Books from Sheridan House, Inc.
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The Complete Book of Yacht Care
By Michael VerneySome caps form the actual retaining nut . a Hammer blows A copper or lead hammer works well for small propellers . To avoid bending a shaft thinner than 1 in ( 25 mm ) and damaging the thrust bearing , get a helper to hold a heavy lead ...
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Mainsail to the Wind: A Book of Sailing Quotations
By William Galvani... Skip 20th century sailor and Whitbread competitor Nutting , William Washburn ( 1884–1924 ) American sailor , nautical journalist and editor ; founder of the Cruising Club of America ; lost at sea O'Brian , Patrick ( b .
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Back Door to Byzantium: To the Black Sea by the Great Rivers of Europe
By Bill Cooper, Laurel CooperKatz. ,. an. unbelievably. decorated. ancient. timber - framed house , with panels between the frames further adorned with coloured plasterwork and woodcarving . Inside was as joyful as the outside ; the largest plain surface was ...
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Handbook of Marine Surveying
By Thomas AskFibreglass The fibreglass fibre varieties referred to as E-glass and S-glass are the most common structural fibres. E-glass is the old-timer of the group and is still the most commonly used glass in fibreglass reinforced plastic.
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Caribbean Cruising: Your Guide to the Perfect Sailing Holiday
By John Kretschmer, Jane Gibb, John GibbComfortable Cruising , Liza Copeland , Romany Publishing , Canada Cruising with Children , Gwenda Cornell , Adlard Coles Nautical and Sheridan House Handbook of Offshore Cruising , 2E , Jim Howard , Sheridan House Ready for Sea !
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Used Boat Notebook: From the Pages of Sailing Magazine, Reviews of 40 Used Boats Plus a Detailed Look at Ten...
By John KretschmerJ / 35 Sailing Magazine's Value Guide PRICE : The J / 35 is pricey , considering there is not much interior . ... by the end of the production run , JBoats was touting the 35's " cruising yacht " interior , but this was a stretch .
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Ebb Tide
By Richard WoodmanHe felt an occasional anxiety when he thought of Baskerville's face peering from the cockpit , but with Lieutenant Wheeler's support and every appearance of the suppression of mutinous sentiments , this lessened as time passed .
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Moitessier: A Sailing Legend
By Jean-Michel BarraultFerrari, the industrialist whom Baron Bich had encouraged to use Tergal, a polyester like Dacron, for the sails of his boat, gave him some of that material. Loiseau, the sailmakers, MOITESSIER: A SAILING LEGEND made several sails out of ...
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The Last Voyage of the Lucette
By Douglas RobertsonThe fact that this is real live adventure and both books are an easy read makes this a pleasure, not a chore. Robin Knox-Johnston October 2004 Dougal Robertson and his family survived the marauding attack of ...
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Beneath the Aurora: A Nathaniel Drinkwater Novel
By Richard WoodmanIt was a modest house , the austere earl's only London establishment , which had become home for Drinkwater now that his new post detained him so much in the capital . Ideas of a convenient pied - à - terre for Captain and Mistress ...
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Capt. Nat Herreshoff, the Wizard of Bristol: The Life and Achievements of Nathanael Greene Herreshoff, Together with an Account of...
By L. Francis HerreshoffDawn “ Defender " " Delaware , Jr. ” " Delight " Diana " Dianthus " " Dido " " Dilemma " 35 ' gas 65 ' gas Type Owner ... 1889 89 ' sloop W. K. Vanderbilt , E. D. Morgan and C. O. Iselin 1895 28 ' steam tender W. K. Vanderbilt 19 ' 5 ...
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How to Install a New Diesel Engine
By Peter CumberlidgeFormat 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" Illus. 65 b&w photos and 38 line drawings - Useful information for both sail and powerboat owners - New edition of a proven book for those confronted with the problem of installing a new diesel engine - Includes ...
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The Shadow in the Sands
By Sam Llewellyna continuation of the celebrated story of intrigue, treachery and adventure at sea begun in Erskine Childers' epoch-making thriller The Riddle of the Sands, this affectionate tribute to the world's first spy novel is a brilliantly original, ...
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There Be No Dragons: How to Cross a Big Ocean in a Small Sailboat
By Reese PalleyAuthor Reese Palley completed a 15-year circumnavigation in his 46-foot sailboat Unlikely. When not at sea, he lives in Philadelphia and key West.
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Castaway in Paradise: The Incredible Adventures of True-Life Robinson Crusoes
By James C. SimmonsFew dances are more sensual and provocative than those of the South Seas in which the arms and hips move in a manner suggestive of physical love . The slow , graceful movements of the hula soon gave way to the crisp , precise ...
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The New Book of Sail Trim
By Ken TextorEditor Ken Textor is a writer and sailing enthusiast.
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Sailing to Hemingway's Cuba
By David SchaeferTo Have and Have Not , Scribner's Paperback Fiction , New York , NY 1996 By - Line : Ernest Hemingway , Selected Articles and ... with Michael Reynolds , Picturing Hemingway , Yale University Press , New Haven , CT 1999 Welsh Hemingway ...
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Outward Leg
By Tristan JonesIn October 1983, Jones and his only crew member, Wally Rediske, set out in Outward Leg, a 36-ft trimaran from San Diego, intending to circumnavigate the world from west to east by sail.
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Endless Sea: Alone Around Antarctica - As Far South as a Boat Can Sail
By Amyr KlinkBiographies and Autobiographies.
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The Golden Age of Yachting
By L. Francis HerreshoffOf special interest in this America's Cup year.