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Dave Wheeler has been on boats for more than forty years, living aboard and cruising for over half of those years. In that time he has encountered every conceivable problem that can and will arise...

Frank Brumbaugh has lived boating and written articles for most of his life. In that time, he has tackled every conceivable problem a boater could ever be confronted with on a boat. For the first...

Genset, Diesel Engines And Transmissions, Gasoline Engines And TransmissionsOutboard EnginesGenset: Types, sizing and usage; Advantages of each.Diesel Engines And Transmissions: Cooling systems, Fuel...

Bright work, Hull Finishes, Interior Finishes, Design, Layout, "Floor & Wall" CoveringsBright work: Stripping old finishes, Surface preparation, Proper application of clear finishes. Hull Finishes:...

Wooden & Fiberglass Boats, Running GearYearly Commissioning & DecommissioningWooden & Fiberglass Boats: Through hulls, Zincs, Props, Shafts, Logs, Struts, Rudders, Cutlass bearings, Refastening,...

AC Electrical, DC Electrical, Water Supply and Waste Removal, Air Conditioning and Heating, RefrigerationAC Electrical: Calculating shore power requirements, Calculating genset power requirements,...

After years of writing award-winning articles for major boating magazines, David S. Yetman had compiled over one thousand nautical terms and phrases every boater should know. The next logical step:...

Arthur Edmunds is one of the country's top naval architects and his knowledge of the boat building industry has never been more apparent than in this book. Art has written this book so the reader,...

There are literally thousands of questions that run through your mind when you start the search for your first or next great boat. Fortunately for all, Art Edmunds has put his many years of...

Captain Jack I. Davis has done it again! He has written yet another, very easy to understand, instructional navigation book. As in his first book, Captain Jack's Basic Navigation, this book is filled...

Captain Jack's Complete Navigation is a combination of Captain Jack's Basic Navigation and Captain Jack's Celestial Navigation. This is truly the most complete and easy-to-understand navigation...

Jack I. Davis has written this very easy to understand instructional navigation book. After traveling thousands of miles on the water and teaching hundreds of navigation and boating courses, Captain...

If you want to better understand the big iron toiling under the deck of you sportfish, pick up a copy of the Complete Guide To Diesel Marine Engines by John Fleming. The book takes you through the...

After many years in the boating industry and writing countless articles for your favorite boating magazines, John Fleming has put his wealth of knowledge into his new book, The Complete Guide To...

After many years in the boating industry and writing countless articles for your favorite boating magazines, John Fleming has put his wealth of knowledge into his new book, The Complete Guide To...

Joan Healy starting her boating endeavors with a small canoe and it soon turned into a long time love affair with boats and boating. Like most of us, she started in a small boat and learned along the...

This is the only design book available which includes the complete design and engineering process for both power and sail. This book will help you understand why your boat was designed and built as...

Stephen Fishman has kept the techno-babble to a minimum while retaining all that is important concerning Electronics Aboard. How a device works may not be necessary to your understanding of its use,...

Arthur Edmunds has created a tremendously informative book concerning fiberglass boats and their systems. Fiberglass Boat Survey will guide you through the process of choosing a boat type for your...

It was January 19, 1988. The waters were calm and the skies cloudless as five fishermen set off on a week-long trip off the Costa Rican coast. Five days later, their twenty-nine-foot wooden craft was...

Have you ever listened to a weather forecast stating there may be a slight chance of showers but the rain is coming down so hard you are seriously considering a lifejacket while standing on the dock?...

A treasure chest of information, ideas, projects, and maintenance hints for the hands-on boat owner, Modern BoatWorks is novel in that it covers a wide variety of topics, including mechanical,...

Anyone who has spent time at an anchorage, a marina, beside a channel or at a harbor entrance quickly realizes a great many people operating power boats are relatively new to the sport and are still...

John Guest has written this very interesting and informative book after many years of research into seafaring traditions, stories, and the history of the sea. An "Old Salt" himself, this book was the...

The Large Ship's Log Book, contains 164-Ship's Log sheets, 4-Fuel Record sheets, 2- Waypoint sheets, 4-Genset Run Time sheets, 6-Ship's Maintenance sheets and 10-Engine Maintenance sheets, 2-Locker...

Robert Grossman has incorporated into the Skipper's Handbook, virtually all the information any skipper could possibly use aboard boats to sixty-feet.The quick reference layout covers everything from...

After years of boating, Alex Zidock has put his vast experience into this extremely informative guide to Trailer Boats. Alex takes the reader, in an easy-to-understand style, from the front bumper of...

After many years in the boating industry and writing countless articles for your favorite boating magazines, John Fleming has put his wealth of knowledge into his new book, Troubleshooting Gasoline...

Kimberly Robinson has written this entertaining and informative water ski book for children to enjoy while they learn what great fun water skiing can be. This book helps children understand that it...