The Apostle Islands--America's Wilderness In The Water
Revised and updated guide to the Apostle Islands located in Lake Superior, off the northern coast of Wisconsin, written by an author who has over 50 years of experience traveling through the islands. The book is meant to serve as a handy guide for the boater, kayaker, hiker, camper and beachcomber. Waypoint coordinates are included to assist the user in finding docks, beaches and scenic points. Maps of all the islands are included along with an extensive reference section on subjects associated with the islands. This guide is especially useful for the first-time visitor.
A Mermaid's Guide
What does learning to swim have to do with your child excelling at school? Or, for a toddler, being able to put on a pair of shoes when they don't want to? Or overcoming the fear of taking a new karate class? How do we teach our children to solve problems, never give up, and be kind, strong and brave?We teach them to swim.In water...and in life.A MERMAID'S GUIDE is your new, must have parenting book. It breaks up swimming into 3 simple phases and focuses on, not only the physical aspects of learning to swim but also the mental and spiritual aspects. The book also reveals why learning to swim will help your child achieve greatness both in and out of the pool. Author Michelle Lang, called "Brilliant" by SIMON COWELL (Creator of American Idol, The X Factor, and America's Got Talent) debunks old, outdated swim methods and introduces a new, "empathy forward" approach called, "Relaxation Based Swimming." Relaxation Based Swimming starts as early as three months old with five easy bathtub exercises you can do with your little one TODAY.A MERMAID'S GUIDE has over fifty stunning photos, cartoons, and "Mermaid Tips" to guide you. So turn the page, and dive in!
Chasing Waves
Amy Waeschle shares her globe-trotting adventures and chronicles her evolution from a nervous newbie to a self-confident and skillful surfer: Cramming into a hot bus near Playa Linda, Mexico, clutching a beat-up foam body board. Quivering, blue-lipped, on a rocky beach after a session in Vancouver Island's icy swells. Braving explosions of ocean spray and hanging out with ski bums in Fiji. Discovering small villages and the essence of ''pura vida'' in Costa Rica. Finding a quick surf fix off the coast of Sicily ... For Waeschle, surfing is more of a feeling than a sport, a response to the freedom and grace of riding waves. And in the course of her surfing odyssey, she learns to balance love and family with her surf lust.
Chesapeake Bay Odyssey
The author, Captain Michael Dodd, grew up in Baltimore and spent many hours on the Chesapeake Bay throughout most of his life. His book outlines a fascinating exploration of 23 cities and towns on the Bay from a waterborne perspective. He and his wife, Maureen, motored the length of the Bay during the Covid year of 2020. This book describes their journey, and each chapter starts with a delightful historic outline of the port visited. Little tidbits of tantalizing facts are discovered and explored and make this book more than a simple travelogue. Who knew there was a German U-boat at the bottom of the Potomac River? Or that tiny Tangier Island, Virginia, in the central Bay, was a British resupply fort during the War of 1812? We all know that Francis Scott Key wrote the "Star Bangled Banner" while observing the bombardment of Ft. McHenry in Baltimore. But did you know that he was a temporary captive on a British ship when he watched the event unfold? The author's easy writing style makes this book attractive not only to yachtsmen and boaters of all stripes but to anyone with an interest in American history, as well. This book includes: * 23 ports of call* Detailed sights to see and historic places to visit* Describes entrance to each port* Offers suggestions for restaurants and shopping spots* Overnight visits to each port - with extra nights at Baltimore, Annapolis, Washington DC, Yorktown, and St. Michaels* Suggestions for marinas* Summary of historic events related to the Bay and its perspective in history
Bargain Boats and Budget Cruising
Bargain Boats and Budget Cruising is about how the ordinary person, one who does not have a trust fund or hundreds of thousands of dollars saved up, can still embark and see the world, or live-aboard a sailing vessel for extended periods in beautiful places without waiting for years and years to save up enough money before they can start, or without the need to work for decades to "retire" afloat. This book is for those who wish to go now; who want to live this exciting lifestyle immediately, rather than waiting any longer; dreaming of waving palm trees while standing on a distant shore. Or worse, trapped in a city in the middle of a continent working a job they hate, to pay for the house or apartment they need to work that job and pay for the vehicle they need to get to that job, plus insurance, utilities, and the myriad other annoyances that can hinder experiencing an incredibly simple, healthy, exciting, and fulfilling life.
River Class
Sometimes the things most worth doing can cost us our lives. Craig Leibfreid finds this out first hand in the adventure-memoir RIVER CLASS: A TRUE STORY OF THE RECKLESS AMERICAN YOUTH. Whether at the hands of the river, or by psychedelic drugs, Craig goes through life wide-eyed, and white-knuckled searching for that someone who can tame him. After graduating high school, Craig begins experimenting with psychedelic drugs, and around that time he falls in love with long-time friend, Natalie. They take a vacation to Great Britain. After their return, Craig and Natalie part ways as they attend separate colleges, and Craig begins searching for the next high. After some traveling and experimenting with psychedelic drugs, Craig experiences the sport of whitewater kayaking, and is hooked for life. After a near death experience on the river, Craig becomes president of the Whitewater Paddling Club of West Virginia University. There he meets Katie Jones, a black-haired beauty from West Virginia, and takes Craig for a ride that almost costs him his life.
