Cruising Guides

The Essentials of Living Aboard a Boat: The Definitive Guide for Liveaboards. Publisher Paradise Cay Publications. Author Nicholas. Mark. ISBN 0939837668. Part Number CRU0003


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Its Your Boat Too. A Womans Guide to Greater Enjoyment On the Water. Author Suzanne Giesemann. ISBN 0939837692
Part Number CRU0004


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Voyaging under Power 3rd ed. This is the classic on powerboat cruising as inspired by Robert Beebe who wanted to cross oceans in his slippers and robe. The awaited 3rd Edition is completely revised bringing it up to date with modern day advances and electronics. New chapters investigate key designers and inland voyaging making it a definitive work on this subject. B&W photographs. HB. 272pp.

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Shorthanded Sailing. A practical guide for the solo sailor or shorthanded crew manoeuvres. Covers short passages and ocean crossings. Singlehanded or short of crew? This colour guide gives practical advice on manoeuvring: cruising: passage-making and getting some sleep! This is a book no thinking sailor should be without. PB 144pp

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Sailing an Atlantic Circuit. A useful and friendly guide to anyone planning an Atlantic circuit - which you can of course join at any point - it's a roundabout ! The usual topics are covered : modifyingthe boat including crew problems and solutions: route planning: liveaboard routines: paperwork: security: special gear: tropical weather and navigation etc. This is a concise book which gives straightforward advice on a wide variety of issues based on considerable experience. B/w photos & drawings. PB. 152pp.

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Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Oceans - Crewing Around the World 6th ed. What better way of travelling the world than by crewing on a yacht? The Hitch-Hikerãs Guide to the Oceans is ideal for crew pre-planning and for skippers seeking crew. It is packed with practical information from how to find a crew position and what to expect from different kinds of skipper. How to be in the right place at the right time. Where the yachts gather and when to rally locations. How to maximise your chances of being taken on as crew. What will be expected of you as crew and job opportunities along the way. Unique yacht migration maps show where the seasonal bottlenecks occur and help pinpoint the best places and times of year to gain a crew place. This fifth edition with updated information and website addresses will be welcomed by all aspiring yacht crew and as a skipperãs reference. PB

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Managing Your Bluewater Cruise. If you wish to bridge the gap between fantasy and reality your bluewater cruise must be effectively managed. This book discusses many of the pertinent questions from budgets to buying equipment to preventive maintenance and heavy weather sailing. With special reference to ORC Category 1 requirements and includes many comments from bluewater cruisers out there already. B/w photos tables. Index. PB. 344pp.

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Bluewater Checklist. Publisher Burke Publishing. Author Burke. Rory & Sandra. ISBN CRU0035A
Part Number CRU0035A


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Boatowners Practical & Technical Cruising Manual. This book is the most comprehensive helpful and up to date guide ever written on selecting equipping and sailing a cruising yacht. Indispensable for prospective boat buyers and cruisers. Whether coastal or world-girdling it covers all the technical and practical aspects of cruising yachts and systems in one unique book. Nigel Calder is one of the most respected nautical how-to authors with extensive cruising experience and a rare ability to reduce complexities to simple explanations. He explains not only how to select and equip a yacht for coastal or offshore cruising but also how to sail and navigate it by addressing the concerns of beginners and experienced owners alike. This is the book the cruising world has welcomed as a must have reference. There is quite literally, nothing else like it.

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Changing Course - A Womans Guide to Choosing the Cruising Life. Your partner's dream of a life at sea is your worst nightmare but don't worry you are not alone. This book is written for women examining the fears and decisions they experience when setting sail to accompany their husband. The author has interviewed over 100 women whose partners have proposed the cruising life and offers valuable guidance and support. HB. 186pp.

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Sell Up & Sail 5th ed. Since it was first published. Sell Up and Sail has become the bible for those cruising as a way of life whether short or long term. It asks all the right questions and provides the answers from first-hand experience. Whether choosing a boat or deciding what to take and what to leave behind and avoiding mistakes and pitfalls including preventing ill health afloat or provisioning in far flung places. This book will show how to get it right before you go and ensure your chosen life is as relaxed and enjoyable and stress-free as possible. This edition has been updated and revised to include far-reaching changes in navigation: electronics and communications as well as bureaucracy and other recent developments. 40 B/W photos + 8 pg colour section. 378pp.

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Watersteps Through France - To the Camargue by Barge. An account of a gentle trip from UK to the Camargue in southern France by barge on the authors' 70-foot Hosanna. It brims with wit and elegance and the utter pleasure of the trip. This book will probably become one of the classics of French inland waterways literature. Illustrated PB. 176pp.

