Kiwi Fishing Knots (Waterproof) by Sam Mossman

$17.00 NZD

Category: Fishing

A handy waterproof quick reference guide to 15 fishing knots. The spiral bound pocket-sized guide has explanations of when to use each knot and step-by-step diagrams of how to tie them. Included are the Bimini Twist, Yukatan and Lefties Loops with application to soft bait fishing and the other knots cov er virtually every other style of rig and fishing application. ...Show more

Flashcards by New Zealand Coastguard Education Boatmaster

$25.00 NZD

Category: Nautical - Seamanship

This very well known learning aid for New Zealand conditions has been produced with the Boatmaster syllabus in view. The 84 cards each have a graphic on one side posing a seamanship question, with the answer on the other. The cards specifically cover lights and shapes, rules for avoiding collision, buoy age, chartwork and symbols, "Mayday", and common knots. The packaging is a permanent, document safe and cold proof, clear plastic wallet. ...Show more

How to Go Boating and Where by Mike Rendle

$30.00 NZD

Category: Nautical - Seamanship

This is a book for everyone who wants to begin their own boating career or who wants to add to their knowledge. Written in the same style as his previous bestseller How to Catch Fish and Where: The Complete Kiwi Beginner's Guide, the book covers everything from how to buy a boat through to how to launch it, ski from it, catch fish from it and, most important of all, stay safe while doing so. ...Show more

Day Skipper for Sail and Power: The Essential Manual for the Rya Day Skipper Theory and Practical Certificate by Alison Noice

$37.00 NZD

Category: Nautical - Seamanship

Day Skipper for Sail and Power is a major reference book for anyone following the RYA Day Skipper course. Brought thoroughly up-to-date with new developments and covering all the theory and practical aspects of the RYA Day Skipper Certificate with full colour photography, helpful diagrams and worked exa mples, it is also a clear and comprehensive manual for anyone intending to make coastal passages in a small boat, covering: - seamanship - safety equipment - preventing collisions at sea - navigation and chart work - tides and tidal streams - pilotage - passage planning - weather - engine operation and maintenance - the most up-to-date VHF radio procedures With its refreshingly practical approach and by the same author as the highly successful Yachtmaster for Sail and Power, no one intending to follow an RYA Day Skipper course whether for sail or power can afford to be without this lively, helpful guide to complement the course and assist with exam preparation. ...Show more

Reeds Superyacht Manual by James Clarke

$85.00 NZD

Category: Nautical - Seamanship

Reeds Superyacht Manual, published in association with Bluewater Training, is the first and the best reference manual for everyone involved with yachts large and small, under sail or power, from deckhands to skippers and owners. There is extensive coverage for leisure and professional yachtsmen includin g: - key information for all required courses at all levels from STCW crew basic training through RYA Yachtmaster(TM) Offshore to MCA Officer of the Watch (Yacht) - comprehensive treatment of: safety, sea survival, first aid, fire fighting, navigation, seamanship, meteorology, marine radio and general ship knowledge - additional section on marine law including international and flag state requirements - easy guide to the Collision Regulations as well as their full text Well illustrated and user-friendly, this is the complete reference for all those involved with private or commercial yachts worldwide. ...Show more

Survival Food Handbook by Janet Groene

$39.99 NZD

Category: Nautical - Seamanship

"Your guide to ensuring a healthful, nutritional diet--even without access to standard food sources for months on end" "Survival Food Handbook" provides the know-how to stock and prepare a diversity of foods for several months. Each recipe creates a balanced and tasty dish without any fresh foods at all . Explains how to create a long-term galley or pantry Provides sources of products to help pack and store food for long-term Incudes diverse recipes for not just boaters, but boondockers and back-to-nature enthusiasts ...Show more

Safety in Small Craft by Mike Scanlan

$60.00 NZD

Category: Nautical - Seamanship

This is the essential reference and educational guide for ALL New Zealanders who go to sea in ALL types of boats or watercraft. Author Mike Scanlan is a Master Mariner.