Big Wave Surfer
A jaw-dropping photographic display of the world of big wave surfing, featuring the biggest and most dangerous waves and the legendary men and women who risk their lives to surf them. Over the last decade, a handful of surfers have been progressing the sport of big wave surfing to new extremes. Kai Lenny, one of the preeminent big wave surfers, offers readers a glimpse into this world. Lenny shares his personal stories and perspectives, and invites over 30 elite surfers--from legends who pioneered the way, to young guns who are the future of the sport--to contribute personal tales of the greatest waves ever ridden. These are the stories we've been waiting for: Shane Dorian pushing the boundaries in the gladiator arena of Pe'ahi (Jaws), Maui; Peter Mel on riding the greatest wave ever caught at Mavericks, California; Keala Kennelly breaking the women's glass ceiling at the death-defying slabs of Teahupoo, Tahiti; Kai Lenny and Lucas Chumbo's groundbreaking wins at the incredible Nazar矇, Portugal; Brett Lickle's epic incident at the mystical Pyramids with Laird Hamilton, and many more. Accompanying stunning photographs from the world's top surf photographers capture the drama of life and death, and the unwavering commitment of these brave extreme athletes.
Swim School Success
Swim School Success - Actionable Strategies to acquire more customers, improve retention and grow your swim school business
A Surfer's Year
the Surfing diary of the year by World Champion Mark Occhilupo\'9291s as he travels the world: Fiji, South Africa, the tournament at Bells and more. this, his on-the-road diary, gives us an insight into the mind of one of Australia\'9291s cult sport heroes. It provides a rare opportunity to go with Occy as he defends his crown 埴he diary documents his observations on other surfers, his tournaments, mindset and life on the road.
Chapman Piloting & Seamanship 69th Edition
The authoritative 920-page boating book covers all aspects of sailing and boat handling for any boater. Set sail with confidence with Chapman's, every time. With three million copies sold, this essential sailing book is the trusted resource for boaters of all levels, from those learning how to tie knots to seasoned sailors who want to explore skills like star navigation. Chapman's covers the rich traditions of seamanship as well as modern advances in boating technology and practices. Power boaters and sailors alike will have at their fingertips all the information they need about: Navigating day or night in any weather, on inland or coastal watersGetting underway, returning to a marina, and mooring under power or sailSailboat maintenance, and sharing the waters with other vesselsReading the weather and using radarKnot tying and boat maintenance, and so much moreRecognized as essential by the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, Chapman is an indispensable and practical resource for all boaters. Its comprehensive content, including knot tying techniques and sailing knots, sailing alone, and even sailboat rigging, makes it an invaluable addition to any sailor's library. When you're looking for thoughtful gifts for boaters or gifts for sailors, Chapman stands out as the timeless boating book of record, appreciated by educators and enthusiasts alike for more than a century. Its in-depth 4,200 entry index makes accessing information a breeze. It's the ideal sailing coffee table book for any nautical home library along with the handy ebook edition means you can also easily take it on board whenever you set sail. Both resources together make for the perfect sailbook gifts.
Rascal and Me
This is the remarkable story of a successful businessman's 7,661-mile solo circumnavigation of the eastern United States and Canada in a 31-foot outboard boat. It is a story of risk, adventure, and special people and places. Above all, it is about engaging life's challenges and living life to the maximum.ESCAPADE: n. A lark, a caper, a fling, a RASCAL & ME event. Okay, maybe that definition ain't in the Webster's, but it ought to be. The author reminds us that the superficial seriousness of daily life leaves us sadly empty of what may be the rarest sensation on earth: FUN! This book, and the voyage it recounts, is all about having FUN! Reading it will put a hitch in your step and a kiss-my-butt attitude on your face. Welcome to frivolity!
The Packraft Handbook
"A staple for paddlers.... [The Packraft Handbook has] now become the bible for outdoor recreators taking their inflatable rafts into the backcountry." ― Anchorage Daily News 2021 National Outdoor Book Award Winner in Outdoor Adventure Guides 2022 Banff Mountain Book Competition Guidebook Winner Alaska-based author is a leading expert on wilderness travel Emphasis on skill progression and safety applies to wide range of outdoor water recreation Vibrant illustrations and photos inform and inspire The Packraft Handbook is a comprehensive guide to packrafting, with a strong emphasis on skill progression and safety. Readers will learn to maneuver through river features and open water, mitigate risk with trip planning and boat control, and how to react when things go wrong. Beginners will find everything they need to know to get started--from packraft care to proper paddling position as well as what to wear and how to communicate. Illustrated for visual learners and featuring stunning photography, The Packraft Handbook has something to offer all packrafters and other whitewater sports enthusiasts.
One Woman's Olympic Journey
"How did a girl raised in a town with no sports for girls get to stand on the medal box at the Olympic Games and receive a Silver Medal from the Prince of Denmark? Not on her own." - Joan Rosazza. This book takes you back to Melbourne, Australia to the Olympic Games of 1956. 19-year-old Joan Rosazza, a swimmer for the USA, wrote 19 letters home during her Olympic experience. Her fresh eyes and joyful spirit shine through as she describes living in the Olympic Village, competing against the powerful Australian swimmers, and befriending the Hungarian women swimmers, whose families were suffering back home from the Russian invasion of Hungary. What follows is a description of the women's 4 x 100-meter freestyle relay from December 6, 1956...The swimming final of the women's 4 x 100-meter freestyle relay is about to start. Eight swimmers are on the blocks. The starter fires his gun, off they dive, then he fires it again while "cleaning" it, but that didn't stop the race. The eight women, one for each team of four, are already flying down the pool. The USA team is taking on the heavily favored Australian quartet, including the legendary Dawn Fraser. This is the story of that race, and of the beginnings, years before, at a small town YMCA in Torrington, Connecticut where Joan Rosazza joins a girls swim team formed by a woman and Olympian from another era, Doris O'Mara Murphy.
