Books from Sheridan House, Inc.
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Mudlark's Ghosts: And the Restoration of a Herreshoff Meadow Lark
By Ian ScottAlthough LFH specified many proprietary items (mainly Wilcox Crittenden and Merriman), each referenced by the manufacturer's number, he designed others himself – including the goosenecks, rudder pintles and gudgeons and leeboard ...
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Handbook of Offshore Cruising: The Dream and Reality of Modern Ocean Cruising
By James D. Howard, Jim HowardPearson's ALBERG 35 is a good example of an early 60s - era production boat that can be converted to a bluewater cruiser for a reasonable sum . This boat was purchased and adopted to offshore use in the mid - 90s for a total outlay of ...
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Coming About: A Family Passage at Sea
By Susan Tyler HitchcockThe clouds ' underbellies loomed ominously black , but they seemed remote , traveling in another direction . “ I would feel better if we were over in Black Sound . ” He pointed toward a protected lagoon . “ What's the advantage ?
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Using Radar: A Practical Guide for Small Craft
By Robert AvisRobert Avis is a writer and sailing enthusiast.
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Jackiron: A Caribbean Adventure
By Robert Wallace HudsonRobbie took a turn around a bollard and was paying out line . Suddenly realizing he was hooked , the fish jumped up in the air and shook his head to the left and to the right , arching his body into a near perfect circle .
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Catboat Summers
By John E. ConwayTo counter this male - dominated situation , I suspect , my grandmother Mary McDonough Green would occasionally break in to tell the one sea tale that she knew : the true story of how her father ( my great - grandfather ) and his ...
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Chance the Tide: How to Cruise to the Bahamas for the Winter
By Kenneth Mowbray... making it possible to anchor on the Great Bahama Bank overnight . That's right , out there no land is in sight and you and several other cruising vessels can be found anchored at a place known as Russell Shoal near where ...
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The Lusitania: Unravelling the Mysteries
By Patrick O'SullivanIf munitions or explosive substances were proved to be on board the Lusitania at the time of her loss , then the Collector of Customs for the port of New York , Dudley Field Malone , could conceivably face a charge of manslaughter for ...
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Mary's Voyage
By Mary Caldwell, Matthew M. DouglasIn this book, John, stranded penniless in Panama after World War II, sets out for Sydney to rejoin his wife Mary whom he had not seen since their three-day honeymoon over a year before.
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Sailpower: Trim and Techniques for Cruising Sailors
By Peter NielsenBarber-hauling the headsail is the only solution. In any case, if there is any sea running it doesn't take much to roll the wind out of the sail. If you're going to be on this point of sail for a while it's time to think about poling ...
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How to Trim Sails
By Peter SchweerFormat 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 Illustrations 82 b&w photos plus 2-color diagrams - A practical guide to sail trim for all types of boats - Contains technical details suitable for both beginner and advanced racer - Covers masthead, swept-spreader and ...
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Cruise of the Conrad
By Alan VilliersI liked Mr. Richardson, liked him very much. The woolly-headed old reprobate still stood straight, despite his fourscore years; and the muscles of his one good arm bulged and rippled as he walked. He danced a hornpipe as he came over ...
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The Lawson History of the America's Cup: A Record of Fifty Years
By Winfield Martin Thompson, Thomas W. Lawsonaccorded Lord Dunraven by , 145 ; agrees to tion of , for the America's cup , 1899 , 207-214 ; a one - gun start , 145 ; races for the cup under receives second challenge of Sir Thomas Lipton , the direction of , 1893 , 145-150 ...
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Ice Bird: The Classic Story of the First Single-Handed Voyage to Antarctica
By David LewisEven should Ice Bird continue to ride out these repeated storms without mortal damage , we were for practical purposes getting nowhere and time was slowly but surely running out before the freeze - up would render unattainable even the ...
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Hand, Reef and Steer
By Tom Cunliffe... Weller : ' It's over , and can't be helped , and that's one consolation , as they always says in Turkey ven they cuts the wrong man's head off . APPENDIXI LOOSE ENDS The one thing a well - run 156 Hand , Reef and Steer.
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Sea Wolf of the Confederacy: The Daring Civil War Raids of Naval Lt. Charles W. Read
By David W. ShawLieutenant Davenport was among the first to board the steamer. In a “violently agitated” state, according to the Argus, he said, “It is hard, after a man has been taken prisoner, ironed, and his life threatened by pirates, ...
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The Mariner's Book of Days 2006
By Peter H. SpectreIn legend , Mother Carey is the wife of Davy Jones , but in actuality Mother Carey is the mispronunciation of the anglicization of Mater Cara , “ Dear ... Mother Carey's chickens are stormy petrels , Puntly birds found far out at sea .
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The Voyages of Joshua Slocum
By Joshua SlocumAt 7:30 P.m. the Spray , now through the pass , came to anchor in a cove in the mainland , near a pearl - fisherman , called the Tarawa , which was at anchor , her captain from the deck of his vessel directing me to a berth .
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London Goes to Sea: Restoring and Sailing an Old Boat on a Budget
By Peter J. BaumgartnerBoston : Houghton Mifflin , 1994 . Slocum , Victor . Capt . Joshua Slocum : The Adventures of America's Best Known Sailor . Dobbs Ferry , New York : Sheridan House Inc. , 1950 . Smith , E. Newbold . Down Denmark Strait .
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Liners to the Sun
By John Maxtone-GrahamLunching on deck are , from right to left , Moss Hart , Cole Porter , Monty Woolley , Linda Porter , Howard Sturges , and travel writer William Powell . Three weeks earlier , Porter had composed " Begin the Beguine ” on board .