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Cruising for Cowards. From bugs and beasties to garbage disposal. From serious questions to those you don't like to ask this book will provide the answers. Full of tips for every sailor this humorous book could be a good read or the answer to a prayer in desperate straits. Cartoons. PB. 272pp.

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Comfortable Cruising. Entertaining sailing travelogue from Vancouver south along the US Pacific coast to Panama. Then across to the Caribbean and north to the US Eastern Seaboard Nova Scotia and the awesome Labrador coast. Brisk and informative this should be read by anyone sailing in these waters. PB 250pp

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Fast Track to Cruising - How to Go from Novice to Cruise - Ready in Seven Days. Publisher McGraw Hill. Author Colgate. D & S. ISBN 9780071406727. Part Number CRU0082


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World Cruising Survey. Based primarily on Jimmy Cornell's data collected in the course of organising 20 transatlantic and 5 round-the-world cruising rallies. Includes his own 2 circum-navigations this book examines trends and changes and common practice. Size and type of boat: equipment installed: electrics and electronic gear: practical aspects of life afloat: communications: formalities worldwide and the human aspects of cruising are all considered. HB. 160pp.

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Kids In the Cockpit. This book is based on 13 years of research and personal experience. It is the bible of boating with babies and children. Immensely practical and highly entertaining it contains a wealth of information on every aspect of the business. Including: Introducing children to sailing and ideas to keep them from being bored on board. Tips for turning a mutineer into a midshipman. Safety and suitability of different types of yacht. Features to look for and those to avoid. Dinghies suitable for use as both tender and sailing craft. Personal safety and an in depth look at different types of children's' lifejackets. Ideas to help you cope with seasickness or even avoid it altogether. Absolutely everything you need to know about sailing or cruising with a baby. Ocean cruising with kids including home education.

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Heavy Weather Cruising. How to cope with everything the weather can throw at you. Plus coverage of RYA Basic Sea Survival Course emergencies and launching a liferaft. Don't let the wife read this. PB. 93pp.

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Offshore Cruising Encyclopaedia. Latest 1997 edition of a huge book that has been well established in USA since first publication in 1989. This must surely be the ultimate reference work on cruising yacht design construction and usage. There are even a couple of pages on what sort of sunglasses are best! A wealth of information and a lifetime of total engagement behind it. Though it is expensive the advice will save you a fortune perhaps and anyway it works out cheaper per page than many less comprehensive books. B/w photos and line drawings. Index. HB. 1230pp.

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RYA Book of Caribbean Cruising. The author spent 10 years cruising in the Caribbean to research this book and if you fancy doing likewise it would be silly not to read this first. Weather: formailities: health: special equipment: finances and so on are all discussed amply. PB. 160pp.

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Caribbean Passagemaking. The chain of islands from the Virgins through to the southern Caribbean is considered one of the most desirable tropical cruising ground for any sailor and it can be sailed in comfort. With confidence and the admiration of the crew with only one language: one currency: a modicum of weather forecasting:an ability to spot weather windows. This book is an entertaining mine of information for the sun-soaked passage planner as well as the dreamer back home. Here is the full vital background to help skipper and crew enjoy sailing the region. PB 192pp

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Ocean Cruising on a Budget 2nd ed. Whether you are on a tight budget or not this is an excellent preparation guide for a bluewater voyage. Discusses boat and equipment: safety and enjoyment: watchkeeping: funds: provisioning and storage etc. PB. 208pp.

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The Adlard Coles Book of Mediterranean Cruising. The huge inland sea of the Mediterranean presents wonderfully diverse cruising opportunities. Far from being a calm lake it can also deliver a few surprises to the unwary. In The RYA Book of Mediterranean Cruising Rod Heikell provides first-hand advice on sailing these enticing waters. From tips on anchoring: berthing bow or stern-to: what weather to expect: facilities and the costs of keeping a boat there: to advice on navigation: popular routes: formalities and what to expect ashore: each country around the Med is covered - including a section on shoe-string cruising for those on a tight budget. This book will prove invaluable to Mediterranean novices and old-hands alike.

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Compleat Cruiser: The Art Practice & Enjoyment of Boating. Herreshoff here presents his own highly individual views of what it takes for happy voyaging under sail or power. A good armchair read and a stimulating challenge to re-think our own attitudes to our particular form of boating. Author's own illustrations. Pb. 372pp.

