The Boat In A Bottle Kit by authentic Models in this beautifully illustrated cardboard box, will entertain kids & will show ...

A manual on DIY interior boat-building, designed for boat-owners who are not completely happy with the layout of their production boat or who want to fit out a new or renovated hull. Every detail of each project is explained & illustrated with step-by-step colour photographs, & the techniques & procedures shown are applicable to every type & size of boat. ...

This unique cushion by We Love Cushions, featuring a 12-color reproduction of a vintage London Transport poster designed for the Oxford-Cambridge boat race of 1923, would be an elegant addition to your sofa or arm chair. This cushion is made with a super soft faux & machine washable suede & comes complete with the cushion pad. The print had been created using archival inks to get the brightest, saturated finish possible, which will bring life & style to any room setting. Fully machine washable at 30c ...

Pocket-sized flip-up notebook with an old London Transport poster on the cover entitled Boat Race, referring to the famous annual Oxbridge face-off. The journal has lined pages, & a material page marker to help you keep your place. The artist, Charles Paine, was a versatile & prolific designer. His time at the Royal College of Art was interrupted by military service. After graduating Paine left London to work for the Applied Art Department of Edinburgh College of Art. He then went on to work in Glasgow designing stained glass for Guthrie & Wells. During the 1920s he designed textiles & poster for a wide range of clients. In the 1930s he lived & worked in Welwyn Garden City, before moving to Jersey. ...

Boatbuilding is a practical handbook & boatshop assistant, designed & written to meet the needs of the builder, covering the complete process of wooden boat construction. The text covers all types of craft from flat-bottom rowboats to ocean cruisers & commercial vessels, & aids the builder in overcoming difficulties & discouraging delays resulting from the lack of easily available information on the practical side of boatbuilding. Boatbuilding gives detailed instructions, with many illustrations, on all phases of boatbuilding written out of actual boatbuilding practice & aids the builder in planning each job in its proper sequence in relation to those that follow. After a chapter discussing the choice of plans suitable for amateur work there are chapters on lofting, the backbone & setting up, flat-bottom hull construction, V-bottom hull construction, round-bottom hull construction, deck framing & building, special construction (plywood, strip planking, lap-strake, diagonal, ribband carvel, canvas), heavy construction, joiner-work, iron-work, & spar making. Each chapter is organized for easy & quick reference, & the book is completely indexed. An added feature is the inclusion of building plans for nineteen boats designed for this book & suitable for amateur building. ...

This book is the most comprehensive, helpful & up to date guide ever written on selecting, equipping & sailing a cruising yacht. Indispensable for prospective boat buyers & cruisers, whether coastal or world-girdling, it covers all the technical & practical aspects of cruising yachts & systems in one unique book. Nigel Calder, one of the most respected nautical how-to authors with extensive cruising experience & a rare ability to reduce complexities to simple explanations, explains not only how to select & equip a yacht for coastal or offshore cruising, but also how to sail & navigate it, addressing the concerns of beginners & experienced owners alike. This is the book the cruising world has welcomed as a must have reference. There is, quite literally, nothing else like it. ' The indispensable crew
- no boat should sail without Calder aboard' Yachting Monthly ' This is the one book you would choose for your desert island shipwreck scenario
- it would solve all your problems!' Kelvin Hughes

...

This manual takes both novice & experienced boatowner through minor to major repairs of electrical systems, engines, electronics, steering systems, generators, pumps, cookers, spars & rigging. When it was first published in 1990, the Boatowner`s Mechanical & Electrical Manual broke new ground. It was hailed as the first truly DIY manual for boatowners & has sold in its thousands ever since. There have been significant changes in boat systems since then, particularly electrical systems, & this third edition has been fully updated to reflect these developments & expand its predecessor`s worldwide popularity. ` Probably the best technical reference & troubleshooting book in the world` Yachting Monthly ` It deserves to come standard with every boat` Yachting World ...

A first book of boats for the youngest enthusiasts, featuring 15 different boats & a bonus nautical flag per vessel From sailboats to ferry boats, tankers to clippers, young readers will learn to identify & define a range of floating crafts. Each of 15 boats & ships are presented by name, illustration, & simple description, written as engaging, read-aloud text. In addition, each is adorned with a different nautical flag whose message is decoded as secondary text for the extra curious. Printed in four stunning Pantone colors, this refreshingly stylish & informative introduction to boats will pop off the shelf in the ”things that go” section! ...

Which woman made the first solo transatlantic crossing? Who saved thousands of lives with the invention of navigation lights? & what is the story behind the invention of the compass? Many of us know the story of modern sailing pioneers
- Dame Ellen Mac Arthur & Francis Chichester, Claire Francis & the challengers of the Americas Cup
- but what about those unsung heroes who invented the mechanisms & technology which enabled sailors to speed across the oceans & navigate more safely. From cloud classification & screw propellers to radio telephones & the measurement of tides, this collection of stories will inspire & intrigue sailors everywhere.

...

The history of boats is intertwined with our own
- since the earliest times, humans have found ways to cross the bodies of water
...