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

Most outboard motors will be troublesome at some point in their lives, but armed with the right knowledge a skipper needn't worry.

The Reeds Outboard Motor Troubleshooting Handbook is a compact, pocket-sized guide to finding solutions to all of the most common outboard problems, and many of the less common ones too. The perfect format for quick reference on board, this book will help skippers fix troublesome outboards themselves, or enable the skipper to do an emergency patch-up for a more serious problem until they can get back to port.

Each topic...

The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is the ultimate long distance challenge - a 35,000-mile circumnavigation of the globe, contested by amateur crews in identical racing yachts. The 2010 winner was 28-year-old Brendan Hall and his crew in Spirit of Australia. Although Brendan was the youngest and least experienced skipper in the race, the win was no accident - it was the culmination of years of training, skilled navigation and a leadership style way beyond his years.

His skills were soon put to the test - in the middle of a North Pacific hurricane, Brendan went to the...

"The Illustrated Boat Dictionary in 9 Languages" is a first - annotated illustrations arranged by topic allow quick communication when something goes wrong abroad.

Centred around clear, full colour, annotated diagrams in each subject area, the dictionary makes it easy and convenient to translate between nine languages (English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Danish, Portuguese and Greek). The diagrams can easily be used to show someone what is meant (or what is broken ) without having to worry about the language barrier. And it also facilitates learning new words in each...

"The 40-Knot Sailboat" is for boat designers or sailing enthusiasts looking to maximize their sailing speeds and improve handling. Although he originally published this book in 1963, Bernard Smith had such advanced thinking and technical insights that his work is still studied and important to anyone interested in creating the fastest sailboats.

"The 40-Knot Sailboat" is divided into three parts:

Boats are expensive and they are complicated-unless you are going to pay a professional to carry out a survey (at yet more expense) it is invaluable to be able to:

-Quickly assess a potential purchase for signs of trouble without paying for lengthy reports
-Carry out a detailed check on your own boat the end of the season
-Identify problems and get them dealt with before they get serious
-Get to know your boat in a lot more detail, so if a problem develops at sea you will be more able to cope

Organized into chapters covering: Tools of the trade (basic tools, moisture meters,...

Jack Tar and the Baboon Watch is a collection of unusual, nautical-based phrases and trivia tidbits for Jack Tars* and landlubbers** alike. Author and mariner Frank Lanier began to compile these entries while serving in the Coast Guard; they were included in the Plan of the Day published aboard the various ships Lanier was stationed on starting in the 1980s. He explains these colorful terms and entertaining phrases in plain language and presents their origins--many of which will surprise you Inside you...

'Thank God myself and my daughters never sailed on one of Mr Tickners ships.' Passenger Ship Monthly

'There are no two storey brothels in Mombasa.' Kenyan Tourist Board

'The top speed of the Woolston floating chain ferry is five knots not four knots as erroneously stated in Mr Tickners novel.' Southampton Nautical Historical Society

Robin Tickner first ran away to sea officially at sixteen years of age sailing on Union Castle passenger ships until over fraternising with passengers led to a 'Dishonourable Discharge' and a move to cargo ships....