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 The Sailing Adventures of La Boatique
The Sailing Adventures of La Boatique: From Lake Erie to New Zealand is a travel and adventure book about living a dream. In July of 1998 Peter and Susan Wagner sailed a 41-foot ketch named La Boatique away from their dock in Port Clinton, Ohio. In 2002 they ended their journey in Opua, New Zealand. Along the way they discovered the excitement of ocean cruising, the thrill of landing huge fish, and the spectacle of exotic tropical islands. They overcame storms at sea, equipment malfunctions, and threatening illnesses. In the book, The Sailing Adventures of La Boatique, Susan recounts their cruising experiences during their four-year voyage. Susan and Peter demonstrate how they lived a low budget yet comfortable lifestyle aboard La Boatique. After sailing halfway around the world, they discovered that there is no place like their home waters of Lake Erie. The Sailing Adventures of La Boatique: From Lake Erie to New Zealand is 288 pages and includes 32 pages of col |
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Publishers of transtlantic sailing adventures of valentine howells. The last surviving member of original transtlantic yacht race in 1960. The site also has e-commerce and design service |
Advice for women and couples considering the liveaboard or cruising lifestyle. |
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Books and video by Romany Publishing about sailing the world. Titles: Comfortable Cruising, Just Cruising & Still Cruising, and Cruising for Cowards, a how-to text. |
Charts, almanacs, maritime interest & history, out of print & secondhand, professional & reference, yachting, boating & leisure. |
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Nautical bookshop and Admiralty and Imray chart agent with extensive stock and online ordering. Big selection of pilot books |
Welcome to the world of Reed's Nautical - specialists in worldwide mail order of new and old nautical books, charts and prints and calenders for all boating enthusiasts - sail and power. |
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In 1947 K Adlard Coles founded his own publishing company. He himself wrote many books, including pilots, narratives and the classic, world-famous Heavy Weather Sailing. Today, Adlard Coles Nautical is an imprint of A & C Black Publishers, who bought both Nautical Books and Adlard and merged the two in 1990. Over twenty books a year are produced by a team of three, headed by Janet Murphy, director of Adlard Coles Nautical and editor since 1986. Its future looks assured with plenty of new authors, and more importantly, the support of enthusiastic readers and sailors. With over 200 books in print, Adlard Coles Nautical continues to provide sailors with practical, informative and up-to-date books. |
The development of the tunnel and V bottoms are interestingly chronicled, with detailed explanations of hull design, function, potential, and characteristics. This book also details ten design steps for analysis of hull performance and stability showing how the calculations are accurately performed, as well as providing detailed information about their relation to hull performance. The ten steps range from layout design dimensions, calculating lift and drag, power calculations, and stability. |
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The multifaceted greens and blues of the land, sky, and water were our emeralds and sapphires in the beautiful setting that is the Hawaiian Islands.....I nestle into her cockpit. I love the feeling of my hand on her tiller as she thrusts into the rushing wind and sea. Sometimes gently, and sometimes rocking with wild abandoned passion. |
