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The text covers all types of craft from flat-bottom rowboats to ocean cruisers and commercial vessels, and aids the builder in overcoming difficulties and discouraging delays …
This book—a guide to intensive preparation for taking a modern sailing vessel to sea—is the distillation of Carl Chase’s famous course in nautical science given at the Sea …
His Majesty's Frigate Macedonian was launched at Woolwich in 1810, at the height of the wars against Napoleon; its remains, refashioned as a seaside hotel, burned in the Bronx in …
In response to many request, Jeff Toghill has now written a basic handbook for everybody who wishes to learn the principles of small boat coastal navigation. The aim of this book …
Augustin Fresnel (1788–1827) shocked the scientific elite with his view of the physics of light. The lens he invented was a feat of engineering that made lighthouses blaze many …
The evolution of the American fishing schooner from the 18th century to the last working and racing schooners of the mid-1930s is recounted in this book. The designers, builders …
An illustrative collection of the world's greatest yacht designers features fascinating entries by eighty experts and more than 800 photographs and drawings from legendary figures …
This is the rich history of the most important navigational device of all time, the magnetic compass, born of the need for a reliable means of negotiating treacherous sea routes …