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Voyaging on a Small Income 2nd ed. This book has already earned cult status and rightly so. The authors are highly successful bluewater cruisers on their junk-rigged wing-keeled 32-foot Benford Dory Badger but they live terribly simply and have a simple boat. Don't be fooled. They throw a lot of modern thinking out with the bilgewater and stick to the firm holding of fact. If you think you can't afford to go sailing until you have ·x 000's in the bank think again. This book offers a new perspective and a new set of priorities. B/w photos and line drawings. Index. PB. 192pp.

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Brazil and Beyond. Further adventures and advice from the authors of the best-selling Voyaging on a Small Income. This time they explore the Brazilian coast and venture down to the Falklands in their famous junk-rigged dory Badger. Good writing with a ice mixture of technical information and travelogue to satisfy the sailor's soul. PB. 320pp.

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Cruising Under Sail. Publisher Adlard Coles Nautical. Author Hiscock. Eric. ISBN 9780713635645. Part Number CRU0190

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Handbook of Offshore Cruising 2nd ed. With 20 years experience the author knows the difference between the dream of modern ocean cruising and the reality. Excellent background reading for anyone thinking seriously of taking the plunge. All serious topics covered well. HB. 450pp.

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Sail for the Mediterranean. Claire and her husband Jimmy spend half the year sailing in the Med and half the year in their West Country home. They have been doing this for 10 years. This book tells how to set about it and how to imitate them. There is of course a huge Sell Up & Sail market and the Med is ideal as a nursery slope for retirement liveaboards who perhaps lack the confidence: ability: or resources for extended bluewater voyaging. Or for people who don't want to sail round the world because they have other aspects to their lives: commitments to honour: interests to pursue.............and who maybe like the B/w photos & 30 maps/diagrams. PB. 224pp.

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Cruising Womans Advisor. Specifically for women. A wealth of questions discussed and answered by a team of highly experienced cruising women from how do you rescue your husband when he falls overboard to how do you keep a sex life going when you are different watches to how use technique to overcome a relative lack of strenght when winching or sailhandling. Index. PB. 170pp.

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Voyagers Handbook. Packed with detailed and up-to-date information on the latest techniques and gear as well as practical advice on everything from fishing hooks to finance. A meaty and intelligent book which is the fruit of very considerable experience. If you are planning to go bluewater sailing buy this book. HB. 400pp.

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Complete Guide to Choosing a Cruising Sailboat. Do you hear the siren song of the sea? Prepare for your dream voyage--by finding your perfect sailboat. It's not as hard as you think . . . when you have a master naval architect at your side. In this one-of-a-kind book leading boat designer Roger Marshall walks you through the process of choosing the perfect boat for your sailing lifestyle. Along the way you will acquire a deep understanding of the many factors that go into a boat's performance: comfort: and seaworthiness: and learn how to choose among them to meet your requirements and preferences. Marshall takes you step-by-step as he conceives and develops five prototype sailboats with widely varying design objectives: a Weekender: a Cruiser: a Voyager: a Single-Hander: and a Cruiser/Racer. The 200 illustrations take you aboard showing you clearly how the choices and compromises of boat design are made and what they mean to performance. You'll learn about the features that make for a good cruising sailboat from the basic choices (inshore or offshore): weekend or long-term cruising: occasional racing or non racing) all the way to the finer points of hull shape and sail plan. And you'll gain a solid understanding of your sailboat-to-be: what it will do . . . what it won't do . . . and why. Seakindliness: performance: handling characteristics of different rigs: comfort on passages or weekends--it's all here in clear language.

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RYA Book of Buying Your First Sailing Cruiser 2nd edition. There's more to buying your first boat (or your second or third for that matter) than whipping out your wallet. To make sure all goes well: a Bill of Sale: plus registration: customs and tax documentation must all be attended to. This book tells you how to do it properly. B/w photos. Index. Appendices. PB. 104pp.

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Cruising - A Skippers Guide. Everything the yacht skipper needs to know : handling under sail and power, passage making and crew dynamics. Covers the practical side of the RYA Day Skipper and Yachtmaster exams. B/w photos. Pb. 96pp.

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All in the Same Boat - Living Aboard (Pb). Written by a couple who set sail in 1979 and raised two children afloat. This book describes their hard-earned lessons on creating a successful home on the water. Tips include choosing your boat: provisioning: educating kids: earning a living and keeping in touch. This is a helpful and realistic approach for those considering taking the plunge. B&W photographs. HB. 374pp.

