» książki » Sports & Recreation - Water Sports - Boating
 |
Ocean to Cross: Daring the Atlantic, Claiming a New Life
ISBN: 9780071373944 / Angielski / Miękka / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Permenently crippled from a fall from a horse, Liz Fordred refused to accept the limitations set for her. Together with her husband (also an accident survivor) they decided to build a boat and sail around the world, even though they had never sailed before. This is the tale of their triumph.
Permenently crippled from a fall from a horse, Liz Fordred refused to accept the limitations set for her. Together with her husband (also an accident ...
|
cena:
95,63 zł |
 |
Canoes and Kayaks for the Backyard Builder
ISBN: 9780071564953 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
cena:
130,41 zł |
 |
Runabout Renovation: How to Find and Fix Up an Old Fiberglass Speedboat
ISBN: 9780071580083 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For those who own a cherished but dilapidated fiberglass runabout, or for those who want a boat but are turned off by the high prices and often poor quality of today's offerings, this book explains everything there is to know about turning a rundown runabout into a real showpiece for a fraction of the cost of a new model. Author Jim Anderson, a runabout renovator from Minnesota's Land of Ten Thousand Lakes, leads readers through the whole renovation process. For those who think a project like this may be more than they can handle, renovating an old runabout is actually less complicated... For those who own a cherished but dilapidated fiberglass runabout, or for those who want a boat but are turned off by the high prices and often poo... |
cena:
108,68 zł |
 |
The Sharpie Book
ISBN: 9780071580137 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Sharpie Book traces the development of the sharpie from its earliest days to the latest plywood-and-epoxy designs; gives comprehensive instructions that can be used to build sharpies of all types and sizes; and includes more than a dozen designs and plans for sharpies from 15 to 40 feet from the likes of Chapelle, Kunhardt, Munroe, Boiger, Clapham, Kirby, and the author. A sharpie is a long, narrow, flat-bottom craft that evolved in the 19th century along the Connecticut shore as an oyster fisherman's boat. An 1880 report by the U.S. Census Bureau characterized the sharpie as "so...
The Sharpie Book traces the development of the sharpie from its earliest days to the latest plywood-and-epoxy designs; gives comprehensive inst...
|
cena:
126,06 zł |
 |
Drawn to the Rhythm: A Passionate Life Reclaimed
ISBN: 9780393324549 / Angielski / Miękka / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this richly layered memoir, the author tells how her determination to master rowing a single shell gave her the courage to free herself from the dark forces of abuse in her childhood and the failure of her marriage. In lyrical prose, Hall describes the rigors of rowing, the elation of winning, the joy of total engagement in passionate enterprise, and the triumph of breaking free. Ultimately, she declares sovereignty over her life and wins a world championship gold medal. Drawn to the Rhythm is a brave and soulful book, written for all women who seek to find their strength and voice.
In this richly layered memoir, the author tells how her determination to master rowing a single shell gave her the courage to free herself from the da...
|
cena:
99,76 zł |
 |
Knot Companion
ISBN: 9780470061695 / Angielski / Spiralna / 24 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An essential guide to tying knots in splash proof ring bound format
This full colour, clearly illustrated book covers cover the top 10 knots everyone should know, plus coiling and throwing a rope, and whipping (stopping the end unravelling). It is part of of Fernhurst's highly popular Companion series. All "Companion" books feature essential information - colour coded for instant access. Designed to withstand the rigours of on-board use they are splash proof, ringbound and printed on durable laminated card. Everyone needs knots: sailors, fishermen, girl guides, etc. Features the 10... An essential guide to tying knots in splash proof ring bound format
This full colour, clearly illustrated book covers cover the top 10 knots everyo... |
cena:
43,63 zł |
 |
All Together: The Formidable Journey to the Gold with the 1964 Olympic Crew
ISBN: 9780595343881 / Angielski / Miękka / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "In this book on the spectacular races at the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games, Bill Stowe writes with the same deadly accuracy and drive that he showed as the stroke of that crew. He writes not as his own remembrances would be so long after the fact, but rather in the tightly woven factual web of interviews of rowers from around the world. This is a compelling book because it develops the diverse backgrounds and experiences that a small group of men brought for the sole purpose of winning a gold medal in the Olympics. It was so momentous that this feat has not been repeated for the United States for...