Downriver Nomad
"A fascinating story of perseverance! Come hell or high water, Rob Hutchings keeps going!" - Dean Karnazes, author of Ultramarathon Man and A Runner's HighTriathlete and marathon swimmer, Rob Hutchings takes us on a whirlwind journey from triathlons and his first marathon swim in his home country of Canada, to Ironman competitions across the pond. Then Down Under to Australia and New Zealand where he embarked on marathon adventures off the beaten track, on land and in the water, which led to his biggest challenge - an unprecedented attempt at swimming the turbulent 256 km Clutha River.In Downriver Nomad, Rob shares his story of adventures and adversities not only in the water, on the race-course and off the beaten track, but also his struggles with an alcoholic father and his own unsuccessful path to fatherhood.His is a story of humour, heartbreak and challenges that will inspire the absolute beginner in adventure sports to the seasoned endurance athlete. Join Rob on his nomadic adventures in triathlon, marathon swimming and adventure sports, packed with hairpin bends, whirlpools, rock dodging and white-water rapids.
Manual del guardavidas de mar
Una entretenida gu穩a pr獺ctica en sinton穩a con los programas de estudio de las Escuelas de Guardavidas. Contiene t矇cnicas, historia, consejos, m矇todos y estrategias de salvamento acu獺tico apuntalado al trabajo en playas de mar.El autor es guardavidas en actividad y desde hace tres d矇cadas en el Mar Argentino. De manera muy amena y apoyado en ejemplos acumulados a lo largo de su carrera, nos expone una gu穩a de trabajo con conceptos aplicables tanto a las playas sudamericanas como a EEUU, Europa y pa穩ses con litoral marino. Una obra infaltable para socorristas en actividad y de lectura obligatoria para quienes se inician en esta profesi籀n.
Junction, Utah
WINNER, Ellen Meloy Desert Writers AwardWINNER, WILLA in Original Softcover FictionHONOREE, indieB.R.A.G. Medallion in Fiction"A fresh female voice and a bold take on environmental awareness. Great read!" - Women Writing the WestNomadic whitewater guide Madeline Kruse finds herself drawn to the wild rivers of Utah and the tiny town of Junction. After a life on the run from her painful past, there's something-and someone-in Junction that draws her in and away from everything she's known. But when outside forces threaten the land and waters she's fallen for as well as the people she's left back home, she must choose: return to her roots to recover what's left of her family or make a stand in the new place she's come to love.This debut novel about everything at stake in a forgotten corner of the West "keeps so many dazzling balls in the air: war, love, activism, wilderness-and always, always, the most dazzling ball of all-Lawton's dazzling descriptions of nature." - Jill Koenigsdorg, author of Phoebe and the Ghost of Chagall
Appunti di vela
Molte persone sono attratte dalla vela, ma sono spaventate dalla quantit? di nozioni da imparare. Questo libro ha l'ambizione di insegnare la vela nel modo pi羅 semplice possibile e seguendo il lettore passo dopo passo.
The Seven Seat
Harvard University coach and acclaimed rowing author, Dan Boyne, tells a humorous story of his first year of freshman crew, including a sub plot of personal redemption against an insufferable football player who has bullied him throughout high school. After being accepted at Trinity College in Hartford, CT, Boyne decides to take up rowing, the only sport that takes place far off campus, on the adventurous waters of The Connecticut River. There, he quickly experiences the unique rigors, rewards, and colorful personalities of the sport, not knowing that his nemesis has decided to try out for crew, at rival school Coast Guard Academy. As racing season approaches, Boyne becomes part of an exceptional freshman lightweight boat, with high hopes to win the National Championships in Philadelphia that year, but his final fears are realized when he discovers that his old high school archenemy is also doing well, and rowing in the very same position as he is--the seven seat. The authors previous book, The Red Rose Crew earned a starred Kirkus review and became a Boston Globe bestseller in 2001., In 2008, Dan was awarded first prize in the category of biography in the Premier Book Awards for Kelly., Motion picture rights for The Red Rose Crew have been sold, and the script is now being written.
Racing with Aloha
Valuing collaboration and camaraderie over competition, champion waterman Fred Haywood introduces the world to windsurfing and puts Maui on the map.
