Water Sports category: 1998 books
Soggy Sneakers
A Paddler's Guide to Oregon's Rivers
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
Soggy Sneakers has been Oregon’s primary source of information for whitewater enthusiasts since 1980. Members of Willamette Kayak and Canoe Club—who have run nearly all of Oregon's rivers—share their expertise and detail rapids and landmarks found on each run. There's something for everyone, from...
Paddling Pennsylvania
Kayaking & Canoeing the Keystone State's Rivers & Lakes
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2009
Maps and descriptions for more than 200 Pennsylvania waterways. Information on minimum water levels, potential hazards, and difficulty level of each stream. Includes directions and recommendations for put-in and take-out at each site.
by Greg Knoll
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2012
Tsunami Surfboards, Inc. presents a beginners guide to surfing and equipment. Check out this buyers guide that includes a look at the different surfboard shapes effecting performance. Also included is a look at wetsuits, gloves, booties and other cold water essentials.
by Tim Grollimund
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2017
Filefish have a protruding mouth with some very sharp teeth, similar to a triggerfish. They have narrow, compressed bodies with rough spiny scales and a front dorsal fin that can be raised or lowered. When the fin is raised, it resembles a file, which some reference sources say is the inspiration...
by Tim Grollimund
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2017
"Hogfish got their name because they root around the sea floor, like a hog roots around the barnyard. They are opportunistic feeders, like their barnyard counterparts, but feed mostly on crabs and mollusks. We have three species here: Spanish, spotfin and the big kahuna, Lachnolaimus maximus.I...
by Tim Grollimund
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2017
Today’s thoughts are primarily for all the folks I see with compact camera systems on dive boats. If you are new to underwater photography, I applaud your entry into the submerged imaging realm. It’s your efforts shooting photos that help spread the wonder, beauty and splendor of the ocean treasures...
by Tim Grollimund
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2017
Don’t get me wrong - there are many, many places I’d love to see. But coming home to the Florida Keys is an exotic destination in itself. Just look at our statistics. Millions of visitors a year come here to see the third largest barrier reef system in the world. Not too shabby. So when I got...
The Cape Horners' Club
Tales of Triumph and Disaster at the World's Most Feared Cape
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2017
Cape Horn's fearsome reputation and the price it has extacted from those who venture there derives from a lethal contrivance of geography that unleashes the most powerful natural dynamic forces on the earth's surface. Reaching deep into the Southern Ocean, the Cape intrudes into the flow of the water...
Clipper Ships and the Golden Age of Sail
Races and rivalries on the nineteenth century high seas
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2014
In the era of commercial sail, clipper ships were the ultimate expression of speed and grace. Racing out to the gold fields of America and Australia, and breaking speed records carrying tea back from China, the ships combined beauty with breathtaking performance.
With over 200 gorgeous paintings...
Carolina Whitewater
A Paddler's Guide to the Western Carolinas
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
The ultimate guide to paddling whitewater in the western Carolinas, Carolina Whitewater has guided boaters to the best water in the Tar Heel and Palmetto states for almost 30 years. This latest edition includes expanded and updated information for the classic rivers, like the Chattooga, French Broad,...
by Bill Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2015
In the bestselling style of the Reeds Handbook series, Reeds Ocean Handbook follows on from Reeds Skipper's Handbook for skippers or crew planning to venture further afield. Complimenting the RYA Ocean Yachtmaster course, this handy pocketbook provides an aide-memoire for all the essential navigation,...
How Hard Can It Be?
You Don’T Know What You Don’T Even Know
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
This story is about the true-to-life misadventures concerning the trials and tribulations of the problems one faces when trying to bring an old wooden boat back to life. The author was not a boater, a captain, a woodworker, a mechanic, or an engineer. There was just the love of the water, a desire...
by B. J. Freeman, Noel Burkhead, Joe Cook
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
The Chattahoochee River is one of the premier waterways of Georgia and the Southeast. It is a mecca for summer recreation, a priceless natural resource that provides water and power for a great number of Georgia’s citizens, and an essential component to the region’s ecosystem. As public interest...
The Working Guide to Traditional Small-Boat Sails
A How-To Handbooks for Owners and Builders
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2014
Make your modern sailboat look (and work) like a salty classic. The Golden Age of Sail is long past, sadly, and much of its lore is nearly extinct. Sailboats now almost uniformly use the Bermudan sloop rig—a triangular jib and a triangular mainsail. But that rig evolved mainly to meet esoteric...