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The Unlikely Voyage of Jack De Crow: A Mirror Odyssey from North Wales to the Black Sea by A. J. Mackinnon
RRP: $31.48Booksplease Price: $23.67Equipped with his cheerful optimism and a pith helmet, this Odysseus in a dinghy takes you with him from the borders of north Wales to the Black Sea - 4,900 kilometers over salt and fresh water,... -
Ice! by Tristan Jones 9781574092738
Booksplease Price: $28.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.ReviewsIce! is to the wide waters of the world what the exploits of that other Jones chap, Indiana, is to the wide screen .... -
Understanding Boat Batteries and Battery Charging by John C. Payne 9781574091625
RRP: $23.08Booksplease Price: $21.46From 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... -
Magic of Turkey: A Guide to the Turkish Coast Alfredo Glacon 9781574092707
RRP: $31.48Booksplease Price: $29.23A comprehensive guide to the various coasts of Turkey, offering practical information on topics ranging from anchorage areas and marinas, to weather forecasts, to the local cuisine of some of the... -
Four Guys in a Boat: A Decade of Rum, Cigars, Poker and Lies by Tom Watkins 9781574091939
RRP: $16.78Booksplease Price: $12.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorUS/China Business and Educational Consultant Michigan's state superintendent of schools, 2001-05 ... -
Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum 9781574092615
RRP: $31.48Booksplease Price: $31.37Captain Joshua Slocum's solo voyage around the world in the 37-foot sloop the Spray in 1895 undoubtedly stands as one of the greatest sea adventures of all time. His classic narrative of this 46,000... -
Seasoned by Salt: A Voyage in Search of the Caribbean by Jerry L. Mashaw 9781574092462
Booksplease Price: $29.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Reviews...even-handed, lyrical... * Yachting World *Book InformationISBN 9781574092462Author Jerry L. MashawFormat... -
The Bomb Vessel: #4 A Nathaniel Drinkwater Novel by Richard Woodman 9781574090994
Booksplease Price: $25.79A young captain Nathaniel Drinkwater is given command of an old Ship, the Virago, to be sent to the Baltic as a bomb vessel. Drinkwater's ambition is to turn it back into a fighting ship, but his... -
Sail Trim: Theory and Practice by Peter Hahne 9781574091984
RRP: $31.48Booksplease Price: $28.83Good sail trim can mean the difference between winning and losing a race or reaching harbor before the tide turns. This book demystifies the skill of good sail trim with the aid of superb color... -
Travellers on a Trade Wind Marcia Pirie 9781574090659
RRP: $27.28Booksplease Price: $25.83When Marcia and David Pirie abandoned their careers and sailed off in their home-built ketch Moongazer, They embarked on a journey that took them around the world, and became a way of life for nine... -
From the Fo'c's'le by David Kasanof
RRP: $29.38Booksplease Price: $27.53Inthis collection of over sixty selected pieces readers will recognize their boats, their fellow sailors and themselves.ReviewsThis series of musings is a compilation of the best from the author s... -
The Last Voyage of the Lucette: The Full, Previously Untold, Story of the Events First Described by the Author's Father, Dougal Robertson, in Survive the Savage Sea. Interwoven With the Original Narrative. by Douglas Robertson
RRP: $39.88Booksplease Price: $31.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.ReviewsA fantastic read and thoroughly recommended. I could not believe what I was reading! * Nautical Magazine *The author... -
Ice Bird: The Classic Story of the First Single-Handed Voyage to Antarctica by David Lewis 9781574091519
RRP: $29.38Booksplease Price: $27.62David Lewis and his small yacht, Ice Bird, set sail from Sydney, Australia, on a search for high adventure. The voyage, full of drama, emotion and pain, takes place in the least hospitable and most... -
Titanic Survivor by Violet Jessop 9781574093155
RRP: $29.38Booksplease Price: $26.54Violet Jessop's life is an inspiring story of survival. Born in 1887 in Argentina, the eldest child of Irish immigrants, at the age of 21 she became the breadwinner for her widowed mother and five... -
Understanding Boat Plumbing and Water Systems by John C. Payne 9781574092639
RRP: $25.18Booksplease Price: $23.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorJohn C. Payne is a cruising sailor and professional marine electrical engineer and surveyor with a 28-year... -
Lessons From My Good Old Boat by Donald Launer 9781574092509
RRP: $37.78Booksplease Price: $34.36Donald Launer shares his accumulated knowledge and experience from decades of sailing and provides the reader with lots of practical information that will make sailing better, safer and more... -
Celestial Navigation in a Nutshell by Hewitt Schlereth 9781574090581
Booksplease Price: $29.30Despite the proliferation of electronic navigational devices, celestial navigation remains an essential tool for those who do not wish to be caught short when modern technology fails. In this... -
Liners to the Sun by John Maxtone-Graham 9781574091076
Booksplease Price: $33.83This book takes a candid and insightful look at the rich history, construction and crew of the great ships.ReviewsLiners to the Sun is an engaging and informative ocean travelogue which also offers... -
Caribbean Passagemaking: A Cruiser's Guide by Les Weatheritt 9781574093551
RRP: $52.50Booksplease Price: $49.37The 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... -
Understanding Marine Diesels by John C. Payne 9781574093599
RRP: $37.78Booksplease Price: $31.63From John C. Payne, one of the foremost international authorities on marine electrical systems and electronics, comes an easy-to-understand yet thorough treatment of marine diesel engines and the... -
Fisherman's Electrical Manual: A Complete Guide to Electrical Systems for Bass Boats and Other Trailerable Sport-fishing Boats by John C. Payne 9781574091731
