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Mariner’s Guide to Nautical Information
Priscilla Travis
Available NowThis alphabetically arranged reference work puts over 2,000 modern nautical topics and terms at your fingertips,…
Size: 6″ x 9″ | 190 color & 9 b/w photos | 544 pp
ISBN13: 9780870336256 | Binding: hard cover$35.00
Maritime Casualties: Causes and Consequences
Capt. Tuuli Messer-Bookman, Foreword by Capt. Robert J. Meurn
Available NowSince the Titanic disaster of 1912, the horrors of major maritime casualties have prompted international…
Size: 7″ x 10″ | 29 color & b/w photos | 216 pp
ISBN13: 9780870336416 | Binding: hard cover$34.99
Maritime Error Management: Discussing and Remediating Factors Contributory to Maritime Casualties
Geoffrey W. Gill
Available NowAn experienced deck officer and maritime attorney objectively considers cognitive, organizational, and operational…
Size: 6″ x 9″ | 3 color & 5 b/w photos | 416 pp
Index
ISBN13: 9780870336263 | Binding: hard cover$50.00
Maryland Loyalists in the American Revolution
M. Christopher New
Available NowMaryland Loyalists in the American Revolution tells the story of Marylanders who could not engage in the…
Size: 6″ x 9″ | 10 illustrations, 4 maps | 210 pp
Index
ISBN13: 9780870334955 | Binding: hard cover$26.95
Massachusetts Lighthouses and Lightships
Arthur P. Richmond
Available NowHere is an indispensable addition to the lighthouse enthusiast’s library, required reading for those interested in…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 876 color & b/w images | 256 pp
ISBN13: 9780764348532 | Binding: hard cover$45.00
Massachusetts Lighthouses: Past & Present
Arthur P. Richmond
Available NowA must-have book for the lighthouse enthusiast, maritime buff, and anyone who is interested in Massachusetts…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 454 images | 160 pp
ISBN13: 9780764343056 | Binding: hard cover$34.99
Master’s Handbook on Ship’s Business
3rd EditionTuuli Messer. Based on earlier editions by Ben Martin and James R. Aragon
Available NowAn invaluable aid to masters of ships for more than thirty years. Since the publication of the second edition more…
Size: 6″ x 9″ | 1 full size color map | 416 pp
Index
ISBN13: 9780870335310 | Binding: hard cover$50.00
Merchant Marine Officers’ Handbook
5th EditionWilliam A MacEwen & Edward A. Turpin
Available NowThis handbook, first issued in 1942, is designed to be used as a textbook or a study guide for the “hawsepiper.”…
Size: 6″ x 9″ | b/w photos | 573 pp
Index
ISBN13: 9780870333798 | Binding: hard cover$55.00
Model Boat Building Made Simple
Steve Rogers
Available NowMany old workboats still exist today, though in this age of fiberglass they are an endangered species. To many,…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | Color photos and drawings | 64 pp
ISBN13: 9780887403880 | Binding: soft cover$15.95
Model Boat Building: The Lobster Boat
Steve Rogers & Patricia Staby-Rogers
Available NowThe downeast coast of Maine is a special place. It is studded with picture postcard harbors and towns reminiscent…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 250+ color photos | 64 pp
ISBN13: 9780887406423 | Binding: soft cover$12.95
Model Boat Building: The Menhaden Steamer
Steve Rogers and Patricia Staby Rogers
Available NowMenhaden steamers were double framed, heavily built offshore fishing boats in use during much of the 20th century….
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 100 color illustrations & detailed plans | 64 pp
ISBN13: 9780764310706 | Binding: soft cover$14.95
Model Boat Building: The Skipjack
Steve Rogers & Patricia Staby-Rogers
Available NowSteve Rogers loves working boats, and the skipjacks is one of the best. Following the acclaim of his previous…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 390 color photos, drawings, designs | 96 pp
ISBN13: 9780887409370 | Binding: soft cover$14.95
Model Boat Building: The Spritsail Skiff
Steve Rogers & Patricia Staby-Rogers
Available NowThe people of Deal’s Island make their living by harvesting the various fisheries of the Chesapeake Bay. The…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 250+ color photos | 64 pp
ISBN13: 9780887405341 | Binding: soft cover$12.95
Modern Marine Engineer’s Manual: Volume I
3rd EditionEverett C. Hunt, Contributing Editors: Gus Bourneuf Jr., Boris S. Butman, Roger Butturini, Donald A. Dailey, Paul A. Dupuy, James A. Harbach, Ronald A. Ieva, Cynthia Lakis, Walter M. Maclean, William D. Marscher, William J. Sembler, Eugene D. Story, and Joseph Tiratto
Available NowThis book is designed to serve as a textbook for students and a reference for today’s engineering officers,…
Size: 6″ x 9″ | 101 b/w photos, numerous illustrations | 1280 pp
Index
ISBN13: 9780870334962 | Binding: hard cover$95.00
Modern Marine Engineer’s Manual: Volume II
3rd EditionEverett C. Hunt, Associate Editors: James A. Harbach & Alan L. Rowen, Contributing Editors: Robert S. Behr, Davis Brown, R. D. Jacobs, Aaron R. Kramer, Thomas P. Mackey, James Mercanti, William B. Morgan, Keith Wilson, and Conrad C. Youngren
Available NowThis manual, first published in 1943, has been indispensable to ship’s engineers for generations. The third…
Size: 6″ x 9″ | 624 illustrations, 46 b/w photos | 904 pp
Glossaries/Index
ISBN13: 9780870335372 | Binding: hard cover$85.00
Modern Marine Salvage
William I. Milwee, Jr.
Available NowAuthored by a man with extensive experience in salvage operations, this is a comprehensive treatment of ship…
Size: 6″ x 9″ | 51 b/w photos, 120 illustrations | 792 pp
Index
ISBN13: 9780870334719 | Binding: hard cover$65.00
Modern Sharking
Mark Sampson
Available NowAdvancements in boats, tackle, and equipment, as well as changes in the attitudes and ethics of shark fishermen,…
Size: 6″ x 9″ | 122 b/w photos | 264 pp
ISBN13: 9780978727864 | Binding: soft cover$19.95
Modern Towing
John S. Blank III
Available NowA wide-ranging work on all aspects of towing, in both inland and ocean waters. Part I, The Industry, gives an…
Size: 6″ x 9″ | 152 b/w photos, 281 illustrations, 1 map | 608 pp
Index
ISBN13: 9780870333729 | Binding: hard cover$45.00
More Lost Loot: Ghostly New England Treasure Tales
Patricia Hughes
Available NowStories of lost and haunted treasure sites are intermingled through three states in southern New England: Rhode…
Size: 6″ x 9″ | 40 b/w photos | 256 pp
ISBN13: 9780764336270 | Binding: soft cover$19.99
Nautical Antiques
W.D. Ball
Available NowThis beautiful volume illustrates hundreds of nautical treasures, items related to lives of seamen in past…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 387 Illus. | 240 pp
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ISBN13: 9780887406027 | Binding: hard cover$39.95
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