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The Last Time Around Cape Horn by William F. Stark
epub |eng | 2012-01-24 | Author:William F. Stark [WILLIAM F. STARK]

* * * On June 11th, fourteen days after we’d sailed from Port Vic, we began to pick up what we hoped were the Roaring Forties. We were now well ...
( Category: Regional August 6,2020 )
The Boat Electrics Bible by Andy Johnson
epub |eng | 2015-08-15 | Author:Andy Johnson

As with all instruments, a quick scan of the voltmeter and ammeter readings will tell you if all is well with the electrical system. TIP Both the ammeter dial and ...
( Category: Do-It-Yourself August 2,2020 )
Stove by a Whale by Thomas Farel Heffernan
epub |eng | 2012-08-14 | Author:Thomas Farel Heffernan

Melville was wrong about which wife had been unfaithful—the story could hardly be told many times over without some error creeping in—but he may have been right about the rest. ...
( Category: Narratives August 1,2020 )
Celestial Navigation by David Berson
epub |eng | 2018-07-13 | Author:David Berson

Technique Technique is always important, whether swinging a golf club, rowing a boat, or playing a guitar. This holds true for celestial navigation as well. In order to get the ...
( Category: Boating July 14,2020 )
RADAR FOR MARINERS by DAVID BURCH
epub |eng | 2013-07-14 | Author:DAVID BURCH

Figure 8-3. Guard rings and sectors. The left screen shows a guard sector set on the starboard bow to warn if the vessel approaches too close to shore, while still ...
( Category: Sailing July 5,2020 )
The Water in Between by Kevin Patterson
epub |eng | 2018-10-28 | Author:Kevin Patterson

( Category: Sailing July 4,2020 )
Emergency Navigation by David Burch
epub |eng | 2008-07-14 | Author:David Burch

COASTAL CURRENTS Here I’m making a distinction between rotating tidal currents in coastal waters (discussed above) and a broader category of currents that can include other sources that I call ...
( Category: Instructional July 3,2020 )
Three Sheets to the Wind by Cynthia Barrett
azw3 |eng | 2019-05-31 | Author:Cynthia Barrett [Barrett, Cynthia]

It’s an Ill Wind That Blows No Good This philosophical expression holds the same meaning today as it did for the mariners who coined the phrase centuries ago. While sailors ...
( Category: Dictionaries July 1,2020 )
Heart of Glass by Daniel Spurr
epub |eng | 2004-06-14 | Author:Daniel Spurr

Vince Lazzara’s long career in boatbuilding began at Fred Coleman’s AeroMarine in Sausalito, California. Lazzara then moved to Columbia Yachts in Costa Mesa and then to Florida, where he started ...
( Category: Sailing June 28,2020 )
Essential Sculling by Daniel Boyne
epub |eng | 2019-11-02 | Author:Daniel Boyne

EXTERNAL FOCUS: MOVING OUTSIDE YOURSELF Remember your friend the old sculler? Are you ready to show him the new power and efficiency in your stroke? Perhaps you have a rematch ...
( Category: Sailing June 28,2020 )
Adrift by Tami Oldham Ashcraft
epub |eng | 2018-05-01 | Author:Tami Oldham Ashcraft

Eleven Hinanos and Cigars It was hard for me to look at the moon and care whether it was waning or waxing. If I hit land on a moonless and ...
( Category: Sailing June 4,2020 )
The Ultimate Guide to Nautical Knots by Skyhorse Publishing
epub |eng | 2020-04-23 | Author:Skyhorse Publishing

STEP 2 Finish by passing it over and under. STEP 3 Essential: no matter what, if the two strands come out above one side, then they must come out underneath ...
( Category: Do-It-Yourself May 20,2020 )
Performance Sailing and Racing: All You Need to Know to Sail Faster and Smarter by STEVE COLGATE
epub |eng | 2012-05-13 | Author:STEVE COLGATE

Figure 6-3. Shooting head to the wind before the start can help determine the favored end. Here the buoy end is favored. Most boats have a thwart or a traveler ...
( Category: Sailing May 14,2020 )
Coastal navigation using GPS : for sail and power by Larkin Frank J
epub |eng | 2003-05-14 | Author:Larkin, Frank J

COASTAL NAVIGATION USING GPS Reader Progress Note Now you should be able to plot a true course on a nautical chart, measure distance, compute time of travel (TOT), speed, or ...
( Category: Sailing May 8,2020 )
Splicing Modern Ropes by Jan-Willem Polman
epub |eng | 2016-04-15 | Author:Jan-Willem Polman

7 EYE SPLICE IN DYNEEMA ROPES The principle of a Dyneema eye is a core-to-core splice, in which a length of at least 60 times the diameter of the rope ...
( Category: Knots, Macrame & Rope Work April 13,2020 )

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