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1	This Old Boat more books like this by Don Casey add to wishlist Let's say you're a typical low-paid working stiff. You've sailed small boats all your life, you've saved a little money - you're finally ready for a real cruising boat. You drop in on Tadd, your friendly neighborhood yacht broker, who is more than happy to sell you that brand-new Trickledown 32 for only $90,000, plus a few optional extras like ... see all copies from £13.62! new only from £15.57! \| first editions
2	Chapman Piloting, Seamanship & Small Boat Handling more books like this by Elbert S Maloney add to wishlist In this revised edition, every page reflects recent advances in boating, including more than 1,000 photographs, maps, and illustrations, and laws and regulations governing the nations waterways. Recommended by the United States Power Squadron and the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary for their public boating-education classes. see all copies from £3.26! new only from £19.81! \| first editions
3	Swallows & Amazons more books like this by Arthur Ransome add to wishlist An adventurous tale about four siblings who take their boat, the "Swallow," for a camping excursion to an island near their family farm. On their third day on the island, they notice another boat, the "Amazon," flying a flag bearing a skull an crossbones. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.11! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Little Bear's Little Boat more books like this by Eve Bunting add to wishlist Little Bear just loves floating around on Huckleberry Lake in his lovely little boat. However, time passes, and Little Bear grows to be a bigger bear and he's soon too big to fit into his little boat. What will the no-longer-little bear do? Color illustrations accompany the text. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| first editions
5	Boating Skills & Seamanship more books like this by United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Staf add to wishlist Before you take to the waters, know the basics from America's largest boating educator. Learn the fundamentals of boating from the U.S.C.G. Auxiliary's cornerstone how-to guide, "Boating Skills and Seamanship". The perfect book for beginning boaters, it covers the basics of choosing, equipping, trailering, and handling a small to mid-sized ... see all copies from £4.95! new only from £14.61!
6	Along the Edge of America more books like this by Peter Jenkins add to wishlist From America's favorite traveler, "Along the Edge of America" recounts the sights, sounds, and people of America's Gulf Coast. The author explores the Florida Everglades, genteel southern homesteads, Cajun marshlands, and the Texas coastal cattle country. It's a riveting adventure by the author of "A Walk Across America". Photos. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £7.06! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Three Men in a Boat more books like this by Jerome K Jerome add to wishlist This hilarious turn-of-the-century classic recounts the adventures of three young men (along with Montmorency the dog) who take a boat up the Thames on a voyage full of mishaps, sightseeing, strange encounters, and wacky ruminations on life. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Runabout Renovation: How to Find and Fix Up an Old Fiberglass Speedboat more books like this by Jim Anderson add to wishlist For those who own a cherished but dilapidated fiberglass runabout, or for those who want a boat but are turned off by the high prices and often poor quality of today's offerings, this book explains everything there is to know about turning a rundown runabout into a real showpiece for a fraction of the cost of a new model. Author Jim Anderson, a ... see all copies from £7.84! new only from £7.84!
9	Flirting with mermaids : the unpredictable life of a sailboat delivery skipper. more books like this by John Kretschmer add to wishlist In twenty years of delivering yachts to far-flung quaysides, Kretschmer has had innumerable adventures, both humorous and threatening. In this first paperback edition, he recounts the most memorable of them, from a Western Caribbean research voyage with a crew of eccentric Swedes to a North Atlantic crossing during which he discovers the existence ... see all copies from £6.92! new only from £6.92! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Swallowdale more books like this by Arthur Ransome add to wishlist John, Susan, Titty and Roger return to the lake for another summer camping on their island with their old allies, Nancy and Peggy, otherwise known as the Amazon pirates. But immediately disaster strikes when the Swallows find themselves marooned ashore by the shipwreck of their boat. But if they can't have the island, there's always Swallowdale, ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £6.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	Storm Tactics Handbook: Modern Methods of Heaving-To for Survival in Extreme Conditions more books like this by Lin Pardey, Larry Pardey add to wishlist This guide stresses the importance of survival techniques at sea and is written by experienced round-the-world sailors. They recommend the traditional skill of heaving to, but in addition, employing a drogue, so rigged that it keeps the bow at a quartering angle to the approaching seas. see all copies from £6.75! new only from £11.06!
