Name: Complete Guide to Boating and Seamanship: Powerboats - Canoeing - Fishing Boats - Kayaking - Navigation - Ropes and Knots - U. Se Coast Guard Regulations - Fishing - Recreation
Price: 26.27 EUR
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Author: Vin T. Sparano
ISBN: 9780789332875

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Complete Guide to Boating and Seamanship: Powerboats - Canoeing - Fishing Boats - Kayaking - Navigation - Ropes and Knots - U. Se Coast Guard Regulations - Fishing - Recreation

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Universe Publishing

Author

Vin T. Sparano

Synopsis "Complete Guide to Boating and Seamanship: Powerboats - Canoeing - Fishing Boats - Kayaking - Navigation - Ropes and Knots - U. Se Coast Guard Regulations - Fishing - Recreation "

The most complete boating instruction book ever to be published. From the author of the award-winning Complete Outdoors Encyclopedia, this volume will prove to be the most indispensable guide for anyone interested in boating and seamanship. This monumental guide to being safe on the water is produced in full color, featuring more than 600 photographs, diagrams, and illustrations. This complete resource offers in-depth coverage of hull design, canoes and kayaks, boat construction, motors, trailers, boat maintenance, preparing for winter storage or spring launching, boating electronics, anchors and moorings, safety procedures, avoiding seasickness, and first-aid advice. Coverage of seamanship extends to include all nautical skills from knot tying to dead reckoning. The book also details in-depth navigation and complete U.S. Coast Guard regulations. Complete Guide to Boating and Seamanship clearly explains and illustrates the most successful techniques for skippering any vessel—from kayak to offshore powerboat. This book is a must-have reference guide for both novice and experienced sailors and boaters, as well as any person planning to be on the water— whether freshwater or marine—for the first time.