Author: David Kroenke
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Keywords: boat, work, makes, everything, guide
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2002-05-02
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 0071361340
ISBN-13: 9780071361347
Know Your Boat is here to rescue the millions of boaters who have always been afraid to peer into their boat’s innards for fear of what they’ll find. Here at last is the humorous, user-friendly guide that will give a timid skipper the courage to grab a wrench and tame the savage beast in the bilge (or at least make its acquaintance). Assuming no mechanical aptitude, David Kroenke provides readers with an easy-to-read introduction to the use and maintenance of the many systems found on today’s typical power or sail boat, including: engine, electricity, electronics, plumbing, r
Author: Bruce Smith
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Keywords: boat, improve, trailers, maintain, select, trailering, complete, guide
Number of Pages: 168
Published: 2007-12-06
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0071471642
ISBN-13: 9780071471640
Master the most difficult part of boating before hitting the water This comprehensive guide will help you gain confidence, develop skills, and avoid boat-ramp and highway mishaps when trailering your boat. The book includes easy-to-follow, heavily illustrated instructions on driving, backing, launching, retrieving, and tying down your boat; trailer maintenance; and selecting tow vehicles, hitches, trailers, and towing accessories.
Authors:Bo Streiffert, Bo Streiffert,
Publisher: Sheridan House
Keywords: boat, manual, fiberglass, maintenance, modern, complete
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 1994-09-01
List price: $27.50
ISBN-10: 0924486716
ISBN-13: 9780924486715
If you own a fiberglass sailboat or powerboat, this is the book to turn to when dealing with questions of maintenance, improvement or repair. Here you will find clear explanations and easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions covering the fiberglass hull,
Author: Nam Le
Publisher: Knopf
Keywords: rough, boat
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2008-05-13
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 030726808X
ISBN-13: 9780307268082
A stunningly inventive, deeply moving fiction debut: stories that take us from the slums of Colombia to the streets of Tehran; from New York City to Iowa City; from a tiny fishing village in Australia to a foundering vessel in the South China Sea, in a masterly display of literary virtuosity and feeling.In the magnificent opening story, “Love and Honor and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice,” a young writer is urged by his friends to mine his father’s experiences in Vietnam—and what seems at first a satire of turning one’s life into literary commerce becomes a transcendent e
Author: Nam Le
Publisher: Vintage
Keywords: vintage, stories, boat
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2009-08-11
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 0307388190
ISBN-13: 9780307388193
The seven stories in Nam Le’s masterful collection The Boat take us across the globe, from the slums of Colombia to Iowa City; from the streets of Tehran to a foundering vessel in the South China Sea. They guide us to the heart of what it means to be human — and herald the arrival of a remarkable new writer.
Author: Ian Nicolson
Publisher: Seafarer Books
Keywords: boat, own, build
Number of Pages: 198
Published: 1996
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0850364582
ISBN-13: 9780850364583
Author: Randall de Sève
Publisher: Philomel
Keywords: boat, toy
Number of Pages: 40
Published: 2007-09-20
List price: $16.99
ISBN-10: 0399243747
ISBN-13: 9780399243745
A little boy has a toy boat. He made it out of a can, a cork, a yellow pencil, and some white cloth. The boy and his boat are inseparable, until one day when the wind pushes the toy boat out into the wide lake. Alone now, the little boat must face fierce waves, a grumpy ferry, a sassy schooner, and a growling speed boat. How the little boat misses the boy! But if he is going to survive, he must figure a way to do it on his own. Loren Long has a timeless and magical touch. As he did with The Little Engine That Could, he creates a world of toys and children that go right to the soul. Toy