"In this book on the spectacular races at the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games, Bill Stowe writes with the same deadly accuracy and drive that he showed as th...
|
cena:
73,68 zł |
 |
On the Water: Discovering America in a Rowboat
ISBN: 9780767908429 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "I take a stroke and lean back, gazing up into the jet skies, bejeweled by the moon and the galaxies of stars. The hull glides in silence and with such perfect balance as to report no motion. I sit up for another stroke, now looking down as the blades ignite swirling pairs of white constellations of phosphorescent plankton. Two opposing heavens. 'Remember this, ' I think to myself."
Few people have ever considered the eastern United States to be an island, but when Nat Stone began tracing waterways in his new atlas at the age of ten he discovered that if one had a boat it was possible to... "I take a stroke and lean back, gazing up into the jet skies, bejeweled by the moon and the galaxies of stars. The hull glides in silence and with suc...
|
cena:
82,59 zł |
 |
Rowing to Latitude: Journeys Along the Arctic's Edge
ISBN: 9780865476554 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jill Fredston has traveled more than twenty thousand miles of the Arctic and sub-Arctic-backwards. With her ocean-going rowing shell and her husband, Doug Fesler, in a small boat of his own, she has disappeared every summer for years, exploring the rugged shorelines of Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Spitsbergen, and Norway. Carrying what they need to be self-sufficient, the two of them have battled mountainous seas and hurricane-force winds, dragged their boats across jumbles of ice, fended off grizzlies and polar bears, been serenaded by humpback whales and scrutinized by puffins, and reveled... Jill Fredston has traveled more than twenty thousand miles of the Arctic and sub-Arctic-backwards. With her ocean-going rowing shell and her husban... |
cena:
82,59 zł |
 |
Exploring the Chesapeake in Small Boats
ISBN: 9780870334290 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tantalizing descriptions of the bay's intricate waterways--word pictures of how they are transformed over the four seasons of the year--and an informative discussion of the bay's geology, ecology, and human history will entice the reader to get out and poke around in and on the water. Author John Page Williams, director of special field programs for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and author of the Naturalist's Almanac in Chesapeake Bay Magazine, writes in a lucid, easygoing style as he introduces these waterways that he has been exploring for over thirty years. He fills readers in on all they...
Tantalizing descriptions of the bay's intricate waterways--word pictures of how they are transformed over the four seasons of the year--and an informa...
|
cena:
65,47 zł |
 |
Schooner Sultana: Building a Chesapeake Legacy
ISBN: 9780870335389 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The schooner Sultana is a remarkable example of what can happen when a grand idea sparks the imagination of a group of exceptional people. The idea--building a reproduction of an eighteenth-century schooner to be a floating classroom on the Chesapeake Bay--originated with John Swain, and in the foreword to this book he sums up the many facets of a shipbuilding project that became the focus of community spirit. He invites readers to share in the experience, and share they will as the pages lead from impossible to absolute reality. The book tells Sultana's story through two perspectives. Lucian...
The schooner Sultana is a remarkable example of what can happen when a grand idea sparks the imagination of a group of exceptional people. The idea--b...
|
cena:
180,13 zł |
 |
Cork Boat: A True Story of the Unlikeliest Boat Ever Built
ISBN: 9781400034901 / Angielski / Miękka / 291 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 165,321 corks
1 boat Most people have childhood dreams; few ever pursue them. At the age of 34, John Pollack quit a prestigious speechwriting job on Capitol Hill to pursue an idea he had harbored since the age of six: to build a boat out of wine corks and take it on an epic journey. In Cork Boat, Pollack tells the charming and uplifting story of this unlikely adventure. Overcoming one obstacle after another, he convinces skeptical bartenders to save corks, corrals a brilliant but disorganized partner, and cajoles more than a hundred volunteers to help build the boat, many... 165,321 corks
1 boat Most people have childhood dreams; few ever pursue them. At the age of 34, John Pollack quit a prestigious speechwriting j... |
cena:
78,25 zł |
 |
Sailing Made Easy and Comfort in Small Craft - A Practical Handbook of Sailing and Cookery
ISBN: 9781406790412 / Angielski / Miękka / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This vintage book is a complete guide to sailing, with chapters on cooking and housekeeping at sea. Written in simple language and profusely illustrated, this volume will be of considerable utility to modern readers wishing to learn how to sail, and would make for a fantastic addition to collections of allied literature. Contents Include: "On Setting Sail," "Sailing with Notes on Balance," "Lugs," "Strong Winds and Reefing," "Rules of the Road," "Mooring, Stowing, Awnings, Down Mast," "About Knots," "On Ship keeping," "The Kitchen," "Sailing Dictionary," etc. Many old books such as this are...
