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Fastnet, Force 10: The Deadliest Storm in the History of Modern Sailing (New Edition) by John Rousmaniere
mobi |eng | 2000-04-16 | Author:John Rousmaniere

Looking astern from Hamburg during the 1936 transatlantic race In conditions that the photographer described as “a regular Fastnet sea.” Taken forty-three years apart, these photographs show the waters of ...
( Category: Sailing March 6,2020 )
Cabo Trafalgar In The Moonlight by Kay Pope
epub |eng | 2012-12-22 | Author:Kay Pope

A few days later, a yacht called Marion from Stockholm came in and later Lost Horizon from Madeira with James Dobbs on board, whom we last saw in Oulton Broad. ...
( Category: Excursion Guides March 5,2020 )
What Now Skipper?: Test Your Navigation and Seamanship Skills and Learn from Expert Answers (Yachting Monthly) by Bill Anderson & Chris Beeson
epub, pdf |eng | 2009-10-13 | Author:Bill Anderson & Chris Beeson [Anderson, Bill]

19 HEAVY LIFT? Q Joyce and Michael had been sailing together for over 30 years, the first 10 with their children as crew and the last 20 as a couple. ...
( Category: Sailing March 4,2020 )
Slow Boat to the Bahamas by Linus Wilson
epub |eng | 2015-11-27 | Author:Linus Wilson [Wilson, Linus]

28. High Times at Highbourne Cay I was expecting a motor through calms and shifty winds, which would be mostly behind us. Instead, we were motoring into the two-foot seas ...
( Category: Sailing March 3,2020 )
The Sindbad Voyage by Tim Severin
epub, azw3 |eng | 1982-02-10 | Author:Tim Severin [Severin, Tim]

The Kingdom of Serendeeb Ida, my daughter, joined the Omani band as a cymbal player. In Calicut the Omanis had bought themselves a pair of drums, and now they showed ...
( Category: Sailing March 2,2020 )
Salty Dog Talk by Bill Beavis
epub |eng | 2013-07-26 | Author:Bill Beavis

Mate A friendly word meaning two who break bread together, or more precisely meat – two who share meat. From the old Teutonic word gamaton – ga implying a conjunction, ...
( Category: Boating March 2,2020 )
The Last Grain Race by Eric Newby
epub |eng | 2014-09-30 | Author:Eric Newby [Newby, Eric]

Albatross After we had posed the albatross for our cameras on the coaming of the after wheelhouse, the Second Mate carefully folded the wings and threw it back into the ...
( Category: Excursion Guides March 2,2020 )
The Elements of Boat Strength by Dave Gerr
epub |eng | 2000-02-25 | Author:Dave Gerr

• Silicon bronze and 316 stainless steel (second best) are the proper materials for metal-strap floors. Hot-dip galvanized mild steel, primed and painted all around before installation, can be used; ...
( Category: Boating February 26,2020 )
Cape Horn to Starboard by John Kretschmer
epub |eng | | Author:John Kretschmer

6 * * * • • • * * * HEADWINDS AND HEADACHES WE ALTERNATED STEERING AND pumping in hourly stints. Around midnight, after we’d emptied most of the water ...
( Category: Excursion Guides February 24,2020 )
A SPECK ON THE SEA by William Longyard
epub |eng | 2004-07-26 | Author:William Longyard

Schultz’s Sea Fever was modified many times on its journey from the Andes down the Amazon, and up the Caribbean to Miami. Its sails were made from canvas awning material. ...
( Category: Sailing February 22,2020 )
North To The Night by Simon Alvah
epub |eng | 2011-04-20 | Author:Simon, Alvah [Simon, Alvah]

EIGHT Tay Bay DECEMBER 1994 ZERO HOURS DAYLIGHT Someday should you wander away from the beaten path You might chance to find your Self . . . before the cavern ...
( Category: Sailing February 22,2020 )
Yachting Start to Finish by Pickthall Barry
epub |eng | 2009-09-17 | Author:Pickthall, Barry

Figure 14 Sea breezes Sea breezes are a sailor’s lifeline on hot, balmy summer days. They are caused by the difference in warming characteristics between land and sea (Figure 14). ...
( Category: Sailing February 20,2020 )
Moon Fiji by Minal Hajratwala
epub |eng | 2019-02-18 | Author:Minal Hajratwala

GETTING THERE AND AROUND Air Fiji Link (tel. 672-0888, www.fijiairways.com) flies to Kadavu’s tiny Vunisea Airport, also known as Namalata Airport, on the central eastern side. Flights go to and ...
( Category: Scuba Diving February 19,2020 )
Sea, Ice and Rock by Chris Bonington
epub |eng | 2019-02-17 | Author:Chris Bonington [Chris Bonington and Robin Knox-Johnston]

– CHAPTER 6 – DECISION TIME We had been back for nearly twenty-four hours and had spent most of that time in our sleeping bags, but Jim and I had ...
( Category: Narratives February 18,2020 )
The Sailing Bible by Jeremy Evans
epub |eng | 2018-01-15 | Author:Jeremy Evans

The spinnaker is made up of the halyard, sheets, pole, uphaul and downhaul. All the control lines (including the guy and sheet, uphaul and downhaul) are kept in place whether ...
( Category: Sailing January 16,2020 )

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