12 view cover	Singlehanded Sailing: The Experiences and Techniques of the Lone Voyagers more books like this by Richard Henderson add to wishlist This work covers the whole spectrum of singlehanded sailing on coastal passages, ocean voyages and racing. Suitable choices of boat, sails and self-steering gear and the psychology, tactics and perils of sailing alone are given coverage, while the experiences of singlehanded sailors are discussed. see all copies from £6.15! new only from £9.91! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Peter Duck more books like this by Arthur Ransome add to wishlist The Swallows and Amazons are sailing with Nancy and Peggy's Uncle Jim (better known as Captain Flint) when their hired deckhand tells them a tale of his younger days - a tale to set pulses racing and hopes shooting sky high. Soon their boat is on its way to a Caribbean treasure hunt and they find themselves up against shark, storm, earthquake - ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £6.64! \| first editions
14 view cover	Sensible Cruising: The Thoreau Approach more books like this by Don Casey add to wishlist If wisdom can be defined as common sense that has withstood the test of time, then Sensible Cruising is a wise book. It explains: Why a sensible cruise is affordable to almost anyone. Why the boat of choice for most cruisers is under 35 feet. Why lowering the cost doesn't devalue the cruise. How simplicity minimizes insulation from ... see all copies from £11.24! new only from £29.11! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	The Cruiser's Handbook of Fishing more books like this by Scott Bannerot, Wendy Bannerot add to wishlist 'The definitive book' - "Cruising World". This is the complete guide to catching and cooking fish from the decks of a cruising boat. "The Cruiser's Handbook of Fishing" gives you everything you need to know about catching fish in tropical or middle-latitude seas - from a cruising boat underway or at anchor, from a dinghy, in the surf, and while ... see all copies from £8.64! new only from £8.64! \| signed copies
16 view cover	The Curve of Time: The Classic Memoir of a Woman and Her Children Who Explored the Coastal Waters of the Pacific Northw more books like this by Muriel Wylie Blanchet add to wishlist The author writes about a boating trip she and her five children took in the late 1920s in the coastal waters of the Pacific Northwest. see all copies from £6.32! new only from £41.45!
17 view cover	Missing Manatee more books like this by Cynthia C DeFelice add to wishlist Skeet Waters discovers a manatee that's been shot in the head, and soon begins to unravel the mysteries that surround both the manatee's apparent murder and his parents' dissolving marriage. see all copies from £2.30! new only from £2.30! \| first editions
18 view cover	The Intracoastal Waterway Chartbook: Norfolk, Virginia to Miami, Florida more books like this by Leslie Kettlewell (Editor), John J Kettlewell (Editor) add to wishlist Find your way down the Intracoastal Waterway between the Chesapeake Bay and Florida. "The Intracoastal Waterway Chartbook" provides a complete set of navigational charts (a $350 value) for the 1,090-mile ICW from Norfolk to Miami, as well as major Atlantic inlets, in a single, easy-to-use $70 package. Proven over 16 years and four prior editions, ... see all copies from £22.99! new only from £24.45!
19 view cover	Boats Board Book more books like this by Byron Barton (Illustrator) add to wishlist Byron Barton's bestselling series of transportation books is now available in classic board book editions. Simple text and vibrant illustrations of boats are sure to spark the interest of even the youngest of readers. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £6.34!
20 view cover	Three Men in a Boat: To Say Nothing of the Dog more books like this by Jerome K Jerome add to wishlist THREE MEN ON A BOAT, the hilarious turn-of-the-century classic by Jerome K. Jerome, recounts the adventures of three young men (along with Montmorency the dog) who take a boat up the Thames on a voyage full of mishaps, sightseeing, strange encounters, and wacky ruminations on life. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	Mr Gumpys Outing more books like this by John Burningham add to wishlist On a lovely sunny day, a man named Mr. Gumpy sets off on a boat outing. Soon, he meets two children who ask if they can join him, and Mr. Gumpy agrees--as long as the children don't squabble. As the ride continues, Mr. Gumpy picks up a variety of other creatures, giving each an appropriate plea for proper behavior: the rabbit is told not to hop, ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £3.21! \| first editions
22 view cover	Boatowner's mechanical and electrical manual : how to maintain, repair and improve your boat's essential systems more books like this by Nigel Calder add to wishlist An enlarged and updated edition, this manual provides guidance to novice and experienced boatowners on major or minor repairs of electrical systems, engines, electronics, steering systems, generators, plumbing, pumps, cookers, spars and rigging. It contains new drawings and photographs, and revised troubleshooting charts, and is said to cover ... see all copies from £13.63! new only from £24.29!
23 view cover	Sloop: Restoring My Family's Wooden Sailboat--An Adventure in Old-Fashioned Values more books like this by Daniel Robb add to wishlist When Daniel Robb set out to rebuild a family sailboat that had been deteriorating for years, he didn't anticipated what he was getting into. Restoring the sailboat was both an act of respect and an homage to a place and a way of life that are in jeopardy of disappearing. "Sloop" is the captivating story of Robb's education in boatbuilding, peopled ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £5.57! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	Rosie of the River more books like this by Catherine Cookson add to wishlist Sally and Fred's Norfolk Broads boating holiday lurches from one mishap to another, until they befriend 15-year old Rosie. After she has a fight with her violent mother, it is Sally and Fred she runs to. She goes to live with her grandmother, but through the years she relies on Sally and Fred. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| first editions
25	The curve of time more books like this by M. Wylie Blanchet add to wishlist The author writes about a boating trip she and her five children took in the late 1920s in the coastal waters of the Pacific Northwest. see all copies from £4.99! new only from £15.45! \| first editions

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