Yachtikon
Yachtikon Yachtercharter LOLA Handbuch Die Ostsee - unendliche Weiten. Wir befinden uns in einer rauen Gegenwart. Dies sind die Abenteuer der Crew auf Steg G. Viele Schritte entfernt vom Parkplatz und sanit瓣rem Luxus, endlose Karawanen mit W瓣gelchen, bepackt mit Bier, Wein Spirituosen und nutzlosem Zeug, die sogleich chartern werden. Unbekannte Lebensformen aus dubiosen Zivilisationen. Unsere Charterflotte dringt dabei in Seegebiete vor, die nie ein Mensch zuvor gesehen hat. Warnem羹nde Ortszeit 0800, an jedem Samstag in der Saison. Die Soggsen kommen, mit Ihnen die Berliner, die Bayern, S羹ddeutschen, Alpenl瓣ndler aus 16 Bundesl瓣ndern dieser Bundesreplik, aus Kantonen, Skigebieten und von ganz weit her. Bierbunker Gep瓣cks Slalom, auf dem Steg harter Einsatz am Limit. ?bergabe der Yacht, die R羹cknahme am n瓣chsten Wochenende, alles wird erkl瓣rt. Dazwischen m羹ssen die Yachten gereinigt werden, repariert und so weiter. Manche Seelsorge, viel Frust, Stress der normale Wahnsinn. Der gemeine Chartergast sieht nicht alles, was am Steg passiert. Er sieht nur, die Probleme die nicht in der kurzen Zeit gel繹st werden k繹nnen, zwischen R羹cknahme und erneuter ?bergabe. Dieses Buch soll vermitteln, zwischen den Erwartungen des Chartergastes und dem, was der Crew maximal zu richten m繹glich ist. Es ist ein Blick hinter die Kulissen, einer fiktiven Charterfirma LOLA Yachtcharter, alles frei erfunden und Satire, reiner Nonsens, der aber auf 12 Jahren Erfahrung des Erz瓣hlers am Steg G beruht. Der eine oder andere Leser wird vieles Wiedererkennen, vor allem die Hauptdarsteller der holl瓣ndische H羹ne, den Erz瓣hler Sven und last but the least T繹rn, den Depp von Steg G. Am Ende des B羹chleins findet ihr ein Yachtikon, eine alphabetisch geordnete ?bersicht seem瓣nnischer Begriffe, plus humorvolle Anmerkungen des Erz瓣hlers. Wie z.B Chartern: die Erlaubnis, gegen Bezahlung von mehreren hundert Euro pro Tag, ein fremdes Schiff von Grund auf zu 羹berholen, zu reparieren und sich am Ende des T繹rn
The Art of Resilience
'Incredible individual, incredible book, incredible story.' CHRIS HEMSWORTH'A hero who is as humble as he is resilient... testament to a "never give up" spirit!' BEAR GRYLLS'From reading this book, the message that comes shining through is this: you can achieve anything.' ANT MIDDLETONBestselling author and award-winning adventurer Ross Edgley has been studying the art of resilience for years, applying all he has learned to become the first person in history to swim around Great Britain, breaking multiple world records. Now Ross focuses on mental strength, stoicism and the training needed to create an unbreakable body.Ross Edgley famously ran a marathon pulling a 1.4-tonne car and climbed a rope the height of Everest (8,848m), after living with Yamabushi warrior monks in Japan and partaking in Shamanic pain rituals with fire ants in the Amazon jungle. On his epic 1,780-mile journey around Great Britain, which lasted 157 days, Ross swam through giant jellyfish, arctic storms, 'haunted' whirlpools and polluted shipping lanes, going so hard, and so fast, his tongue fell apart.Ross's previous book, The World's Fittest Book, was a Sunday Times bestseller and explored the science of physical fitness. Now, in The Art of Resilience, Ross uses his swim experience and other amazing endurance feats, where he managed to overcome seemingly insurmountable pain, hardship and adversity, to study the performance of extreme athletes, military and fitness specialists and psychologists to uncover the secrets of mental fitness and explore the concept of resilience, persistence, valour and a disciplined mindset in overcoming adversity. This ground-breaking book represents a paradigm shift in what we thought the human body and mind were capable of and will give you a blueprint to become a tougher, more resilient and ultimately better human - whatever the challenge you face.
Outboard Jets
This Guide Book contains much information, from where and how to install outboard Jet motors, engineering design details of tunnels, boat bottom designs, detail explanations as to how jet pumps work, to answering common operational and performance questions and much, much more. It is also set up to be used as a reference guide for continuous use when providing these services to outboard jet boat set ups. With all this extensive general and specific detail information, the following people will benefit from reading and using this guide. 1. People looking to buy a Jet boat setup- 2. New jet boat owners- 3. Long time owners/ operators of outboard jets-- 4. Outboard jet motor installers- 5. Trouble shooters-Installation and or operational issues 6. Sales personal of outboard jet motors and outboard jet boat packages. 7. Especially people who works on their own Jet boat set ups- 8. And of course for anyone just wanting to know more about outboard jets installations and the proper design of boats
Outboard Jets
This Guide Book contains much information, from where and how to install outboard Jet motors, engineering design details of tunnels, boat bottom designs, detail explanations as to how jet pumps work, to answering common operational and performance questions and much, much more. It is also set up to be used as a reference guide for continuous use when providing these services to outboard jet boat set ups. With all this extensive general and specific detail information, the following people will benefit from reading and using this guide. 1. People looking to buy a Jet boat setup- 2. New jet boat owners- 3. Long time owners/ operators of outboard jets-- 4. Outboard jet motor installers- 5. Trouble shooters-Installation and or operational issues 6. Sales personal of outboard jet motors and outboard jet boat packages. 7. Especially people who works on their own Jet boat set ups- 8. And of course for anyone just wanting to know more about outboard jets installations and the proper design of boats
Norwegian Cruising Guide 8th Edition Vol 2-Updated 2021
Volume 2: Swedish Border to BergenThe original, most complete and most up-to-date guide for mariners to the coasts of Norway, and Svalbard (Spitsbergen).Continuously updated since 1978.General Cruising Information volume online and free.Over 900 pages in 4 Harbours & Anchorages volumes, in print or eBook. Over 1000 ports and anchorages described in detail. Over three times more information than any competing guide.Tips on cruising northern destinations gathered by the authors during 35 years and over 100,000 miles of North Atlantic cruising. Insider's perspective from Norwegian authors Hans Jakob and Eli gathered in 50 years of cruising Norway. Planning maps and over 1500 photographs. Includes a harbours and anchorages waypoint file for loading into your plotter or navigation software.This not a glossy picture book, but rather a real guide filled with up-to-date information to help recreational mariners have a great cruise.