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Cruising Fundamentals. Cruising Fundamentals provides the tools necessary to make the transition from basic sailing to competent coastal cruising. Sailors interested in learning how to sail and live aboard a 30 foot to 50 foot auxiliary-powered sailboat will find a wealth of practical skills in this book. From simple instruction on plumbing: electrical and mechanical systems: to navigation: weather prediction and anchoring techniques. Cruising Fundamentals is the official American Sailing Association guide to intermediate coastal cruising and bareboat chartering. Sailing schools: yacht clubs: and other educational institutions throughout North America use this book as a text and indispensable resource in their teaching. Unlike other books on similar subjects Cruising Fundamentals presents material in a chronology that has proven effective with thousands of developing sailors. Readers progress from Getting Acquainted to Getting Familiar: The Voyage: Arrival and Living Aboard and finally Emergencies and Trouble Shooting. Each of the first four sections has review questions to help sailors evaluate their comprehension. Cruising Fundamentals is more than a book. it is a complete course that can benefit any sailor who desires to enter the exciting world of sailboat cruising.

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Unlikely Passages. Palley gave up a successful career as an art dealer and sailed off in his ship Unlikely to encircle the globe. Through a series of humorous anecdotes: illustrations: insights and practical tips Palley expounds his unique sailing philosophy. 'If you love to cruise and have enjoyed reading raunchy writers like Henry Miller and Erica Jong then Unlikely Passages is for you.'

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Unlikely People. Reese Palley. A tribute to the unique breed of people that take to the seas. Stories gathered over thirty years of sailing from devils and saints: fools and philosophers are told with humour and charm in Palley's inimitable style. Notable characters include sailing legend Tristan Jones lunatics in Colombia and The Dumbest Sailor in the World.

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There Be No Dragons - How to Sail Across a Big Ocean. A book to inspire the most timid of sailors to head for ocean seas. The author combines a witty style with some practical tips on need-to-know areas for offshore sailing. How to choose crew members: life aboard: minimal electronics and a spot of bribery all get a look in and make an entertaining and stimulating read. HB. 214pp.

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Capable Cruiser. Publisher Waterline. Author Pardey.Lin & Larry. ISBN 9780964603622. Part Number CRU0290

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Self Sufficient Sailor. This book is the distillation of what the Pardeys learned in 11 years of world voyaging. First they tell how they sailed in comfort and safety without large cash outlays - on a pay-as-you-earn-as-you-go plan and by simplifying. A sailor who relies on expensive equipment is risking disappointment or even disaster. This philosophy is at the root of the Pardey's seamanship and vice versa. B/w photos & diagrams. Hb. 312pp.

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Cost Conscious Cruiser. Publisher Waterline. Author Pardey. Lin & Larry. ISBN 9781840370782. Part Number CRU0296

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Practical Motor Cruising. This is an easy to use guide which will give confidence to both the novice and experienced motor cruiser. Pike teaches step-by-step knowledge of your boat and its behaviour - how to handle her in all conditions and get the most out of her. Thorough coverage and advice on every aspect of motor boat ownership. B&W photographs and diagrams. HB. 230pp.

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Ready for Sea ! A comprehensive handbook on preparation for extended cruising and living aboard. Covers equipment: systems: improvements above and below deck: safety afloat and modifications which transform a basic sailing boat into a longe range cruising vessel. Entertainingly written and packed with long experience this would be a very good read for anyone with bluewater intentions. Pb. 256pp.

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Sail to Freedom - A Handbook for Extended Cruising. Covering all the essential topics involved in going bluewater sailing - the planning: finances: the reality versus the dream: choice of boat types etc. Draws on the authors 25000 miles of cruising. 240x171mm 96p 60 photos. Pb.

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Trade Wind Hitchers - The Essent ial Guide to Crewing on Yachts. Ever wanted to sail into the blue - even though you have no boat and have never sailed before ? This is exactly the author's experience and she did it. Again and again. Now she's written this little book for anyone else who wants to do the same and it is packed with useful and vital information for anyone wanting to crew their way round the Atlantic from Europe to the Caribbean and back. Where to find the boats: what you need to take: essential boat-lore and how to survive if things get tough. Above all how it can all be done on a shoestring if you're a bit dock-wise.

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How to Sail Around the World. This is a handbook of advice for aspiring bluewater voyagers written by an American guru on the subject who has sailed over 200000 miles - about 20 times around the world ! He takes you through the choice and buying of a yacht:preparations: sailing skills: gear selection and handling and all aspects of what it's like to live aboard for a long time. Huge experience is here distilled into a thoroughly worthwhile book. B/w Stills. Hb. 464pp.

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Essence of Cruising. With wry humour and the salt-encrusted wisdom of his immense experience Des Sleightholme here offers 240-odd (some of them very odd) soundbites of cruising lore - epigrams: bon-mots and thoughts on the hard facts and many delights of cruising. Really a book of practical maxims which the reader can cogitate with pleasure and recognition and return to again and again. Small format landscape. B/w line drawings/cartoons. Hb. 160pp.

