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With this new, fresh, and highly readable introduction to sail trim, Dallas Murphy's PLAIN SAILING goes far to demystify the often intimidating aspects of sailing that confront the unseasoned sailor. By focusing on "wind awareness," Plain Sailing will help all sailors better understand the principles and practice of sail trim-how to adjust sails so they interact most efficiently with the wind. There is a direct relationship between sailing efficiency...
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Flat Stanley volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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After Stanley Lambchop goes flat once again, he uses his flatness to help win a sailboat race and to rescue a classmate from a collapsed building.
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Amy and Jimmie were not sailors. Their experience included reading a few books, watching a couple of instructional videos, and sailing once a week for a year. They were land-lubberly, middle-class twentysomethings, audacious and in love. All they wanted was to be together and do something extraordinary. They quit their jobs, bought a boat that was categorically considered "too small" for ocean sailing, and left Portland, Oregon for the Sea of Cortez....
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Tiller Publishing
Pub. Date
2000.
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1 online resource (176 pages)
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English
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"From surviving torpedos in WWII to pioneering the Caribbean charter trade, this autobiography plots an exciting voyage across four decades of Boudreau's passion for sailing and schooners. This account describes his adventures under sail, from a confrontation with a 65-foot rogue wave and a fight with drug pirates in the Bahamas to an eerie encounter with a tiger shark and the onslaught of a vicious hurricane."--
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"Joshua Slocum's autobiographical account of his solo trip around the world is one of the most remarkable - and entertaining - travel narratives of all time. Setting off alone from Boston aboard the thirty-six-foot wooden sloop Spray in April 1895, Captain Slocum went on to join the ranks of the world's great circumnavigators - Magellan, Drake, and Cook. But by circling the globe without crew or consorts, Slocum would outdo them all: his three-year...
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My Ebook Publishing House
Pub. Date
2014.
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1 online resource.
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Now, for the first time ever, and only for a limited time, you can get this value-priced, limited edition boxed set. Find Your Hobby Box Set includes three bestselling books from My Ebook Publishing House:Book #1Everything About Scrabble First introduced to the public in the mid 1950s, Scrabble has gone on to be one of the biggest selling board games in history-and is currently gaining legions of new fans in the online world. Perhaps the fascination...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
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"The Dunnes have set off on a ten day boat trip, a trip that hopefully will bring them closer together, despite the fact that the father, Stuart is staying behind on land. But only an hour into the trip they're already falling apart. The teenage daughter plans to drown herself, and the teenage boy is high on drugs. Ten-year-old Ernie is near catatonic. But their mother Anne, with the help of her brother-in-law Jeff, is insistent on pulling everyone...
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"For Gary Jobson-the three-time All American sailor, America's Cup winner, Fastnet Race winner, and ESPN sailing commentator since 1985-sailing is life. In 2003, he was diagnosed with lymphoma, and here he relays the tumultuous diagnosis and treatments endured before the cancer went into remission. Through remission he remembers how his life has intertwined with some of the greatest sailors, how the sport has changed since his childhood, how the public...
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"Over the course of twenty years of delivering sailboats to far-flung quaysides, John Kretschmer has had innumerable adventures, both humorous and terrifying. in Flirting with Mermaids, he recounts the most memorable of them. He crosses the Western Caribbean with a crew of eccentric Swedes researching ancient Mayan mariners, lands in Aden at the outbreak of civil war, and endures a North Atlantic crossing during which he disocvers the existence of...
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Tiller Publishing
Pub. Date
2009.
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1 online resource (128 pages)
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"A collection of inventive catboat designs, from the boards of the Benford Design Group, ranging from 17' to 22' long. Both centerboard and keel designs are shown. All have cabins and cruising accommodations, and have classic, traditional styling. Alternate rigs are also included for some of the designs plus photos of the completed boats."--
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"Christian Beamish envisioned a low-tech, self-reliant exploration for surf along the coast of North America, using primarily clothes and instruments available to his ancestors and a boat he built by hand in his garage. How the vision met reality and how the two came to shape each other places Voyage of the Cormorant in the ... American tradition of tales of life at sea, and what it has to teach us"--Jacket.
14) Desperate Voyage
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In May 1946 John Caldwell set out to sail from Panama to Sydney to reunite with his wife who he hadn't seen for more than a year. Eager to reach his destination and unable to secure any other form of transport, he had to resort to singlehanded seamanship.
After an ignominious scene in the harbor, where a tangled anchor led him to take an early dip, he spent ten days learning the rudiments of navigation and sailing from a book, before embarking...
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"Godforsaken Sea is the hair-raising account of the world's most demanding, dangerous, and deadly sailing race. Around the world, one sailor, one boat, no stops, no assistance. Author Derek Lundy's vivid book follows the field of the 1996 - 1997 Vendee Globe through the race's grueling four-month circumnavigation of the globe, most of it through the terror of the Southern Ocean. Lundy narrates the race through the eyes and experiences of sixteen sailors...
17) The long way
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"The Long Way" is Bernard Moitessier's own incredible story of his participation in the first Golden Globe Race, a solo, non-stop circumnavigation rounding the three great Capes of Good Hope, Leeuwin, and the Horn. For seven months, the veteran seafarer battled storms, doldrums, gear-failures, knock-downs, as well as overwhelming fatigue and loneliness. Then, nearing the finish, Moitessier pulled out of the race and sailed on for another three months...
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Awa Press
Pub. Date
2013.
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1 online resource (128 pages)
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To sail a boat is a magical, and sometimes mystical, experience. The sailor is free from the cares of life on land, entirely absorbed in the enterprise of moving a craft across the water. For the uninitiated, though, willingly putting oneself at the mercy of nature's unpredictable forces, winds, waves, and weather can seem quite daunting. Here, Matt Vance takes readers inside the mind of a sailor, from the first scary moment of handling a boat solo...
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John Champion
Pub. Date
2013.
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1 online resource.
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How to Select, Equip and Maintain a Cruising Boat. The Series. Is a compilation of the authors other e books on cruising boats. The material is the same but makes it all available in one volume at a much lower price. Thirty seven different chapters beginning with comparing boats and the various aspects of different designs and builds. The buying process, both at home and offshore are discussed. Practical chapters covering sails, canvas, marine electrics,...
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John Champion
Pub. Date
2013.
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1 online resource.
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The book details some boat systems such as windlasses and anchoring rode. Compares the options available and the benefits of horizontal and vertical windlasses. Explains what to consider when shopping for a windlass and how to calculate what size to buy. Chapter 2 deals with best installation practice. Chapter 3 deals with boat system voltage, AC and DC is examined and the pros and cons of each, 12-24v and 110-220 are reviewed. Useful information...
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