Paddling Alabama
From the Appalachian highlands to the Gulf Coast, this updated and revised guide offers opportunities for kayakers, canoers, rafters, rowers, and water-adventurers of every interest and ability-level. Each paddle destination is described in detail, with maps for specific routes, waterway overviews, and paddle descriptions to prepare paddlers for whatever is just beyond each river bend.
Swim Like A Pro
Swim Like A Pro is the most comprehensive guide for swimmers looking to improve their performance and health!Fares Ksebati is one of the most trusted swim coaches in the world and has created a proven training program that has helped hundreds of thousands of swimmers improve their stroke technique and swim more efficiently.Swim Like A Pro uses a holistic approach to help you swim faster with less effort and with more enjoyment. If you're just getting started in your swimming journey, this couldn't be a better time to start!The resources in this book in this book and the online course will not only expose you to the fundamentals of technique training but also the world of strength and conditioning, nutrition, and injury prevention. Swim Like A Pro will offer you: - A Fresh Perspective On Swimming- A Deeper Understanding of Stroke Technique and Training- A Strategy to Set SMART Swimming Goals- A Holistic Approach To Swim Smarter: Nutrition, Dryland, and Mental Training- A Series of Inspiring StoriesAre you ready to swim faster and smarter than ever before?Take action towards your goals, and order Swim Like A Pro now!!ONLINE COURSE: Swim Like A Pro offers an online video course that includes swim drills, workouts, links to additional video content and an exclusive Q&A section that will grow over time.swimlikeapro.orgEvery chapter has a corresponding video(s) and section in the online course. You'll be able to see and hear my explanation for each concept and stroke technique in this book. Seeing a visual representation of each concept can make all the difference in how fast you make progress.The online course has bonus video sections, a swim workout template, and interviews with swimmers who have lost weight, completed ironmans, and even won Olympic Medals! While the online video course is not required, it's highly encouraged.
Amphicar 1961-1968
This is the story of one mans life obsession to build an amphibian car, for the masses. Helped by a twist in history he achieved his dream. The story of the Amphicar is intriguing. Created during a turbulent time in world history, it makes for interesting reading.
Below the Surface
This book is the first complete history of swimming that looks at multiple aspects of the sport, including the top swimmers, major moments, controversies, developments, innovations, and more. Leading up to the 2020/2021 Olympic Games, it is the most up-to-date resource on competitive swimming.
Fundamentals of Kayak Navigation
For the past 30 years, this book has been the authoritative source for all matters of small-boat navigation. Learn how to find and keep track of your position, adjust to changing conditions, and paddle the seas safely and confidently. Includes how to chart an accurate course and maintain it underway-whether touring locally, on open water, or between islands. This updated text includes everything you need to know, from traditional map and compass navigation through state-of-the-art electronic navigation. Knowledge gained here will enhance the safety and efficiency of any outing. If you are a sea kayaker or long-distance paddler of any craft, this is definitely a book to have and to study. Most kayak instructors nationwide would agree. It covers the principles of navigation that are pertinent to kayaks in clear practical terms, with special emphasis on the effects of wind and current. Piloting techniques are distilled down to those that can be done from the seat of a kayak. The treatment of tides and currents is more thorough in this book than in most others on the market, especially when it comes to reading the water to interpret currents and for estimating the effects of wind on progress to weather. There are also convenient tricks included-such as how to quickly predict the current at times between peak flow and slack-that do not appear in other books. The section on the Navigation Rules is a unique treatment of the subject that applies to all self-powered craft, including canoes and paddle boarders, as it addresses the issues and rules that pertain to all vessels, being "every description of watercraft used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water." This is an important perspective to keep in mind, even for sailors and power boaters, as it brings to the front the basics that underlie the details. Who has right of way in specific circumstances is a detail; evaluating risk of collision is a basic, and so on. Updates in the Revised Edition include reports on progress of the print on demand charts (gets A+); new developments in echarts and how this affects latest nav apps; and updates on technology, including, believe it or not, an actual AIS receiver the size of two 9V batteries that is perfectly usable in a kayak viewing the live traffic signals on an Android app in a phone. There are also many important developments in external battery packs, which are needed when navigating by a phone or tablet. All of the online links in the book are updated, as well as the rest of the references cited. The online support and resources page at starpath.com/kayaknav has been expanded.
Doctor on Board
A book to take with you when you go sailing or power-boating, in case a medical emergency or other medical problem arises. It emphasizes head trauma and management of orthopedic injuries, seasickness and issues relating to cold injuries ("cockpit foot"), illness after exposure after leaving a port-of-call, and burns (including exposure to the sun and/or boiling water in the galley). All these and more are discussed with treatment options included. It's a must-have book for the serious (or weekend) sailor or power-boater.
