Bold Sea Stories 2 is an award-winning writer's collection of 26 true-grit tales that will immerse readers in galvanizing boating adventures and survival encounters. Here are the real-life accounts of the world's smallest sailboat fighting to cross the North Atlantic---and survive---or join a lone sailor in the world's toughest sailboat race. Come into the cockpit as a small boat attempts the ice-filled and deadly Northwest Passage. And more! These are authentic contemporary accounts of sa...

Who doesn't love a good sea story? Award-winning newspaperman Marlin Bree crafts his true tales about the legends and the lore of the world's wickedest waters, from the North Atlantic to the South Pacific, as well as upon (and in the dark depths) of the world's biggest inland ocean, Lake Superior. Here are 21 rousing stories of notorious storms, shipwrecks and courageous crews fighting incredible challenges -- and usually winning. This is nonfiction at its award-winning best: full-bodied t...

During a storm on the infamous Tasman Sea, a lone sailor testing a new, around-the-world racing sailboat goes missing under mysterious circumstances. Her disappearance triggers worldwide headlines and news coverage and as boats and aircraft converge upon the missing craft’s presumed location, boating journalist Kevlin Star is drawn into the search and begins his own investigation as he fights to stay one step ahead of his rival journalists. Meanwhile, the harrowing Race Alone Around the Wo...

Using everyday items found in most homes, aspiring young magicians can dazzle friends and family with this best-selling kid's guide to performing magic tricks. With the help of this book, young magicians can magically make things appear and disappear, make rubber bands seem to go through fingers, and make ghostly names appear on water tumblers. There are eight fun categories of magic ranging from All Wet to Amazingly Mysterious. Of course, there's Pick-A-Card--Any Card! Each activity inclu...

Broken Seas is a special collection of nautical stories that will sweep readers into the world of high seas adventure and desperate survival. These specially researched stories, involving the personal work and knowledge of the author, investigate legends such as the last hours of the Edmund Fitzgerald as a deadly storm deepened; the incredible adventure of Gerry Spiess aboard a 10-foot plywood sloop as he sets off to sail across the vast and unpredictable Pacific Ocean; t...

A good-humored guide to the many idiosyncrasies of boats and boaters, this offbeat guide explains, with the help of whimsical drawings, topics such as how to use the head, understanding marine dress codes and etiquette, surviving seasickness, finding the ideal boat, and perfecting the art of romance while at sea. From making sense of salty sayings to dealing with a rowdy crew, this all-in-one guide to sail and power boats will amuse and enlighten landlubbers wishing to understand the water...

A single-handed voyage on a small sailboat from Key West Florida to Isla Mujeres, Mexico.

*Another such wave could easily be the end of us. I had to do something, fix something, save the boat, save myself.But what?*Gary Paulsen takes readers along on his maiden voyage, proving that ignorance can be bliss. Also really stupid and incredibly dangerous. He tells of boats that have owned him—good, bad, and beloved—and how they got him through terrifying storms that he survived by sheer luck. His spare prose conjures up shark surprises and killer waves as well as moon...

It's amazing if you think about it; the ways people's lives cross and yet you know very little about them. Pleasure boaters will frequently see tugs and ships and you may even have to take action to avoid them, but in the end were they anything other than a moving blip on the seascape? I have worked on coastal tugs in the oil transportation business for over thirty years and I can tell you that it's not just a skill and a job, but an entire way of life, very different from life onshore. Of...

Polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton never achieved any of the goals he originally set for himself. But when confronted with crushing adversity, he inspired his crew to work together to survive against incredible odds. While stranded on an ice floe 1,200 miles from civilization, Shackleton's discipline, fortitude, and heroism overcame months of hardship and peril to get all his men to safety. Here, in this short-form book, Harvard Business School professor Nancy F. Koehn writes that his is...

Shackleton’s Antarctic journey took courage and perseverance. Now his story is told in a full-color early chapter book!In 1914, Ernest Shackleton and his crew set out for the South Pole. They never made it. Within sight of land, the ship ran into dangerous waters filled with chunks of ice. Then the sea froze around them! There was no hope of rescue. Could Shackleton find a way to save himself and his men?

This handbook deals in detail with 13 issues of importance:IntroductionPlan The JobAttitude ChangeDo Not Leave Your Boat In A MarinaPrevention Is More Insurance Than You Can Afford To Pay ForThe HarnessChafingCleatsWindageFinding ShelterStorm AnchorsPracticeD-DayThe author presents these suggestions out of 45 years of experience--having sailed the Great Lakes, the Islands of Hawaii, Bahamas, F...