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Tropical Cruising Handbook (PB). A rare gem--an instructional book that is as inspiring as it is sensible and comprehensive. --Cruising World The only guide devoted exclusively to low-latitude cruising. Tropical Cruising Handbook arms cruising sailors with the knowledge and skills needed to sail the tropics. It includes: ? Equipping a boat for tropical sailing ? Maintaining gear in tropical environments ? Passage making and coral-reef navigation ? And more

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Sailing Just for Fun - High Adventure on a Small Budget [Shoal Waters]. High adventure on a small budget is Charles Stock's philosophy as he cruises his midget 16-foot gaff-rigged sailing cruiser Shoal Waters on the Thames Estuary with 68,000 miles logged since 1963. No engine and no electronics. The art of pottering taking to its zenith and happiness achieved with great simplicity. There's a lesson here for all of us who hanker after the South Seas!. PB. 238pp.

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Cruising Life - A Commonsense Guide for the Would-be Voyager. You don't have to be rich to sail around the world. Here Jim Trefethen expands on this theory with some well chosen tips on how to manage your 'cruising kitty' and what boat to look for and how to live aboard comfortably. Covering all aspects as you prepare to set sail this book shows you how to realise your dream. HB. 255pp.

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Tricks of the Trade. Bruce Van Sant has been cruising the trade winds routes and especially in the Caribbean, for more than 45 years. This book is the accumulated wisdom he has collected on how to live and cruise well in the trades and tropics. Health. theives. con-artists. corrupt officials. equipment. brokers. outfitters are all discussed. In particular he deals with the natural effects you can use to cheat the winds and seas of their power to spoil your cruising fun. B/w stills. PB. 182pp.

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Your First Atlantic Crossing - A Planning Guide for Passage Makers. This is the book which the author wanted to read before his own ocean cruising. Not just how to sail the Atlantic and survive but how to sail and enjoy it. It wil appeal to Atlantic novice who is unsure whether they will measure up to life seriously offshore. Full of concrete practical advice written fresh from experience. PB. 160pp.

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Cruising Multihull. There are very few books on multihulls and this is one of the best. Multihull (both catamaran and trimaran) design and construction is fully discussed and all special handling characteristics are explored. Appendices list production multihulls and designers. B/w photos. Index. PB. 268pp.

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Stapletons Powerboat Bible The Complete Guide to Selection Seamanship and Cruising. Don't even think of buying and outfitting a powerboat for long-term cruising until you've read this book cover to cover. --Milt Baker trawler yacht live-aboard and founder. Bluewater Books & Charts Written for owners of large powerboats (more than 35 feet long) this book picks up where other references leave off. It is one of the most ambitious and far-ranging references ever offered to powerboaters.

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THE BIGGEST BOAT I COULD AFFORD 4000 kilometres with a damn fool in a dinghy Lee Hughes Wanting to overcome his 'great fear' of the sea and sailing - and to escape a creeping midlife crisis - New Zealander Lee with no money for anything with a cabin buys Frank Dye's Wanderer dinghy and sails it from Florida 4000 km alone up the US Eastern Seaboard on a voyage of challenge and discovery. He learns the ways of the sea and the inland waterways by trial and error. Beached swamped and bitten by insects he is sustained by the kindness of strangers and the friendliness of the American people.

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CRUISING JAPAN TO NEW ZEALAND The Voyage of the 'Sea Quest' Tere Batham and her husband embark on a 14-month 10000-mile voyage home from Japan to New Zealand accompanied by Miki a Japanese girl. They navigate the whirlpools of Japan's Inland Sea and thread narrow channels among islands strewn with temples and lashed by typhoons enduring violent storms and witnessing a deadly crocodile attack before finally reaching their destination.

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Dinghy Cruising. The doyenne of dinghy cruising here reveals all the wisdom and wrinkles she has learnt from decades of doing it. Choice of dinghy- stowage of gear- passage planning- eating afloat- anchoring- navigation- sleeping- trailing- singlehanding- running repairs - and more besides. A wealth of experience for the price of a modest lunch. PB. 192pp.

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G42 RYA Go Cruising. The long-awaited follow-up to the hugely successful Go Sailing books. RYA Go Cruising covers all the essentials required to help young people become interested and valuable members of the crew. Its beautifully illustrated storyboard format makes learning this sometimes complicated subject both accessible and fun. Produced by celebrated artist and experienced sailor Claudia Myatt. RYA Go Cruising is ideal for 7 -12 year olds.

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