Chesapeake Bay Deck Boats
During the 1880s, Chesapeake Bay boatbuilders began constructing small wooden open boats, referred to as deadrise boats, out of planks with V-shaped bows. As boatbuilders created larger deadrise boats, decks were installed to provide more work and payload space; these deck boats also had a house/pilothouse near the stern and a mast closer to the bow of the boat. Deck boats were powered by gasoline engines but also utilized sails and wind. From the 1910s to the 1940s, auxiliary steadying sails were raised to help steady the boat when encountering adverse seas. More deck boats were built in the 1920s than in any other decade. Over the history of the boats, several thousand worked the bay in the freight business, were used to buy and plant oysters, worked in the bay's pound net fishery, and dredged for crabs and oysters. Approximately 40 boats are left on the bay. A few still work the water. Some have found new life as recreational yachts, and others are education boats owned by museums and nonprofits. In 2004, boat owners formed the Chesapeake Bay Buyboat Association, which holds an annual rendezvous at different ports as a way to educate the public about this unique aspect of Chesapeake Bay maritime history.
Rowing Against the Current
In the midst of the standard, dreary midlife crisis -- complete with wine-tasting courses, yoga classes, and a failed attempt at a first novel -- forty-year-old Barry Strauss falls unexpectedly and passionately in love with rowing, a sport in which a twenty-seven-year-old is a has-been. Strauss, a professor of classics and history, writes about the unanticipated delights of an affair that, like so many others, begins as a casual dalliance and develops into a full-blown obsession. Drawn to the sport in part because of his affinity for Greek antiquity, he develops a love for old boathouses, a longing for rivers at dawn, a thirst to test himself, and, ultimately, a renewed sense of self-reliance -- as someone who had experienced sports humiliation as far back as Little League suddenly finds himself bursting into athleticism at an unlikely age. From the awe-inspiring feats of the war-bound Greek triremes with their crews of 172 men rowing on three levels to the solitary pride of finishing a first race in which he gets stuck in the weeds and has to be fished out, Barry Strauss shows us why "there is nothing -- absolutely nothing -- half as much worth doing as simply messing about in boats."
The Floating Pool Lady
Why on earth would anyone want to float a pool up the Atlantic coastline to bring it to rest at a pier on the New York City waterfront? In The Floating Pool Lady, Ann L. Buttenwieser recounts her triumphant adventure that started in the bayous of Louisiana and ended with a self-sustaining, floating swimming pool moored in New York Harbor.When Buttenwieser decided something needed to be done to help revitalize the New York City waterfront, she reached into the city's nineteenth-century past for inspiration. Buttenwieser wanted New Yorkers to reestablish their connection to their riverine surroundings and she was energized by the prospect of city youth returning to the Hudson and East Rivers. What she didn't suspect was that outfitting and donating a swimming facility for free enjoyment by the public would turn into an almost-Sisyphean task. As she describes in The Floating Pool Lady, Buttenwieser battled for years with politicians and struggled with bureaucrats as she brought her "crazy" scheme to fruition. From dusty archives in the historic Battery Maritime Building to high-stakes community board meetings to tense negotiations in the Louisiana shipyard, Buttenwieser retells the improbable process that led to a pool named The Floating Pool Lady tying up to a pier at Barretto Point Park in the Bronx, ready for summer swimmers.Throughout The Floating Pool Lady, Buttenwieser raises consciousness about persistent environmental issues and the challenges of developing a constituency for projects to make cities livable in the twenty-first century. Her story and that of her floating pool function as both warning and inspiration to those who dare to dream of realizing innovative public projects in the modern urban landscape.
A Beginner's Guide to Kayaking
Interest in recreational kayaking is booming! Learn paddler lingo, basic paddle strokes, river etiquette, what to do when you capsize, what to buy and money saving tips on what not to buy, how to transport a kayak and how to lead a paddle like a pro. Written by an American Canoe Association Kayak Instructor with twenty years of experience - over one hundred pages of the basics to help get you started.
Celestial Navigation
This book has been used for 30 years, updated periodically as needed. More than 20,000 students have successfully learned ocean navigation from these materials and gone on to cross oceans or circumnavigate the globe. This book covers how to find position at sea from timed sextant sights of the sun, moon, stars, and planets plus other routine and special procedures of safe, efficient offshore navigation. No previous navigation experience is required. The only math involved is arithmetic (adding and subtracting angles and times). This is a practical, how-to-do-it book, which also includes clear explanations of how it works and how to do it well. Plus this book includes other crucial factors of ocean navigation besides just finding out where you are from the stars, such as logbook procedures, dead reckoning, error analysis, route planning, and more.At the end of this book, you will be ready for ocean navigation. The book includes: text, practice problems, tables selections, detailed glossary, and full solutions. Printable work forms, plotting sheets, and other resources are available at no charge from www.starpath.com/celnavbook. Preface to the Second Edition: We are pleased to say that after ten more years of using this text we do not find reason to change the basic approach and methods of the teaching. We still use most of the same examples, which are now quite old, but that is the beauty of celestial navigation. It has not changed, so we do not benefit in any way from making all new examples, which would bring with them more chance of error in a book of many numbers.We have, however, notably improved and expanded the book. Each section has been updated and reformatted for a clearer presentation, often in response to student questions over the years. New graphics have been added and older ones all updated. There is much new content in the text, especially in the In-Depth chapter, including more detailed discussion of the sailings and more background on the principles. New sections were added on general ocean navigation and optimizing the fixes. We have also updated the electronic navigation section, as most ocean navigators will also be using other tools besides celestial.
