

The Pool of London has long been a busy place. It has been the focus of seaborne trade with the city since the Roman galleys first arrived with exotic cargoes. After the Industrial Revolution the sailing packets were followed by wooden-hulled paddle...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904474524Author Michael LangleyFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

Dockmanship, according to author Bell, is "the art, skill, and practice of safely berthing and unberthing a vessel." Anyone who has ever spent time observing the action at a marina or boat ramp will concede that the docking practiced by many recreational...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906008802Author Michael LangleyFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

Any who think that the end of the long coastal excursions by paddle steamers of yesteryear brought a halt to a trip on the briny may be surprised to learn that there are still more than eighty vessels with Maritime and Coastguard Agency passenger...

Electric propulsion for boats was developed in the early 19th century and--despite the advent of the internal combustion engine--continued with the perfecting of the modern turbo-electric ship. Sustainable and hybrid technologies, pioneered in small...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911268628Author Miles CowsillFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Ferry PublicationsPublisher Ferry Publications

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845093037Format HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Silverdale BooksPublisher Silverdale Books

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781418143466Author T (Thomas) MainFormat HardbackPage Count 412Imprint University of Michigan LibraryPublisher University of Michigan LibraryWeight(grams)...