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Auxiliary Sail Vessel Operations for the Aspiring Professional Sailor
G. Andy Chase
Available NowInitially created as a course curriculum for classes in sail vessel operations at the Maine Maritime Academy, this…
Size: 6″ x 9″ | 216 illustrations, 5 b/w photos | 328 pp
Index
ISBN13: 9780870334931 | Binding: hard cover$35.00
Auxiliary Sail Vessel Operations, 2nd Edition: For the Professional Sailor
Revised and updated 2nd editionG. Andy Chase
Available NowThis text has been developedto provide a firm foundation for men and women working toward earning US CoastGuard…
Size: 6″ x 9″ | 112 drawings, diagrams & photos | 304 pp
ISBN13: 9780870336430 | Binding: hard cover$35.00
Barnegat Lighthouse Perspectives
David Biggy
Available NowThousands of people visit Barnegat Lighthouse every year at the north end of Long Beach Island, New Jersey. Over…
Size: 9 1/8″ x 8 1/8″ | 106 color photos | 80 pp
ISBN13: 9780764334542 | Binding: soft cover$9.99
Beachcombing the Pacific
Amos L. Wood
Available NowWho among us has not looked out over a beautiful body of water and wondered what treasures are buried in the…
Size: 6″ x 9″ | 160 charts, maps & photos | 225 pp
Index
ISBN13: 9780887400971 | Binding: soft cover$9.95
Behavior and Handling of Ships
Henry H. Hooyer
Available NowAccording to author Captain Henry H. Hooyer, forces acting on the ship have an effective lever arm with respect to…
Size: 6″ x 9″ | 160 illustrations | 152 pp
Index
ISBN13: 9780870333064 | Binding: hard cover$24.00
Blow for the Landing: A Hundred Years of Steam Navigation on the Waters of the West
Fritz Timmen
Available NowAll aboard for a trip back to the glory days of steamboating. This book is packed with history, photographs, and…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 100s of historical photos | 235 pp
Index
ISBN13: 9780764303180 | Binding: soft cover$29.95
Boat Maneuvers
Klas Klauberg and Bernhard Spörer
Available NowTo coast the waves of the open water on a boat, flying through sun and spray, is to experience one of life’s truly…
Size: 8″ x 9 1/2″ | 137 illustrations | 44 pp
ISBN13: 9780870336324 | Binding: spiral bound$19.99
Cape Cod Lighthouses and Lightships
Arthur P. Richmond
Available NowThis is an indispensable reference for the lighthouse enthusiast, required reading for those interested in…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 316 color, 200 b/w photos | 256 pp
ISBN13: 9780764335457 | Binding: hard cover$45.00
Cape May Lighthouse
David Biggy
Available NowCape May’s favorite beacon shines brightly in 90 picturesque scenes. Photographed at different angles for…
Size: 9 1/8″ x 8 1/8″ | 90 color images | 80 pp
ISBN13: 9780764338007 | Binding: soft cover$9.99
Celestial for the Cruising Navigator
Merle B. Turner
Available NowThe book presents a comprehensive treatment of celestial navigation based upon the essential foundations of…
Size: 7″ x 10″ | 2 b/w photos, 98 illustrations | 232 pp
Glossary/Index
ISBN13: 9780870333415 | Binding: soft cover$14.95
Celestial Navigation
2nd EditionFrances W. Wright
Available NowThis guide to celestial navigation has been popular ever since it first appeared in 1969. Revised in 1982,…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | b/w photos | 130 pp
ISBN13: 9780870332913 | Binding: soft cover$12.00
Celestial Navigation by H.O.249
John E. Milligan
Available Now“Any kind of boating can be fun,” the author points out, “racing around the marks, or coastwise cruising where…
Size: 7″ x 10″ | 65 illustrations/tables | 112 pp
ISBN13: 9780870331916 | Binding: soft cover$9.95
Chesapeake Bay Buyboats, 2nd Edition
Larry S. Chowning
Available NowBuyboat is the most familiar term for a particular style of traditional Chesapeake workboat, but it suggests only…
Size: 8 1/2″ X 11″ | 182 b/w photos & 12 illustrations | 242 pp
Vessel list/index
ISBN13: 9780764337024 | Binding: hard cover$34.99
Chesapeake Bay in the Civil War
Eric Mills
Available NowA rich panorama of fascinating Civil War history, this is the story of gunboats and smugglers, privateers and…
Size: 6″ x 9″ | 35 b/w photos, 56 illustrations & 5 maps | 328 pp
Index
ISBN13: 9780764335921 | Binding: soft cover$29.99
Chesapeake Bay Log Canoes and Bugeyes
M. V. Brewington
Available NowFor generations, vessels built on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay have been famous among seafaring peoples of…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 158 b/w photos, illustrations, 1 map | 184 pp
Index
ISBN13: 9780870330117 | Binding: hard cover$35.95
Chesapeake Bay Schooners
Quentin Snediker & Ann Jensen
Available NowChesapeake Bay Schooners focuses on the evolution of a uniquely American vessel from its European origins to the…
Size: 12″ x 9″ | 212 b/w photos | 264 pp
Glossary & Index
ISBN13: 9780870335082 | Binding: soft cover$34.95
Chesapeake Bay Skipjacks
Pat Vojtech
Available NowChesapeake Bay Skipjacks documents the skipjack and its role in the oyster dredging industry, describing the…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 83 color photos | 154 pp
Vessel List/Index
ISBN13: 9780870334511 | Binding: hard cover$29.95
Chesapeake Rumrunners of the Roaring Twenties
Eric Mills
Available NowWhen Prohibition was the law, Chesapeake Bay was a smuggler’s paradise. Rogues of all types transported boatloads…
Size: 6″ x 9″ | 67 b/w photos, 1 map | 204 pp
Index
ISBN13: 9780870335181 | Binding: hard cover$25.95
Chesapeake Sailing Craft: Recollections of Robert H. Burgess
Robert H. Burgess. Edited by William A. Fox
Available NowThirty years have passed since the 1975 publication of Robert H. Burgess’s classic Chesapeake Sailing Craft, and…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 463 b/w photos | 324 pp
Index
ISBN13: 9780870335723 | Binding: hard cover$34.95
Chesapeake Sails: A History of Yachting on the Bay
Richard Henderson
Available NowMany books document the workboats of the Chesapeake, but for decades bay waters have been home to another kind of…
Size: 8″ x 10″ | 139 b/w photos, 128 illustrations, 2 maps | 304 pp
Index
ISBN13: 9780870335143 | Binding: hard cover$34.95
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