Why We Swim
"A fascinating and beautifully written love letter to water. I was enchanted by this book." --Rebecca Skloot, bestselling author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks We swim in freezing Arctic waters and piranha-infested rivers to test our limits. We swim for pleasure, for exercise, for healing. But humans, unlike other animals that are drawn to water, are not naturalborn swimmers. We must be taught. Our evolutionary ancestors learned for survival; today, swimming is one of the most popular activities in the world. Why We Swim is propelled by stories of Olympic champions, a Baghdad swim club that meets in Saddam Hussein's former palace pool, modern-day Japanese samurai swimmers, and even an Icelandic fisherman who improbably survives a wintry six-hour swim after a shipwreck. New York Times contributor Bonnie Tsui, a swimmer herself, dives into the deep, from the San Francisco Bay to the South China Sea, investigating what it is about water that seduces us, and why we come back to it again and again. An immersive, unforgettable, and eye-opening perspective on swimming--and on human behavior itself.
Ocmulgee River User's Guide
Unlike many other Georgia rivers that begin their journeys to the sea along the flanks of ridges in the relatively pristine confines of national forest lands, the Ocmulgee--a name that means "where water boils up" in Muskogee--rises inside Atlanta's I-285 perimeter highway as the South River in a jungle of asphalt and concrete. In fact, its very headwaters are buried beneath a hazardous waste site. Its other main tributaries--the Yellow and Alcovy--rise in Atlanta's fast-growing northeast suburbs of Gwinnett County, and they too have not escaped the impacts of city life. Yet the Ocmulgee also hosts one hundred species of fish, eighty-five of which are native to the river, as well as eighteen native freshwater mussel species, including seven species found nowhere else on the planet. In the Ocmulgee River User's Guide, both novice and experienced water sports enthusiasts will fi nd all the information required to enjoy the full length of the river through Macon to its confluence with the Altamaha near Lumber City. Author Joe Cook includes detailed maps, put in and take out suggestions, fishing and camping locations, mile-by-mile points of interest, and an illustrated guide to the animals and plants commonly seen in and around the river. Day-trippers will enjoy the guide's fascinating description of the cultural and natural heritage of this richly diverse waterway. FEATURES: An introduction and overview of the river Chapters describing each river section with detailed maps and notes on river access and points of interest A compact natural history guide featuring species of interest Notes on safety and boating etiquette A fishing primer Notes on organizations working to protect the river
Celestial Navigation Exercises for Class and Home study
About the Manual Celestial Navigation Exercises for Class and Home Study was designed to facilitate the work of instructors using the free PowerPoint slide presentation available at CelestialNavigationBook.com. This exercise manual, available in hard copy and in PDF format for tablets, reproduces the questions posed at regular intervals throughout the slide presentation; it provides the work-forms guiding the calculations, and the solutions. Students taking a course from an instructor who follows the slide presentation will normally have the associated course book Celestial Navigation using the Sight Reduction Tables Pub. No. 249. In order to facilitate the download process, the free version of the exercise manual (available for download from CelestialNavigationBook.com), includes neither the Almanac nor the Sight Reduction Tables required for the calculations because these tables are identical to the ones in the course book. This complete version of the exercise manual, with all the required data tables in the appendix, will thus be useful mostly to navigators who do not have the course book but wish to practice on their own, as well as to students who follow the presentation and have the course book but do not wish to download and print 140 pages of questions and answers.
Rescue Boat
Rescue Boat is a about maritime maydays, boat fires, equipment failures, and salvage operations; fishing experiences with unusual situations or outcomes; and adventure on the water.Novice and experienced sailors, power boaters, fishermen, and folks who enjoy being on the water will find the book to be "sit on the edge of your seat" enjoyable reading.
The Politics of the Canoe
Popularly thought of as a recreational vehicle and one of the key ingredients of an ideal wilderness getaway, the canoe is also a political vessel. A potent symbol and practice of Indigenous cultures and traditions, the canoe has also been adopted to assert conservation ideals, feminist empowerment, citizenship practices, and multicultural goals. Documenting many of these various uses, this book asserts that the canoe is not merely a matter of leisure and pleasure; it is folded into many facets of our political life. Taking a critical stance on the canoe, The Politics of the Canoe expands and enlarges the stories that we tell about the canoe's relationship to, for example, colonialism, nationalism, environmentalism, and resource politics. To think about the canoe as a political vessel is to recognize how intertwined canoes are in the public life, governance, authority, social conditions, and ideologies of particular cultures, nations, and states. Almost everywhere we turn, and any way we look at it, the canoe both affects and is affected by complex political and cultural histories. Across Canada and the U.S., canoeing cultures have been born of activism and resistance as much as of adherence to the mythologies of wilderness and nation building. The essays in this volume show that canoes can enhance how we engage with and interpret not only our physical environments, but also our histories and present-day societies.