Rules of the Road at Sea

$36.00 NZD

Category: Nautical - Seamanship

High Performance Sailing

$95.00 NZD

Category: Nautical - Seamanship

'It is the cheapest bit of go-faster gear you can buy...' - Robert Lloyd, Island Sailing Club 'One of the most readable books on the complex subject of sailing faster, and without doubt, a must for every racing sailor' - Yachts and Yachting Some people like to sail. Some people like to sail fast. This is a book about sailing faster. During the past few decades there has been a revolution in the way some boat designers and sailors have thought about, designed, built and sailed their boats. This book is about the new ideas which have led to these greater speeds and the faster sailing techniques which have been developed to achieve them. High Performance Sailing has become the standard reference work on high speed racing techniques - the bible for racing sailors, from dinghies right through to America's Cup boats. Ground-breaking in its thinking on boat speed, strategy and tactics, and timeless in its application, it is a book 'which no serious racing yachtsman should be without.' (Kelvin Hughes) Now in its second edition, High Performance Sailing has been brought right up to date with new information, the discoveries from new boat testing and new developments. ...Show more

Using VHF and SSB Radios by Robert J. Sweet

$25.00 NZD

Category: Nautical - Seamanship | Series: Captain's Quick Guides

The essential information every boater needs - onboard and at your fingertips. On the water, when questions arise, there is no time to spend searching through an exhaustive manual. The Captain's QuickGuides provide all the answers -fast. Drawn from the world's largest boating library, each laminated QuickGuide presents 14 color panels of authoritative, concise information on a critical topic. This on-the-spot reference is ideal for boaters who need a convenient, accessible, and utterly streamlined information resource. ...Show more

Yachting by Barry Pickthall

$49.99 NZD

Category: Nautical - Seamanship

Yachting: Start to Finish is a complete reference for every level of sailor, whether you are a beginner and need a straightforward, easy-to-understand guide or are taking your sailing to the next level and looking for the professional tips and tricks that will get you sailing faster, better, safer and h aving more fun. Packed with 150 illustrations and 150 photographs, this is the way to learn, develop and refresh your skills. With its handy size and rugged covers it is the ideal book to keep on board or in your kit bag. Packed with expert advice from the professionals at UKSA, it covers:Basic PrinciplesParts of the boat - exploded illustrations of a keelboat and componentsHow a boat sails - sailing theory explainedPoints of sailing - sailing a keelboat at different angles to the windChoosing a keelboat - types of boat and their suitability including catamaransPreparing to sail - safety afloat, practical clothing, launching small keelboats, rigging, reefing and roller furlingKnots and ropes - practical illustrations for basic knots and splicesTransporting - towing and launching, to crane-in and -outSailing for the first time - balance, sail trim, mooring and anchoringBeaching rules of the road - avoiding other boats, rights of way and basic racing rulesUnderstanding tides and currentsWeather forecasting - how to spot telltale signs of change in wind and weather and reading a weather map, types of cloud, Sea breezes, Beaufort scale and sourcing weather information on the web. ...Show more

Heavy Weather Sailing by Peter Bruce

$79.99 NZD

Category: Nautical - Seamanship

For 50 years Heavy Weather Sailing has been regarded as the ultimate international authority on surviving storms at sea aboard sailing and motor vessels. The first edition was compiled by Kaines Adlard Coles himself in 1967. Since then technology may have improved, but the weather certainly hasn't. This is the seventh updated edition, edited by racing yachtsman Peter Bruce, ensuring that in its 50th year the book remains as relevant and as essential as it has been for the previous five decades. The book brings together a wealth of expert advice from many of the great sailors of the present, including fresh accounts of yachts overtaken by extreme weather, from Ewan Southby-Tailyour, Alex Whitworth and Dag Pike to Larry and Lin Pardey, Matt Sheahan and Andrew Claughton. It also includes a new Foreword by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, Britain's most high profile yachtsman of the past 50 years. The expert advice section has been updated in line with current thinking, and there has been a major update to the chapter focusing on the use of storm sails as well as to the use of drag devices. The technique of taking refuge has been reviewed and updated, and the chapters dealing with preparations for heavy weather and its effect on yacht design have been overhauled. These revisions ensure that Heavy Weather Sailing is as relevant, useful and instructive for today's sailor venturing offshore as it ever was - perhaps more so in the light of tragic disasters like the loss of the Cheeky Raffiki mid-Atlantic on a delivery trip after her season racing in the Caribbean. This is the definitive book for crews of any size contemplating voyages out of sight of land anywhere in the world, whether racing or cruising. It gives a clear message regarding the preparations required, and the tactics to consider when it comes on to blow. ...Show more