American author Jack London, best known for his fiction writing set during the Klondike Gold Rush of the late 1800s, was also an avid sailor. “Small-Boat Sailing,” was published in 1917 in The Human D
Make the U.S. Coast Guard your first mateThe Small-Boat Seamanship Manual contains all the information found in the Coast Guard's official 1,200-page training manual, giving you access to the highest
A beautiful debut collection of poems captures the juxtapositions and complexities of life and landscape in New England. Winner of the 2002 Iowa Poetry Prize. Original. (Poetry)
Details a journey of conscience and courage that took John and his family from Durban, past the aptly named Cape of Storms, around the treacherous Cape of Good Hope, and across the open Atlantic and t
Music for a Small Boat Crossing a Medium Size River. A series of photographs by Fernando Ortega shows an unspoiled countryside, a smugglers boat on a river in Mexico. Refering to this picture, the art
Mark and Katya bought a thirty-four-foot steel sailboat. With their two daughters, they sailed around Lake Superior, then moved aboard for a year and sailed to the Bahamas. The sailing life proved bot
Vlado Petric, a former homicide detective in Sarajevo, is now living in exile, and making a meagre living working at a Berlin construction site, when an American investigator for the International War
The author of "A Manual of Sail Trim" has designed a guide for the competitive racing dinghy sailor that explains the art of maneuvering. The object of the text is to provide instructions on keeping
Twelve-year-old Donovan's summer with his aunt and uncle on Puget Sound becomes a test of his own convictions when he suspects his uncle's involvement in a local racist group.
Circumvnavigating Low Key is Captain Woody's account of his around the world adventure on his 33' Cal sloop, Low Key. Starting out, with his girlfriend, on a boat not designed for the rigors of the op
An essential tool for kayaking British Columbia's coast. BC Coastal Recreation, Kayaking and Small Boat Atlas, in two volumes, provides splashproof and manageably sized collections of detailed map
The biennial Around Alone yacht race (now known as the 5-Oceans Challenge) is the most thrilling adventure in the world for the sailors passionate enough to undertake it. Among the competitors in 2002
In a raging blizzard off Cape Cod in 1952, Bernie Webber and his Coast Guard crew of three volunteers rescued 30 men from the wreck of a collision between two oil tankers. Frump, a maritime journalist
On February 18, 1952, off the coast of Cape Cod, a fierce nor'easter snapped in half two 503-foot oil tankers, the Pendleton and the Fort Mercer. Human grace and grit, leadership and endurance prevail
Rugged yet serene, the south and east coasts of Vancouver Island are unlike anywhere else. Wave-sculpted rocks, sea caves and fjords, old-growth forests, incredible wildlife, and white, sandy beaches
Choosing a mate is like picking house paint from one of those tiny color squares: You never know how it will look across a large expanse, or how it will change in different light.Meet Janna and Graem
Panda dreams of sailing on the wide and beautiful sea, but he knows his boat is only a toy. Then Baby Weasus has an idea? Includes instructions for making your very own paper boat.
In The Boat Race, the toys build their own boats and have a race along the stream. But things don't go to plan when Little Bear's boat gets caught by a gust of wind ...In Little Bear's Dragon the toys
The inspiring story of a little boat on a big adventure. This little boat struggles through terrible storms, past giant sea monsters and around treacherous rocks, meeting friends along the way.