Booksplease Price: $31.88This handbook presents the bewildering array of electrical and electronic devices found aboard modern trailerable fishing boats. With Payne's help, every bass and sports fisherman should be able to... -
The Best of Sail Trim by Charles Mason 9781574091199
Booksplease Price: $43.62This authoritative anthology of SAIL magazine articles contains a wealth of invaluable advice, tips and opinions from leading yachtsmen, sail designers and manufacturers. It represents current ideas... -
Encounters of a Wayward Sailor by Tristan Jones 9780924486807
Booksplease Price: $28.50The great teller of sea stories-Tristan Jones-is back, with a new collection of yarns, reminiscences, and adventures never before published in book form. Jones carries us to the sleepy Spanish ports... -
Logs of the Dead Pirates Society: A Schooner Adventure Around Buzzards Bay by Randall S. Peffer 9781574090956
Booksplease Price: $39.19This tale of exploration and adventure is a warm account of the people and places around the waters of Southern Massachusetts.ReviewsLogs of the Dead Pirates Society: A Schooner Adventure Around... -
Basic Coastal Navigation: An Introduction to Piloting for Sail and Power by Frank J. Larkin
RRP: $52.50Booksplease Price: $50.86This clear and accessible introduction to coastal navigation outlines most of the techniques of piloting that are still fundamental to safe navigation even with modern electronic aids. Step-by-step,... -
Blowout by Robert Orrell
Booksplease Price: $25.26Robert Orrell recounts the brutality and immense danger of life on an oil rig.ReviewsBlowout is a riveting true story, the stuff of which legends are made. * Midwest Book Review *Weaves in a great... -
Endless Sea: Alone around Antarctica--As Far South as a Boat Can Sail by Amyr Klink
RRP: $31.48Booksplease Price: $30.49Amyr Klink, whose sailing exploits have made him a hero in Brazil, tells of his daring singlehanded circumnavigation below the Antarctic Convergence. Surfing the waves in his custom-built 50-foot... -
Aka by Tristan Jones
RRP: $25.18Booksplease Price: $18.88Bill Conan, a middle-aged adventurer, has entered a 30,000 mile solo race around the world in the sloop Josephine, seeing it as his last chance to win status and success. Risking the ultimate test... -
Things I Wish I'd Known Before I Started Sailing, Expanded and Updated by John Vigor 9781493051397
RRP: $31.48Booksplease Price: $29.23With a Foreword by Don Casey, Aimed at sailboat owners of all kinds, this reference book contains 200 entries packed with solid practical advice and valuable tips. Each entry is categorized... -
Ready for Sea!: How to Outfit the Modern Cruising Sailboat and Prepare Your Vessel and Yourself for Extended Passage-Making and Living Aboard by Tor Pinney 9781574091441
Booksplease Price: $38.16Tor Pinney explains how to prepare a yacht for extended cruising as well as for living aboard. He considers the systems, equipment, and modifications that will transform a basic yacht into a... -
Oceans Are Waiting: Around the World on the Yacht Tigger by Sharon Riggle 9781574091458
RRP: $39.88Booksplease Price: $36.08This is a true story of newlyweds on a four-and-a-half year circumnavigation aboard a small sailboat. Single for many years, with her children grown, Sharon Ragle found herself facing a solitary... -
Joseph Conrad: Master Mariner: The Novelist's Life at Sea, Based on a Previously Unpublished Study by Alan Villiers by Peter Villiers 9781574092448
Booksplease Price: $33.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.ReviewsConrad scholars have known for years that this study by master mariner and distinguished sea writer Alan Villiers... -
Salvage - A Personal Odyssey by Ian Tew 9781574092561
Booksplease Price: $65.31'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,... -
The Corvette: #5 A Nathaniel Drinkwater Novel by Richard Woodman 9781574091007
Booksplease Price: $26.10The frozen splendor of the Arctic Ocean and the absorbing drama of a nineteenth century whale hunt unfold as Drinkwater escorts a whaling fleet to Greenland and meets disaster, treachery and death... -
The Lusitania: Unravelling the Mysteries by Patrick O'Sullivan 9781574090949
RRP: $27.28Booksplease Price: $26.08The sinking of the Lusitania is one of the most famous naval disasters in history.Book InformationISBN 9781574090949Author Patrick O'SullivanFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Sheridan... -
The Captains' Guide to Liferaft Survival by Michael Cargal
Booksplease Price: $43.74The Captains' Guide to Liferaft Survival contains everything a castaway needs to know to survive in a liferaft and get rescued as quickly as possible. Filled with useful experience from the author's... -
Folkboat Story: From Cult to Classic -- The Renaissance of a Legend by Dieter Loibner 9781574092745
RRP: $52.50Booksplease Price: $48.22This modern classic of small boat literature details the history of the Nordic Folkboat--a class that enjoys remarkable popularity in some of the world's most beautiful and challenging sailing waters... -
Cape Horn: The Logical Route: 14,216 Miles Without a Port of Call by Bernard Moitessier 9781574091540
Booksplease Price: $28.04This is the story of Bernard and Francoise Moitessier's honeymoon voyage aboard Joshua, sailing from Europe to the islands of the Pacific and back by way of Cape Horn, the "logical route," because it... -
Handbook of Offshore Cruising: The Dream and Reality of Modern Ocean Cruising by Jim Howard 9781574092790
Booksplease Price: $53.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.ReviewsFor those planning an ocean cruise, whether it's a day sail or circumnavigation, this book is the ideal primer that... -
The Annotated Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana 9781574093100
Booksplease Price: $54.94A true story of the battered life of a foremast crewman, Two Years Before the Mast is Richard Henry Dana's classic travel narrative, which inspired canonical works such as Moby Dick and Sailing Alone...