Boats

Examining both sides of the German-Newfoundland/Labrador experience, this work explores the colony's hidden multicultural history. From first recor...

The complete history of the building of PT boats for the U.S. Navy at the Elco, Higgins, and Huckins plants. One hundred sixty-two full-page illust...

Reducere. Two centuries before the daring exploits of Navy SEALs and Marine Raiders captured the public imagination, the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps were alre...

Reducere. The First Ever Guide for Optimizing Boat Systems This guide is invaluable for anyone designing or installing mechanical systems on a new boat, retr...

Reducere. Fifty years ago, when fiberglass won the sailboat wars, the several thousand-year old industry of wooden boat-building died. With it died the sailo...

Reducere. Words like water skier, boat builder, designer, innovator, promoter, family man, and friend, are among many that describe Rob Shirley. When Rob fir...

Reducere. There are plenty of advantages to owning a metal boat over one made from other materials. Metal boats are more durable and able to withstand hazard...

Based on the author's Clarendon Lectures, this volume studies four water-borne poems by Rainer Maria Rilke, Arthur Rimbaud, Eugenio Montale, and Ka...

Reducere. A great designer offers you a virtuoso tour through the world of sailboats Bob Perry initiated the trend toward fast voyaging sailboats with his wo...

The Schneider Trophy race was very significant in advancing design, particularly in the fields of aerodynamics and engines, and would show its resu...

Starting weeks after Hitler declared war on the United States in mid-December 1941 and lasting until the war with Germany was all but over, 73 Germ...

Reducere. Eric Wiberg] ..".builds a character both attractive and intriguing to the reader. I ended genuinely curious about what might come next, and confide...

Reducere. DescriptionThere are plenty of advantages to owning a metal boat over one made from other materials. Metal boats are more durable and able to withs...

Publisher: Steidl PublishersAuthor(s): Robert AdamsIllustration(s): 70 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 96Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 272...

Reducere. The insights and wisdom of the late, great boat designer and builder Renowned as one of the last and best of the old-time boatbuilders, Captain R. ...

Reducere. Readers of WoodenBoat magazine will be familiar with Iain Oughtred's work. His Acorn skiffs, Gray Seal, Caledonia Yawl and others are practically l...

Reducere. The romance of the great inland sea in 32 additional pages and 30 new photographs. Praise for the first edition: Lavishly photographed and romance-...

Reducere. For the first time ever, a comparative survey of 95 percent of the fiberglass pocketcruising sailboats ever built Author Steve Henkel has researche...

Reducere. Build your own off grid solar power system without drowning in a sea of technical jargon From helping you live more sustainably, to giving you the ...

This book is about fixing up old boats made of wood. For many people, a boat isn't a boat unless it's made of wood. The psychological and philosoph...

Reducere. With the used boat market growing and becoming more complex, here is the book that all boat buyers have been waiting for: John Kretschmer's Used Bo...

In Hand, Reef and Steer--winner of the Best Book of the Sea Award--Tom Cunliffe explains the different sailing characteristics of classic craft and...

Reducere. In Superfast Boats, early fluent readers will learn about the mechanics, design, engines, and aerodynamics that make speedboats superfast. Infograp...

Reducere. DescriptionHow do fighters continue the battle against terrorism while at sea? Readers will learn about the most up-to-date sea-worthy vehicles cur...

This is the sordid chronicle of the U-boat war against merchant shipping along the American eastern seaboard in World War Two. Between January 14, ...

Reducere. During the 1880s, Chesapeake Bay boatbuilders began constructing small wooden open boats, referred to as deadrise boats, out of planks with V-shape...

Reducere. The Thousand Islands very name conjures up images of great natural beauty and nautical wonders. They are forested islands replete with storybook st...

Reducere. From January to July 1942, more than seventy-five ships sank to North Carolina's "Graveyard of the Atlantic" off the coast of the Outer Banks. Germ...

Metals have been used in boats for thousands of years, as components of the vessel's construction, as load-bearing parts of the rigging and steerin...

Reducere. Holland's boat building tradition took root in the 1840s, as Dutch immigrants crafted flatboats and watercraft for residents. Just a century later,...

Reducere. Boat noodling. Boat lovers suffer universally from this benign affliction. In its mildest form, boat noodling is nothing more than wondering why th...

Reducere. When the China Clipper shattered aviation records on its maiden six-day flight from California to the Orient in 1935, the flying boat became an ins...

This indroduction to the 12-volt electrical systems used on small boats is written for boaters who are not skilled electricians. It explains how 12...

Reducere. The beauty of this book is that the construction bugs have already been worked out of the designs. Plans, step-by-step building instructions, mater...

