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 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 ...

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

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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 ...

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.

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The history of boats is intertwined with our own
- since the earliest times, humans have found ways to cross the bodies of water
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Expert guidance for the hands-on sailor--whether you`re varnishing a handrail or replacing bulkheads With contributions from leading how-to experts, this wide-ranging collection of projects from Boat Works magazine ranges from structural, mechanical, & electrical projects to plumbing & cosmetic repairs & improvements. Much of this full-color guide`s information cannot be found in any other book. Nigel Calder, Don Casey, Mark Corke, Peter Nielsen, Charles Doane, Paul Esterle, Charles Mason, Aussie Bray, & other sailboat experts show you with step-by-step photography how to: Buy & survey an older sailboat Replace bulkheads Fix below-the-waterline holes Repair gelcoat, portlights, or rotten cores Paint, varnish, spray polyurethane, mark a waterline, or rebed deck hardware Choose a mainsail system, install a headsail furler or an inner forestay, assemble rigging terminals, or build a spinnaker or even a new aluminum mast Pamper an Atomic 4 gas engine, replace a Cutless bearing, maintain your diesel, & know when it`s time to repower Install a new fuel or water tank, upgrade to wheel steering, replace a propeller or deck hardware, or install seacocks Troubleshoot electrical problems, install cockpit speakers, or rewire your boat Replace lifelines, install a forehatch, secure your cabin sole, & much, much more ...

Drawing upon his more than 60 years' experience as a boatbuilder/designer, Fred Bingham has revamped his classic Practical Yacht Joinery to appeal to a whole new generation of boaters. This new edition of the book Yachting, called an absolute necessity, not only is more attuned to the needs of boaters of the 1990s
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Includes:: all-new material on building nautically influenced projects for home or camp
- its price is substantially less than that of its august predecessor. This book is about building things of wood, from a new cup rack to a completely new interior, but it isn't just another project book. Bingham wisely assumes that many people want to be told how to perform neat joinerwork rather than what to build. By starting with a simple task, such as a cleat, deck box, or even a tool box, & then proceeding to more ambitious projects, you develop the skills you need to build practically anything you can envision. Bingham's joinery techniques & handy gimmicks (and they appear on nearly every page of the book) were born of trial & error; he provides realistic alternative procedures for many of the projects, telling how to make them by Method A, Method B, & Method C. As thousands of readers of Practical Yacht Joinery discovered, Bingham's gift for providing simple explanations for complex problems can transform a rank beginner who has never held a hammer into a journeyman boat carpenter, & a journeyman carpenter into a true craftsman.' The woodworking is discussed in such detail that just about anyone, including longtime professionals, is likely to find many useful tricks of the trade. Much more of this & pros will be a dime a dozen'
- The Last Whole Earth Catalog. ' One almost has the feeling that the author is right there, advising & encouraging, showing how to use a tool, helping lay out deck beams, pausing to tell how he did a job on such & such a boat'
- Small Boat Journal. 'A veritable encyclopedia of techniques, tools, gadgets, & gimmicks'
- Dolphin Book Club News. ' Takes over where boatbuilding books leave off'
- National Fisherman. ' Should interest everyone from the casual weekend tinkerer to the sailor who's building his own boat'
- ' Yachting'.








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It was Boa`s birthday. It was going to be the best one ever. Or so he hoped. He invited his friends round. They would all bring him wonderful presents. Or would they? This is a hilarious tale to encourage young children to accept presents gracefully, from the award-winning team of Jeanne Willis & Tony Ross. ...