Water Sports category: 1998 books
West of Jesus
Surfing, Science, and the Origins of Belief
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2008
After spending two years in bed with Lyme disease, Steven Kotler had lost everything: his health, his job, his girl, and, he was beginning to suspect, his mind. Kotler, not a religious man, suddenly found himself drawn to the sport of surfing as if it were the cornerstone of a new faith. Why, he wondered,...
Get Wet, Get Fit
The Complete Guide to Getting a Swimmer's Body
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2008
Two-time Olympic gold medalist Megan Quann Jendrick and her husband and personal trainer offer a complete training regimen -- including a diet program -- that will enable everyone to achieve the body of their dreams through swimming.
Elite-level swimmers share a common trait -- their toned,...
Fast Track to Sailing
Learn to Sail in Three Days
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2009
The learn-to-sail book for when you are in a hurry to gain your sea legs
At the Offshore Sailing School, the Colgates have taught more than 100,000 adults how to sail. Now they are making their proven instructional methods available to you so you can fulfill your sailing dreams in little time....
Left for Dead
Surviving the Deadliest Storm in Modern Sailing History
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2008
In August of 1979, Nick Ward began the six-hundred-mile course of the UK's Fastnet Race with perfect weather. Within forty-eight hours, the deadliest storm in the history of modern sailing had blasted through the Irish Sea, throwing one of the world's most prestigious races into bedlam and taking...
The Blue Book of Sailing : The 22 Keys to Sailing Mastery
The 22 Keys to Sailing Mastery
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2009
Transform basic sailing skills into true mastery
No other sport is as complex or as gear- and technique-intensive as sailing. The details and nuances are vast, but beneath the surface are 22 elements, or core areas of knowledge. By understanding these principles you can attain true mastery: tie any knot, shape any sail, take the helm of any boat, no matter how large or unfamiliar.
by Glenn Shute
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
you flick out your favourite lure into the reeds and begin to slowly retrieve the line. a ripple appears, moving fast towards the lure and then suddenly the fish strikes and you are in for the fight of your life!bass fishing has now become a world wide past time enjoyed by millions of people...
The Motion of the Ocean
1 Small Boat, 2 Average Lovers, and a Woman's Search for the Meaning of Wife
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
Choosing a mate is like picking house paint from one of those tiny color squares: You never know how it will look across a large expanse, or how it will change in different light.
Meet Janna and Graeme. After a decade-long tango (together, apart, together, apart), they're back in love -- but...
Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell
A True Story of Violence, Corruption, and the Soul of Surfing
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
A finalist for the PEN Center USA Award for Nonfiction
Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell, is surfer and former war reporter Chas Smith’s wild and unflinching look at the high-stakes world of surfing on Oahu’s North Shore—a riveting, often humorous, account of beauty, greed, danger,...
One Breath
Freediving, Death, and the Quest to Shatter Human Limits
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2016
One Breath is a gripping and powerful exploration of the strange and fascinating sport of freediving, and of the tragic, untimely death of America’s greatest freediver
Competitive freediving—a sport built on diving as deep as possible on a single breath—tests the limits of human ability...
by Jim Trefethen
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 1998
The Cruising Life: A Commonsense Guide for the Would-Be Voyager, Jim Trefethen. The funniest, drollest, wisest book on the shelf for the would-be cruiser. Trefethen pulls no punchesÑhe tells you just what will be involved if you and your family decide to "let slip the surly bonds of earth"...
by Paul Stevens
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2012
This hilarious memoir touches all bases of what can and does go wrong with yachts at sea!In a fit of madness the Author bought a 45 foot 15 ton ocean yacht to go cruising round the world.This tracks the mind numbing journey between the 2 best days of his life (the day he bought it and the day he sold it).
by Donald Bates-Brands
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2011
Within these pages is the real meat of core information that you need to be a safe and competent boater. It’s presented in an easy reading salty tale format. I’d like to think that this book will offer the pleasure boater a unique perspective on his sport.
After spending over forty years with...
Three Ways to Capsize a Boat
An Optimist Afloat
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2010
Three Ways to Capsize a Boat is travel writing at its best, crackling with Chris Stewart’s zest for life, irresistible humor, and unerring lack of foresight.
Chris Stewart had a long and eclectic list of jobs. From some of the most glamorous careers--he was original drummer in Genesis--to...
by Greg LeBreton
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2012
Have you ever watched a sailboat slip from its dock and cruise out to sea? Have you wanted to go along? "Go to Sea" gives you all the reasons to climb aboard a sailing adventure with your family. With plenty of links to cruising resources, web pages, and equipment information, Go to Sea is a must have for every new sailor wanting to cruise.