Complete Guide to Boating and Seamanship: Powerboats - Canoeing and Kayaking - Fishing Boats - Navigation - Water Sports - Fishing - Water Survival - ... - Boating Safety - First Aid For Boaters - Couverture souple

Sparano, Vin T.

 
9780789332875: Complete Guide to Boating and Seamanship: Powerboats - Canoeing and Kayaking - Fishing Boats - Navigation - Water Sports - Fishing - Water Survival - ... - Boating Safety - First Aid For Boaters
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0789332876 ISBN 13 : 9780789332875
Editeur : Universe, 2017

Synopsis

The most complete boating instruction book ever to be published.
 
From the author of the award-winning Complete Outdoors Encyclopedia, this volume will prove to be the most indispensable guide for anyone interested in boating and seamanship. This monumental guide to being safe on the water is produced in full color, featuring more than 600 photographs, diagrams, and illustrations. This complete resource offers in-depth coverage of hull design, canoes and kayaks, boat construction, motors, trailers, boat maintenance, preparing for winter storage or spring launching, boating electronics, anchors and moorings, safety procedures, avoiding seasickness, and first-aid advice. Coverage of seamanship extends to include all nautical skills from knot tying to dead reckoning. The book also details in-depth navigation and complete U.S. Coast Guard regulations.
 
Complete Guide to Boating and Seamanship clearly explains and illustrates the most successful techniques for skippering any vessel—from kayak to offshore powerboat. This book is a must-have reference guide for both novice and experienced sailors and boaters, as well as any person planning to be on the water— whether freshwater or marine—for the first time.

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À propos de l?auteur

Vin T. Sparano is the author of Complete Outdoors Encyclopedia. He is editor emeritus of Outdoor Life and has written and edited eighteen books about the outdoors. In 2009, Sparano was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Fisherman’s Conservation Association, and in 2013 he was inducted into the Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame.

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Éditeur
Universe
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0789332876
ISBN 13 
9780789332875
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
336
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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