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Adventures in the Ditch: A Memoir of Family, Navigation, and Discovery on the Intracoastal Waterway
Adventures in the Ditch is not only a fascinating sea story of a great voyage on the Intracoastal Waterway, it’s a personal memoir of two brothers and their father. Jon Coile developed a love for the sea and a thirst for nautical adventure at a young age. Hoping to rekindle the wanderlust and excitement of their early years sailing together, Coile, his brother, and their eighty-something father embark on a nine-day, 1,250-mile voyage on the Intracoastal Waterway—from the Chesapeake Bay to Miami. Their refurbished vessel, Griffin, offers up her own set of challenges, and the trio encounter other unexpected situations along the way, leading to creative solutions, and providing a penetrating view of the daily reality of an Intracoastal cruise. More than a mere boat trip, Adventures in the Ditch is a rich, warm, and personal story of family relationships. .
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Powerboat Handling Illustrated
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Sorensen's Guide to Powerboats: How to Evaluate Design, Construction, and Performance
Sorensen’s Guide to Powerboats schools readers in the principles of powerboat design, construction, and performance It acquaints readers with all the major powerboat types over 20 feet, explaining what each type does well or poorly and what to look for in each. Also includes more than 100 rigorous, unbiased technical reviews of new and used boat models and shorter reviews of 200 more. .
Price: $10.98
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Boating Magazine's Insider's Guide to Buying a Powerboat: Featuring Tips and Traps for the Smart Boat Buyer
Boating Magazine's Insider's Guide to Buying a Powerboat features tips and traps for the smart boat buyer. If you don't have an uncle in the boat-dealership business, here's the next-best thing: a longtime boat dealer and salesman who lets you in on trade secrets so you can buy a new or used boat without getting burned. J. P. Lamy lays out a step-by-step approach to finding the right small powerboat (under 30 feet) and buying it at a fair price with favorable financing. You will learn: - How salesmen are trained
- What their margins and markups are
- The use of the Internet for boat shopping
- What to look for, good and bad, in a new or used boat
- Checklists
- How to negotiate honestly but toughly
- How to shave thousands of dollars from an asking price
Endorsed by Boating magazine, Lamy's guide helps you take control and win in the bargaining process. When it comes to buying a boat, knowledge is power..
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Stapleton's Powerboat Bible
"Don't even think of buying and outfitting a powerboat for long-term cruising until you've read this book cover to cover." --Milt Baker, trawler yacht live-aboard and founder, Bluewater Books & Charts Written for owners of large powerboats (more than 35 feet long), this book picks up where other references leave off. It is one of the most ambitious and far-ranging references ever offered to powerboaters. .
Price: $7.49
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All About Powerboats: Understanding Design and Performance
What's the difference between a deep-vee hull and a modified vee? A planing hull and a displacement hull? Find the answers to these and scores of other frequently asked questions in All About Powerboats. Writing for any boater seeking a better understanding of modern powerboat design and handling, author Roger Marshall provides a well-illustrated, clear introduction to small powerboats (18 to 30 feet long) from the perspective of use. His practical advice on hull shape, engines, construction methods, steering systems, comfort, and safety gives today's boaters a thorough grounding in powerboat selection, use, and lore. .
Price: $6.28
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The Instant Handbook of Boat Handling, Navigation, and Seamanship
Instant answers for your boat handling, navigation, and seamanship questions The Instant Handbook uses a dynamic new quick-reference format to cover the critical aspects of piloting, seamanship, and boat handling under sail or power more accessibly and effectively than has ever been done before. It puts at your fingertips all the information you need about: - Boat Handling Under Power--Bob Sweet
- Sail Trim and Rig Tuning--Bill Gladstone
- Using Nautical Charts--Bob Sweet
- Using GPS--Bob Sweet
- Using VHF and SSB Radios--Bob Sweet
- Rules of the Road and Running Light Patterns--Charlie Wing
- Knots, Splices, and Line Handling--Charlie Wing
- Anchoring--Peter Nielsen
- Onboard Weather Forecasting--Bob Sweet
- Heavy Weather Sailing--John Rousmaniere
- Diesel Engine Care and Repair--Nigel Calder
- Emergencies On Board--John Rousmaniere
- Emergency First Aid On Board--Richard Clinchy
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Price: $11.75
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American Powerboats
This look back at the great boatbuilders that sprung up on the shores of the Great Lakes stretches from the first use of internal combustion for marine applications in the late nineteenth century to the early-1960s, when wooden construction was increasingly replaced by fiberglass and aluminum, and on to the early 1980s. More than covering lovely mahogany runabouts, this work also includes chapters on racers and cruisers/commuters. In addition to familiar names like Chris-Craft, Hacker, Century, and Lyman, there are also less frequently covered boats from names like Richards, Matthews, Burger, and Tiara. The final chapters explore the use of non-wood materials.Detroit was the epicenter of early-20th century boat-makers using engines from the nation's nascent automotive industry. Boat-makers, however, did not cluster as tightly around that city as did auto manufacturers; they were found from the Thousand Islands of Lake Ontario to Chicago and Duluth. Despite this regionalism the Great Lakes builders, more than any others, influenced the entire world's powerboating community. .
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Powerboat Care and Repair : How to Keep Your Outboard, Sterndrive, or Gas-Inboard Boat Alive and Well
As the "Boat Doctor" in Boating magazine, Allen Berrien helped two generations of readers keep their boats alive and well. Now his practical know-how and wisdom is collected inPowerboat Care and Repair, the only book that focuses on do-it-yourself maintenance and repair of small powerboats. Berrien provides tips on how to avoid and solve a host of common problems, such as electrolysis, pitted gelcoat, and battery failures. He also offers step-by-step guidance on spring commissioning and winterizing; inboard, outboard, and stern driveengine troubleshooting; exterior maintenance; emergency preparedness; and much more. .
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Classic Century Powerboats
Century is a renowned manufacturer of runabout, utility, and water ski boats. Starting out in Milwaukee in 1926, Century continues to be a leader in the powerboat industry today. This book traces the company's humble beginnings to market prominence, focusing on the wooden-hulled inboard and outboard boats built from 1930 to 1968. In the wood era, the company offered utilities, triple cockpit speedboats, and streamlined runabouts that performed exceptionally well against the competition. .
Price: $123.92
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