A unique collection of items that between them reveal the story and development of the German U-boat service during the Second World WarIllustratio...

Reducere. Vinyl 1Side A: BoatsDiamonds & MetalsRunning BlindBlurry EyesSide B: ThrowbackFake MessiahParaglidingBeautiful MadnessVinyl 2Side C: EarthquakeMoth...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. The Bark Canoes And Skin Boats Of North America This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and...

Topics covered: Step-by-step demonstrationsImportance of light and how to create harmony, tone and colourEmphasis on drawing, sketching and plein-a...

Reducere. Available for the first time in trade paperback, the first of five volumes collecting the complete fiction of William Hope Hodgson, an influential ...

The first quick-and-easy composite construction method for canoes and kayaks This book is certain to appeal to any paddler with a DIY bent. Master ...

Reducere. DescriptionThis book presents the experience and insights gained by Allen Taube through 40 years of boat building, owning and sailing wooden schoon...

Reducere. How to make a solar system without headache, even if you don't know anything about electricity.More people are figuring out how to make off grid so...

The first complete how-to guide for building the latest generation of quick and easy boats In Ultrasimple Boatbuilding, renowned designer Gavin Atk...

Reducere. WWII expert Stevens takes us on the final twists and turns of the fall of the Third Reich and the fate of its secret bases, technology and vast U-B...

195 pages, black and white photographic illustrations

Publisher: Fordham University PressAuthor(s): Alison PowellNumber of pages: 102Collection: Poets Out LoudPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 215 x 13...

Reducere. Build your own off grid solar power system without drowning in a sea of technical jargon From helping you live more sustainably, to giving you the ...

DescriptionFrom Henri Fabre's first successful take off from water and landing near Marseilles, to the introduction of a hull rather than floats by...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: S. Jeff HortonNOW WITH METRIC OFFSETSTired of struggling with that heavy plastic kayak? Are you looking for a lightweight b...

Reducere. The second edition of Fuselage Frame Boats is now available, titled More Fuselage Frame Boats. In it I will show you how to build light weight boat...

Reducere. How to make a solar system without a headache, even if you don't know anything about electricity.More people are figuring out how to make off-grid ...

A selection of some of the best of the canal art of Harley Crossley

LIFE AND DEATH ON THE WATER . . . STORIES FROM THE MEN WHO FOUGHT THE VIETNAM WAR ON THE COAST AND IN THE MEKONG DELTA Developed specifically for t...

Reducere. From the acknowledged master of the "instant boat"--tips, techniques, and designs for quick-and-easy plywood boatbuilding Dynamite Payson offers yo...

Reducere. Papa Jeff's Two Boats is about a young boy and his adventures on his grandfather's two boats. Calvin is the young boy's name, and he is three years...

The first comprehensive book on stripbuilding almost any type of small boat Strip-planking is a popular method of amateur boat construction, but un...

Reducere. Filled with delectable recipes, hands-on family activities, and traditional tales to read aloud, this extraordinary collection will inspire familie...

Build the fastest, most exotic sailboats around Popular in Hawaii and throughout the South Pacific and Indian Oceans, outrigger canoes combine the ...

Ocean-going U-boats, each one not much longer than four European articulated trucks with up to 60 men inside them, sailed the far-off seas to reap ...

Although books on strip building canoes abound, this is among the first to adapt the technique to crafting attractive, functional kayaks. Using hig...

Reducere. REVISED EDITION 2019On Christmas eve 1969, five small boats slipped out of Cherbourg harbor after midnight into the teeth of a Force Nine gale that...

Reducere. At the beginning of America's involvement in World War II, Galveston Island was a recreation center for area servicemen. Every evening throngs of s...

Reducere. Filled with delectable recipes, hands-on family activities, and traditional tales to read aloud, this extraordinary collection will inspire familie...

Reducere. Description"I would like now to write a practical book that will cover three topics: boats, the sea, and the beachcombing life." These were the tho...

The story of pre- and postwar passenger flying-boat services, from their golden age to twilight period. From the author of }Heathrow: The First 50 ...

Reducere. During the 1880s, Chesapeake Bay boatbuilders began constructing small wooden open boats, referred to as deadrise boats, out of planks with V-shape...

Reducere. Everything you need to know about pontoons and deckboats Wide, stable, and perfectly adapted for family fun and entertaining, pontoons and deckboat...

Originally published by Percival Marshall, probably in 1914, this is 'A Complete Manual on the Designing, Building and Running of all kinds of Mode...

Reducere. The 12-Volt Bible for Boats is a clear, nonthreatening introduction to the 12-volt electrical systems used on small boats to power everything from ...