Kategoria BISAC: Sports & Recreation >> Water Sports - Boating

This wonderful collection of Des Pawson's personal ropecraft recipes combines an extended and now full-color collection of projects from Des's popular Des Pawson's Knot Craft, together with 20 new and brilliant mat designs.

Readers can learn how to make 60 different ropework projects, including mats, bellropes, key fobs, fenders, and doorstops. Along with fascinating tidbits of nautical history as background to many projects, Des gives step-by-step instructions on how to put these knots together to form finished projects, and advice on the size and lengths of the materials...

This book is a partial autobiography focusing on the author's time spent living on a boat, initially for four years in the late 1970's in Marina-del Rey, California and, now, for the last two years, in Ventura Harbor, California.

Inspired by the lifestyle of boat living and others, who enjoy this experience in so many different ways, he shares this with both those who live this life and others who might aspire to do so.

He outlines his personal experiences and includes lots of advice for anyone considering taking this journey. He has also included nine true stories of others...

TO DO THE LEWIS AND CLARK TRAIL, I had no plan except to put my canoe in the water and paddle. I had done no prior research. I had no backup person or crew. I had no cell phone. I didn't even have a map. I had absolutely no idea what I was in for. From my home near Kansas City, I drove my old junker to the Pacific Coast where, at the mouth of the Columbia River, I donated it to a local salvage yard. Then with no other way home, I set out with canoe and dog on what would become a 4,000 mile journey into the heart of America. I was a newborn Christian, my eyes had only just opened, I was not...

In the spirit of Up the Lake and Beyond the Main, join the author for quad adventures to destinations on Powell Lake only accessible by boat. Unique places where all-terrain vehicles explore logging roads and trails in one of British Columbia's most picturesque regions. From Chippewa South to the headwaters of Powell Lake and Goat Lake, Western Forest Products and other logging companies build roads available for recreation when not being used for harvesting, hauling, and road-building operations. Nature and the timber industry combine to provide access to sublime...

GEAR UP How to pick the best lures, baits, flies, and tackle for every situation and every style of water you plan to fish. Learn how to customize your rod and reel, and...