The Pacific Alone
Winner of the 2019 National Outdoor Book Award for Outdoor Literature! In the summer of 1987 Ed Gillet achieved what no person has accomplished before or since, a solo crossing from California to Hawaii by kayak. Gillet, at the age of 36 an accomplished sailor and paddler, navigated by sextant and always knew his position within a few miles. Still, Gillet underestimated the abuse his body would take from the relentless, pounding, swells of the Pacific, and early into his voyage he was covered with salt water sores and found that he could find no comfortable position for sitting or sleeping. Along the way he endured a broken rudder, among other calamities, but at last reached Maui on his 63rd day at sea, four days after his food had run out. Dave Shively brings Gillet's remarkable story to life in this gripping narrative, based on exclusive access to Gillet's logs as well as interviews with the legendary paddler himself.
Kayaking Coastal Maine - Volume 2
For more than 40 years, author Richard Fleming has sailed, rowed, and kayaked along the Maine Coast. As a professional sea kayaking guide, he has shared his vast knowledge of some of the most beautiful parts of the Maine coastline. Frequently, during his work as a guide, clients wanted to know more about the history of the places visited and attempting to answer these queries, Richard developed a deep appreciation of Maine's rich maritime heritage. In the three-volume set of Kayaking Coastal Maine, the author uses kayaking trips to explore the history of the islands and coastline. Each volume in the set covers a different part of the historic Maine Coast, along with detailed trip recommendations, paddling instructions, and historical information. In addition, each volume contains maps and local knowledge relevant to paddlers such as camping and landing information, rules and regulations, tables, GPS coordinates, distances, and photos. Let Kayaking Coastal Maine be your paddling guide to the beautiful coast of Maine.
Kayaking Coastal Maine - Volume 3
For more than 40 years, author Richard Fleming has sailed, rowed, and kayaked along the Maine Coast. As a professional sea kayaking guide, he has shared his vast knowledge of some of the most beautiful parts of the Maine coastline. Frequently, during his work as a guide, clients wanted to know more about the history of the places visited and attempting to answer these queries, Richard developed a deep appreciation of Maine's rich maritime heritage. In the three-volume set of Kayaking Coastal Maine, the author uses kayaking trips to explore the history of the islands and coastline. Each volume in the set covers a different part of the historic Maine Coast, along with detailed trip recommendations, paddling instructions, and historical information. In addition, each volume contains maps and local knowledge relevant to paddlers such as camping and landing information, rules and regulations, tables, GPS coordinates, distances, and photos. Let Kayaking Coastal Maine be your paddling guide to the beautiful coast of Maine.
Kayaking Coastal Maine - Volume 1
For more than 40 years, author Richard Fleming has sailed, rowed, and kayaked along the Maine Coast. As a professional sea kayaking guide, he has shared his vast knowledge of some of the most beautiful parts of the Maine coastline. Frequently, during his work as a guide, clients wanted to know more about the history of the places visited, and attempting to answer these queries, Richard developed a deep appreciation of Maine's rich maritime heritage. In the three-volume set of Kayaking Coastal Maine, the author uses kayaking trips to explore the history of the islands and coastline. Each volume in the set covers a different part of the historic Maine Coast, along with detailed trip recommendations, paddling instructions, and historical information. In addition, each volume contains maps and local knowledge relevant to paddlers such as camping and landing information, rules and regulations, tables, GPS coordinates, distances, and photos. Let Kayaking Coastal Maine be your paddling guide to the beautiful coast of Maine.
Against the Current
In August 1998 Kim Trevathan summoned his beloved 45-pound German shepherd mix, Jasper, and paddled a canoe down the Tennessee River, an adventure chronicled in Paddling the Tennessee River: A Voyage on Easy Water. Twenty years later, in Against the Current: Paddling Upstream on the Tennessee River, he invites readers on a voyage of light-hearted rumination about time, memory, and change as he paddles the same river in the same boat--but this time going upstream, starting out in early spring instead of late summer. In sparkling prose, Trevathan describes the life of the river before and after the dams, the sometimes daunting condition of its environment, its banks' host of evolving communities--and also the joys and follies of having a new puppy, 65-pound Maggie, for a shipmate.Trevathan discusses the Tennessee River's varied contributions to the cultures that hug its waterway (Kentuckians refer to it as a lake, but Tennesseans call it a river), and the writer's intimate style proves a perfect lens for the passageway from Kentucky to Tennessee to Alabama and back to Tennessee. In choice observations and chance encounters along the route, Trevathan uncovers meaningful differences among the Tennessee Valley's people--and not a few differences in himself, now an older, wiser adventurer.Whether he is struggling to calm his land-loving companion, confronting his body's newfound aches and pains, craving a hard-to-find cheeseburger, or scouting for a safe place to camp for the night, Trevathan perseveres in his quest to reacquaint himself with the river and to discover new things about it. And, owing to his masterful sense of detail, cadence, and narrative craft, Trevathan keeps the reader at the heart of the journey. The Tennessee River is a remarkable landmark, and this text exhibits its past and present qualities with a perspective only Trevathan can provide.
Tobago Bumboats
This is the story of a community blessed with talented, world class seamen and boat builders, having learned their trade, handed down from one generation to the next. With the advent of the outboard motor, which is mainly used today by fishermen on another type of vessel called pirogues, which has become the preference for fishing, you will find that today no one uses bumboats to fish anymore. However, these boats remain and are cherished as traditional sailboats, for the purpose of competing in traditional sailing regattas both at home and abroad, throughout the wider Caribbean.