This vintage book is a complete guide to sailing, with chapters on cooking and housekeeping at sea. Written in simple language and profusely illustrat...
|
cena:
160,62 zł |
 |
Seamanship
ISBN: 9781410225146 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
cena:
77,85 zł |
 |
Day by Day to Alaska: Queen Charlotte Islands and Around Vancouver Island
ISBN: 9781552123485 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The central theme is a 2,500 mile trip taken over 23 days by the author in a 21-foot powerboat, Day by Day, from Puget Sound to Sitka, Alaska and back outside Vancouver Island. Included are side trips from Olympia, Washington to Skagway, Alaska, the Queen Charlotte Islands, and other experiences culled from over 50 years of boating.
The central theme is a 2,500 mile trip taken over 23 days by the author in a 21-foot powerboat, Day by Day, from Puget Sound to Sitka, Alaska and back...
|
cena:
113,02 zł |
 |
Outboard Motors Maintenance and Repair Manual
ISBN: 9781574092356 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Format 8" x 10 1/2" Illus. Full color photos and diagrams throughout ??? No other detailed book like this on the market ??? Will enable the most mechanically ignorant to understand and work on their engine with confidence
Format 8" x 10 1/2" Illus. Full color photos and diagrams throughout ??? No other detailed book like this on the market ??? Will enable the most mecha...
|
cena:
109,15 zł |
 |
The Colonial Clippers
ISBN: 9781443771191 / Angielski / Miękka / 568 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This vintage book is a detailed account of the sailing ships that played a significant role in the development of the British Empire, written specially for the officers and seamen of the Mercantile navy. Highly detailed and including a wealth of fascinating information, this volume will appeal to those with an interest British maritime history, and would make for a fantastic addition to any bookshelf. Contents include: The Power of Gold, Steerage Conditions in 1844, Discovery of Gold in Australia, Melbourne and its Shipping in 1851-2, First Gold Cargoes Home, Great Rush to Gold Regions in...
This vintage book is a detailed account of the sailing ships that played a significant role in the development of the British Empire, written speciall...
|
cena:
214,17 zł |
 |
Ocean Life in the Old Sailing Ship Days - From Forecastle to Quarter-Deck
ISBN: 9781444605914 / Angielski / Miękka / 382 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This vintage book is a collection of historical sailing stories and anecdotes, with details of excursions from American ports to a variety of far-off locations. These fascinating and authentic stories will appeal to anyone with an interest in historical sailing, and will also be of utility to modern sailors panning to traverse the routes described. Contents include: "In Forecastle--The Half Clipper 'Ariel'," "Boys' Duties in the Forecastle--At Ne York Loading for Liverpool," "The Passage to Liverpool--Jack Afloat and Ashore," "Crossing the Line--Fernando Norobna--The Malays," "Boat Towns on...
This vintage book is a collection of historical sailing stories and anecdotes, with details of excursions from American ports to a variety of far-off ...
|
cena:
189,83 zł |
 |
Wild Sports In Europe, Asia, And Africa V1 (1844)
ISBN: 9781437364910 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Two Volumes. Illustrated By Drawings Taken From Nature.
In Two Volumes. Illustrated By Drawings Taken From Nature.
|
cena:
165,29 zł |
 |
Arbitration in the America's Cup. the XXXI America's Cup Arbitration Panel and Its Decisions: The XXXI America's Cup Arbitration Panel and Its Decisio
ISBN: 9789041121998 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
cena:
931,34 zł |
Czytaj nas na:
KrainaKsiazek.PL - Księgarnia Internetowa
