199 Ships and Boats
Title | 199 Ships and Boats PDF eBook |
Author | Kristie Pickersgill |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2021 |
Genre | Board books |
ISBN | 9781474986526 |
199 clear, labelled illustrations of a variety of waterborne vessels. Find out about the amazing array of ships and boats that sail our oceans and waterways from rowing boats and kayaks to huge luxury liners. Themes include famous ships, sailing ships, all kinds of boats, battleships, submarines and lots more. Great for developing vocabulary and language skills.
The Complete History of Ships and Boats
Title | The Complete History of Ships and Boats PDF eBook |
Author | Britannica Educational Publishing |
Publisher | Britannica Educational Publishing |
Total Pages | 191 |
Release | 2011-11-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1615307273 |
Even as airlines provide faster means of travel, ships and boats remain as important as ever in transporting passengers and cargo across the worlds bodies of water. While ship design has become increasingly sophisticated with time, everything including the luxury liners, warships, and sailboats of today owe much to the watercraft that facilitated travel, trade, and war among ancient cultures. This detailed volume examines the development of the different types of water vehicles and the design of related structures, including docks and quays.
Building Small Boats
Title | Building Small Boats PDF eBook |
Author | Greg Rössel |
Publisher | WoodenBoat Books |
Total Pages | 300 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 9780937822500 |
Greg Rossel grew up cruising the waters of New York Harbor and spending time in the boatyards on the south shore of Staten Island where economics (more than anything else) made wooden boats the craft of choice. He makes his home in Maine where he specializes in the construction and repair of small wooden boats, as well as writing for several publications. Greg has been an instructor at WoodenBoat School in Maine since the mid-1980's, teaching lofting, skiff building, and the "Fundamentals of Boatbuilding".
The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats
Title | The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats PDF eBook |
Author | Steve Henkel |
Publisher | McGraw Hill Professional |
Total Pages | 417 |
Release | 2010-01-15 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 0071736948 |
For the first time ever, a comparative survey of 95 percent of the fiberglass pocketcruising sailboats ever built Author Steve Henkel has researched hundreds of cruising sailboats less than 26 feet long--pocket cruisers--to create this definitive gallery and handbook of the small cruising sailboats built in the last 45 years. With detailed plans, specifications, performance indexes, and commentary for every model the author could find (360 in all!), The Sailor’s Book of Small Cruising Sailboats is your ideal core reference for the used and new boats you see on the water.
Text-book of Seamanship
Title | Text-book of Seamanship PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Bleecker Luce |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 954 |
Release | 1884 |
Genre | Navigation |
ISBN |
Boats, Ships and Shipyards
Title | Boats, Ships and Shipyards PDF eBook |
Author | Carlo Beltrame |
Publisher | Oxbow Books |
Total Pages | 378 |
Release | 2016-10-03 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1785704648 |
From sewn planked boats in Early Dynastic Egypt to Late Roman wrecks in Italy, and the design of Venetian Merchant Galleys, this huge volume gathers together fifty-three papers presenting new research on the archaeology and history of ancient ships and shipbuilding traditions. The papers have been grouped into several thematic sections, including: ships of the Mediterranean; the reconstruction of ancient ships, from life-size reconstructions to computer models; the study of shipyards, shipsheds and slipways of the Mediterranean and Europe; Venetian Galleys of the 15th and 16th centuries; and North European medieval and post -medieval ships. These papers which were presented at the Ninth International Symposium on Boat and Ship Archaeology (ISBSA), held in Venice 2000. Carlo Beltrame is a freelance archaeologist and contract professor of Maritime archaeology at Università Ca' Foscari of Venice and of Naval archaeology at Universita della Tuscia of Viterbo. He specializes in the archaeology of ship-construction from antiquity until the Renaissance period and methodology in maritime archaeology.
The Complete Guide to Sailing & Seamanship
Title | The Complete Guide to Sailing & Seamanship PDF eBook |
Author | Twain Braden |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | 208 |
Release | 2013-06-01 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 1626363099 |
An illustrated sailing guide for beginner and expert alike! The Complete Guide to Sailing& Seamanship is the perfect blend of captivating sea stories and essential, basic instructional methods for anyone yearning to sail. Topics include seamanship and boat handling, anchoring and docking, and history and lore alike. Chapters include: Knots and Lines Sailboat Anatomy Steering & Sailing Lakes, Harbors, and Bays A Look at the Weather Charts & Navigation Anchoring, Mooring, & Berthing Sailing Gear Boat Maintenance Daily Rhythms Seamanship Basics Rules of the Road The Complete Guide to Sailing & Seamanship is enhanced with 100 original hand-drawn images by world-renowned marine illustrator Sam Manning.