Retro and Vintage Boats by Don Jessen

$40.00 NZD

Category: Nautical - Pictoral

Retro and vintage boats are a picturesque reminder of an elegant time past, when beauty, form and style ruled. They are the beautiful classic car or stunning hot rod of the lakes and sea, and they are becoming increasingly sought after by Kiwi boaties. Within these pages author Don Jessen presents a hig hly covetable selection of these beautiful boats, and their stories. ...Show more

Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum

$49.99 NZD

Category: Nautical - Tales

The first illustrated edition of the classic sailing memoir by Joshua Slocum, the first man to circumnavigate the globe alone! Sailing Alone Around the World is Joshua Slocum's memoir about sailing alone around the world aboard his sloop, Spray. The book was an immediate success when it was first publis hed in 1900 and was highly influential in inspiring later travelers to do the same. Slocum was a highly experienced navigator and ship owner. He rebuilt and refitted the derelict sloop Spray in a seaside pasture in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. Between April 24, 1895, and June 27, 1898, Slocum, aboard Spray, crossed the Atlantic twice (to Gibraltar and back to South America), negotiated the Strait of Magellan, and crossed the Pacific. He also visited Australia and South Africa before crossing the Atlantic (for the third time) to return to Massachusetts after a journey of 46,000 miles. Filled with art, photographs, maps, artifacts, and period illustrations, this new edition will be popular with armchair travelers and maritime enthusiasts around the world. Included in this edition are excerpts from those who, inspired by Slocum, also circumnavigated the globe, as well as other well-known sailors, sailing enthusiasts, and sailing writers such as Henry Dana, Geoffrey Wolff, William F. Buckley, and Nathaniel Philbrick. ...Show more

Ship: 5000 Years of Maritime Adventure by Brian Lavery

$69.99 NZD

Category: Nautical

Covering the whole scope of maritime history, Ship looks at every aspect of the story of water-going craft and those who have sailed in them. From the earliest dugout canoes and the boats of the Ancient Egyptians to the most technologically advanced battleships and cruiseliners, this is the ultimate gui de to every aspect of the ship. ...Show more

Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World by Lincoln P. Paine

$44.99 NZD

Category: Nautical - Tales

"A monumental, wholly accessible work of scholarship that retells human history through the story of mankind's relationship with the sea. An accomplishment of both great sweep and illuminating detail, The Sea and Civilization is a stunning work of history that reveals in breathtaking depth how people fi rst came into contact with one another by ocean and river, and how goods, languages, religions, and entire cultures spread across and along the world's waterways. Lincoln Paine takes us back to the origins of long-distance migration by sea with our ancestors' first forays from Africa and Eurasia to Australia and the Americas. He demonstrates the critical role of maritime trade to the civilizations of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, and the Indus Valley. He reacquaints us with the great seafaring cultures of antiquity like those of the Phoenicians and Greeks, as well as those of India, Southeast and East Asia who parlayed their navigational skills, shipbuilding techniques, and commercial acumen to establish vibrant overseas colonies and trade routes in the centuries leading up to the age of European overseas expansion. His narrative traces subsequent developments in commercial and naval shipping through the post-Cold War era. Above all, Paine makes clear how the rise and fall of civilizations can be traced to the sea." ...Show more

Classic: The Revival of Classic Boating in NZ by Ivor Wilkins

$95.00 NZD

Category: Nautical

New Zealand has a remarkable maritime history and many of us have a close relationship with the sea that surrounds us. No sooner had the first European settlers arrived in Auckland than they held a regatta to celebrate, and the first pure racing/pleasure yachts were built from the 1880s onwards, by the famous houses of Logan and Bailey. More than 100 years later, many of these masterpieces are still going strong, and their remarkable life stories of success, neglect and restoration tell a story of New Zealand's history. Renowned yachting writer and photographer, Ivor Wilkins, showcases the leading lights of the recent classic yacht revival movement: big names such as Waitangi, Rainbow and Ariki, treasures such as Little Jim and Rona, and the classic dinghies and launches which dot our coast. It is a tribute both to the original builders of these magnificent craft but also to their current owners and restorers, who have gone to what might seem incomprehensible lengths to bring them back to their former glory and return them to home waters. Lavishly illustrated with contemporary and historic photographs, this book tells the fascinating stories of these boats and at the same time tells a story of New Zealand's own history.About the author:Ivor Wilkins is an internationally known and respected yachting writer, contributing to a range of local and international publications. Through his company Offshore Images he is also internationally recognised as one of New Zealand's leading marine photographers. ...Show more

Sailing by Onne Van der Wal

$185.00 NZD

Category: Nautical

From the eye of a world-class sailor through the lens of a world-class photographer, this grand-scale book takes the reader on a voyage around the world, capturing the joy, excitement, and serenity of sailing. As a professional sailor, Onne van der Wal has skippered boats of many kinds, raced yachts in every climate, and crossed the Atlantic more than ten times. When Olympus Cameras gave him a camera to document his Dutch team's Whitbread Round the World Race in 1981, he discovered his second passion: photography. Over a lifetime devoted to sailing, van der Wal has accrued an unparalleled archive of the most evocative and beautiful photography of the pursuit in all its varied forms, from classic yacht racing around Newport, R.I., to beautiful schooners drifting outside St. Tropez, and from peaceful catamaran expeditions through the silent Antarctic to intense Grand Prix races around the coast of Australia. No other photographer has the experience to shoot so well on board a speeding yacht or the confidence to scale a mast for the right panoramic view; and no other sailor has captured the extremes of the excitement, competition, peace, and mystery the sport affords. This lavishly illustrated volume--with nearly 200 color photographs and several gatefolds of glorious panoramic images--is a celebration of the nautical lifestyle and a love letter to a pursuit that is so much more than a pastime for all those lucky enough to enjoy it. ...Show more

Voyages of the Pioneers to New Zealand

$42.00 NZD

Category: NZ - History

New Zealand Cruising Guide Central Area

$100.00 NZD

Category: Nautical - Seamanship

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

120 Days at Astrolabe

$110.00 NZD

Category: Nautical - Professional

Peter Montgomery: The Voice of Yachting by Bill Francis

$39.99 NZD

Category: Nautical - Tales

New Zealand Nautical Almanac 204 (2016/17) by National Search and Rescue

$37.00 NZD

Category: Nautical - Seamanship

The official hydrographic publication, giving tides, the list of lights, and the Annual Summary of New Zealand Notices to Mariners. It gives predictions from 1st July until 30th June. This edition retains the astronomical information (times of sunrise, sunset, moonrise and moonset, etc), however it does not contain the radio, weather forecasting and similar non-statutory information. ...Show more