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Weather Wise: Reading weather signs by Alan Watts
$49.99 NZD
Category: Nautical - Seamanship
"Weather Wise" is a highly practical, lively and very accessible guide to weather phenomena for anyone who enjoys the outdoors. Suitable for sailors, walkers, climbers, skiers, fishermen, golfers and holidaymakers, it explains how forthcoming weather will affect them, as well as how to predict what is c ...Show more
Keelboat Sailing by Jeremy Evans
$29.99 NZD
Category: Nautical - Seamanship
All the different types of keeled ocean-going boats are described in this volume, and all the basic techniques that go into sailing these wide-roaming vessels. Basic keelboat handling can be learnt in a reasonably short space of time, and this book aims to teach the reader all the basic requirements for ...Show more
Illustrated Seamanship by Ivar Dedekam
$47.00 NZD
Category: Nautical - Seamanship
Seamanship is the art of managing a boat. This book is a follow up to the successful "Sail & Rig Tuning and Illustrated Navigation" covering knots, docking the boat and anchoring, all illustrated in Ivar Dedekam's distinctive style and backed up with clear and simple text. These skills are imperativ ...Show more
Getting Started in Powerboating by Robert J. Armstrong
$39.99 NZD
Category: Nautical - Seamanship
Get the most from your new powerboat from day one! There?s nothing like the thrill of skimming over the waves at the helm of a fast powerboat. And the thrill is even greater when you?re driving the boat that?s right for you and handling it with skill and confidence. This third edition of Getting Star ...Show more
Knots, Bends and Hitches for Mariners by The United States Power Squadrons
$34.95 NZD
Category: Nautical - Seamanship
Co-branded with one of the nation?s leading boating educators and richly illustrated with 200 fine drawings, this handy little how-to has something for every mariner. The essentials of the boater?s repertoire are here ? the bowline, the sheet bend, the clove hitch, etc. ? but so are such lesser-known ge ...Show more
Sailing Yachts by Franco Giorgetti
$25.00 NZD
$35.00 (28% off)
Category: Nautical - Seamanship | Reading Level: very good
Written from the unique perspective of an architect and sailboat designer-- who is also an ardent sailor-- this handsome volume documents the most important boats and boating events in the legendary history of the sailing yacht. Sailing Yachts tells the story of the concepts and creativity that lie behi ...Show more
The Sailing Bible by Barrie Smith
$75.00 NZD
Category: Nautical - Seamanship
Sail with the experts! The Sailing Bible is the complete, user-friendly, hands-on manual packed withdetailed step-by-step diagrams, lively action photos, and helpfuladvice on getting the most out of your sailing at whatever level.Whether you are a dinghy or yacht sailor just learning the basics or wanti ...Show more
Coastal Navigation by Jeff Toghill
$29.99 NZD
Category: Nautical - Seamanship
This book covers all the basics of small boat coastal navigation, including: dealing with charts and compasses, navigational equipment, how to plot a course, understanding the effects of winds, currents and weather systems, and correct harbor practice. This new edition also features a chapter on electro ...Show more
Keep it Simple Sailor by Robbie Kirk & Merle Bowden (ed.) & Ron Bowden (ill.)
$29.95 NZD
Category: Nautical - Seamanship
Easy Recipes for Small Boats without a Fridge A guide to planning what to eat, buying ingredients, storing them and preparing meals in a strictly limited space and without a fridge.
Adlard Coles Pocket Logbook by Adlard Coles
$27.00 NZD
Category: Nautical - Seamanship
This is a handy-sized logbook, ideal for slipping in the pocket on deck to jot down the essential facts whilst underway. In a convenient spiral binding with neat rounded corners and a splash-proof cover, both skippers and crew will find it perfect for noting down the essential information on passage pri ...Show more
Go Sailing by Simon Jollands
$30.00 NZD
Category: Nautical - Seamanship
The ultimate beginner's guide to sailing: no matter where you are or how old you are, this book shows you how to get afloat and what to do once you're aboard. There are only two things you need to get afloat--enthusiasm, and this book. In this ultimate beginner's guide, yachtsman and writer Simon Joll ...Show more
A Mariners Log Book -Standard- by Captain Teach Press
$39.99 NZD
Category: Nautical - Seamanship