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Anchors and Anchoring.
Portland, ME, Danforth/White, (1967). VG PB. History of anchor design, how and when of anchoring, holding power and loads, wind, current and surge, anchor rodes.
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Successful Yacht Racing.
NY, Norton, (1951). 1st ed. VG in G DJ. A successful racing skipper describes many significant tricks, devices, ideas & approaches that helped him win races. Fresh. ideas on the hull, fittings, rigging, sails & tuning-up, hints on starts, the windward mark, the leeward leg & the finish. DJ edge chips, owner name, bookplate, notation on ft DJ flap.
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Big Load Afloat.
Washington, D.C., American Waterways Operators, (1966). 2nd ptg. VG PB. From keelboats to towboats and tugs, vessels and men aboard, Laid in addenda sheet.
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Lost Ships and Lonely Seas.
NY, Garden City Pub Co, (1942). VG. Blue binding, dark blue lettering. Edge wear.
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The Three Voyages of Captain Cook.
Pittsburgh, PA, Beta Phi Mu, 1974. VG. Brown binding with gilt pictorial of anchor & lettering.
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Ocean Voyaging: a critical discussion of modern cruising yachts and the technique of ocean sailing.
Tuckahoe, NY, John de Graff, (1975). VG in VG DJ. Result of more than 100,000 miles of ocean voyaging in a variety of craft. How to choose, equip & handle a yacht. DJ fading toward spine.
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The Romance of the Sea.
Washington, D.C., National Geographic, (1981). VG in G DJ. DJ edge wear. Owner name half title page.
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Small Boat Building.
NY, Macmillan, 1932. Reprint. G. Few worn to boards places on edges.
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Seamanship.
Washington, U.S. Govt Ptg Office, 1953. G PB. Edgewear, binding rubbed, owner name ft endpaper.
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In the Heart of the Sea: the tragedy of the whaleship Essex.
NY, Penguin, (2001). 1st ptg thus. VG PB. Epic tale, inspiration for Herman Melville's Moby Dick. In 1819 the 238 ton Essex set sale from Nantucket on a routine. voyage to hunt whales. 15 months later the Essex was rammed & sunk by an enraged sperm whale. The 20-man crew set out in 3 small boats for S. America, almost 3,000 miles away. 3 months later only 8 were left. Sl edge wear.
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Cork Boat.
NY, Random, (2004). Large print. VG in G DJ. Pollack had a boyhood dream of building a boat made entirely of wine corks and take it on an epic journey. He completes his. vessel of 165,321 corks and sets sail down the Douro River in Portugal where the cork boat becomes a national sensation. DJ edge wear.
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Book of the Sea and Ships.
Indianapolis, IN, Curtis Pub Co, (1978). VG in VG DJ. DJ features Rockwell drawing of old sea captain & boy.
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David Goes Voyaging.
NY, Putnam, 1925. 4th ptg. G. William Beebe asked 11-year old David to go on one leg of the Arcturus expedition and here is what he writes about it. Owner's name fep. Owner's bp ff. Spine and corners sl worn.
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The Blue Continent.
NY, Rinehart, (1954). VG in G DJ. The Italian National Underwater Expedition first tested its equipment & developed new apparatus off the coast of Italy then. set out in their small shihp to exlore the vast depths of the Red Sea which teem with the most enormous variety of undersea life to be found anywhere. Quilici headed the photographic unit of the group. DJ edge wear.
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Shipwrecks along the Atlantic Coast: a chronology of maritime accidents and disasters from Maine to Florida.
Orleans, MA, Parnassus Imprints, (1988). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. Historic archives record thousands of maritime disasters along the Atlantic coastline beginning in 1492 when Columbus wrecked. one of his ships in the Caribbean.
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