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by United States Government US Army
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2013
This multi-Service tactics, techniques, and procedures (MTTP) publication is a project of the Air Land Sea Application (ALSA) Center in accordance with the memorandum of agreement between the Headquarters of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps doctrine commander directing ALSA to develop...
by James Pottinger
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
With the gradual phasing out of wooden fishing boats of Scotland it is timely to record some of these handsome vessels. The general opinion is that in the era 1960-80 builders produced some of the most shapely and graceful craft, a testament to the skill of the boat builders and designers. Initially...
by Bob Baird
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2016
This is a meticulously-researched reference guide to 300 shipping losses, and the events surrounding their sinking, off the coast of Scotland from Berwick-on-Tweed to the Forth and Tay, and northwards to Stonehaven. This new book is a very much improved and updated edition of the successful previous...
by Alasdair K Duncan
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2012
Learn to surf for beginners "HELPS" you become an "AWESOME SURFER" and tips to become "SURF FIT!"
This "AWESOME BOOK" provides you with great information, on the"RULES" of surfing.
"DRAMATICALLY HELPING YOU" have a basic understanding of what type of surfing equipment suits your LEVEL."
"GIVING...
Surfer's Start-Up
A Beginner's Guide to Surfing
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1999
Recommended by the United States Surfing Federation as a book that every beginning surfer should read, this instructional guide details the basics of surfing gear, conditions, safety, etiquette, and history. Written by someone who went through the learning process, topics are covered with just enough...
How To Surf
All you need to know about surfing in South Africa with step-by-step instructions
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
How To Surf is the comprehensive guide to learning how to surf in South Africa. With all you need to know about the surfing lifestyle in SA, this book gives you the knowledge and skills needed to achieve the ultimate freedom of riding the ocean's waves. From understanding the weather and how waves...
by Spike Owen
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2013
This book covers several topics including:
- Extreme Waves Of The World For The Extreme Surfing Enthusiast - Currituck County, North Carolina Experience Surfing The Pipeline Of The Outer Banks - San Francisco Surfing Experience Riding The Waves Of San Francisco - Surfing Guide The Best Surf...
Dive Truk Lagoon
The Japanese WWII Pacific Shipwrecks
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2016
Truk Lagoon is quite simply the greatest wreck diving location in the world. Scores of virtually intact large WWII wrecks filled with cargoes of tanks, trucks, artillery, beach mines, shells and aircraft rest in the crystal clear waters of the Lagoon – each a man-made reef teeming with life. Truk...
In the Company of Dolphins
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2016
Bestselling author Irwin Shaw’s lighthearted travelogue follows his family’s vacation sailing from St. Tropez to Venice in the 1960s.
As a boy, Irwin Shaw stared out across Brooklyn’s Sheepshead Bay and dreamed of owning a boat and sailing the oceans wide. Decades later, he determined...
Shape Up!
100 Conditioning Swim Workouts
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
This is the second in a three book series of swim workouts by Coach Blythe Lucero. This book contains 100 swim workouts designed to generate full body fitness through a conditioning routine focused on building endurance, versatility and applicable power.
The workouts in this book use established...
by Captain Gordon McGowan USCG
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
COMMANDER Gordon McGowan, cast in the role of master of a three-masted bark by order of the U.S. Coast Guard, found himself short on square rigged sailing knowledge and long on re-fitting problems when faced with transforming a battered German prize of war, the Horst Wessel, into a well-found Coast...
Winged Fantasy
Draw and Paint Magical and Mythical Creatures
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2014
Create fantasy creatures in watercolor!
Mythology, folklore and fantasy fiction are full of fantastical winged creatures like the fiery phoenix, a roaring dragon protecting his hoard, a fierce gryphon warrior and more. Winged Fantasy will teach you everything you need to know about drawing...
This Old Boat, Second Edition : Completely Revised and Expanded: Completely Revised and Expanded
Completely Revised and Expanded
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2009
Turn a run-down fiberglass boat into a first-class yacht
Since it first appeared in 1991, Don Casey’s This Old Boat has helped tens of thousands of sailors refurbish older fiberglass boats and has become a revered classic among boat rehabbers.This second edition is revised from first page...
Don Casey's Complete Illustrated Sailboat Maintenance Manual
Including Inspecting the Aging Sailboat, Sailboat Hull and Deck Repair, Sailboat Refinishing, Sailbo
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2005
The definitive guide from the world's best-known sailboat maintenance expert
Don Casey’s Complete Illustrated Sailboat Maintenance Manual combines six core volumes into a single, utterly dependable resource that answers every frequent question, explains every major system, and helps you keep...