Category Archives: Travel Guides
Powerboating Companion – RIB & Sportsboat Companion
A compact, handy summary of the key things you need to know when powerboating in RIBs and sportsboats: the perfect quick reference guide to keep onboard. The book covers all the powerboating essentials: getting ready, rules of the road, launching, recovery, manoeuvring, man overboard, first aid, troubleshooting and much more in a highly illustrated way.
Pantani Was A God
Was Marco Pantani a god, or a cheat? Was he the greatest climber you`ve ever seen, or just another doper? Was he the cocksure superstar of Italian cycling that the diamond jewellery and the screaming fans suggested? Or was he the shy kid, troubled but loveable, who struggled with the pressures of fame? Was he
Training to Win – Training exercises for solo boats, groups & those with a coach
Gold medal winning coach, Jon Emmett works with sailors and coaches around the world and is frequently asked things like: `What is a good exercise to improve this?` `Why do we do this exercise?` `How do we make the exercise more / less difficult?` This book is the answer to those frequently asked questions. It
A Wild Call – One Man`s Voyage in Pursuit of Freedom
Martyn Murray was finding modern life, with all its restrictions and controls, suffocating. Following years of soul-searching, his father`s death triggered him into opening the old logbooks and charts to retrace the sailing trips they had once shared together. He determined to revisit those waters and bring home the freedom of the seas. Falling in
The Foiling Dinghy Book – Dinghy Foiling from Start to Finish
Since the development of the International Moth into a fully foiling dinghy there has been an explosion in the popularity of the class with some of the world’s top sailors competing in it and many others enjoying the exhilaration of ‘flying’. However there is no doubt that it is a challenge to learn to fly
Skipper`s Pocketbook
A pocket database containing everything a busy skipper needs to know but might find hard to remember.It is easy to take for granted how much a skipper needs to know: Navigation, how to pilot the boat into a new harbour, using the radio, checking the engine, keeping an eye out for things that need repair,
Understanding a Nautical Chart – A Practical Guide to Sea Navigation
We all rely on charts to navigate at sea ‘“ but are we missing essential information? A mass of data is included on each chart and deciphering the many symbols and abbreviations can be complicated. The accuracy of some charted depths can be trusted entirely while others should be treated with caution. This book will
Multihull Seamanship
This is an A-Z of seamanship skills for multihull sailors. There are many textbooks on the market which detail general seamanship principles. This is not one of them. Multihull Seamanship is about sea-going catamarans and trimarans and the skills needed to understand and enjoy them to their utmost. Both racing and cruising yachts are catered
Tactics to Win
Unless you have unbeatable boatspeed, tactics are vital to winning sailboat races. Multi-champion, Nick Craig, shows you how to develop a strategy and what tactics to adopt on every leg and at every mark of the course.His first book, Helming to Win, was described as ‘original, thought provoking’ฆ like no other that has gone before
Sail and Rig – The Tuning Guide
The complete guide on how to trim sails and tune rigging for all conditions to make the boat sail faster and safer. A well-trimmed sailing boat is not only faster ‘“ it heels less, balances better and is more comfortable. Wear and load is reduced and expensive gear lasts longer. The risk of damage or
Racundra`s Third Cruise
Most people know of Arthur Ransome, the author of the classic children`s sailing tale, Swallows & Amazons, and many other books in the same series. But besides his exciting tales of children on the water there is much more to the man. Before he wrote Swallows & Amazons, Ransome was a journalist for the Daily
Surfing – A Beginner`s Guide 3rd Edition
Surfing: A Beginner`s Guide has been the go-to surf book for beginners since 1996. This third edition, now with the endorsement of Surfing England, takes you through all the vital steps to become a surfer: you will learn where to surf, when to surf and how to surf safely. You will learn the foundations such
Ireland OSI Official Road Atlas A4
This edition contains updated road maps covering Ireland, plus City and Town Maps and Motoring Information, Distance Charts and Extensive Gazetteer (Index of Towns).This new 8th edition is published in conjunction with Ordnance Survey Northern Ireland and the Road Safety Authority (RSA) and features Collision Zones, Speed Detection Zones and Tolled Roads. (This product is
Hummingbird
Winner of the 2018 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award for Fiction with a Sense of Place.Beside a lake in the northern Canadian wilderness, fifteen-year-old Zachary Tayler lives a lonely and isolated life with his father. His only neighbours are a leech trapper, an eccentric millionaire, and an expert in snow. But then one summer the
A Naturalist`s Guide to the Garden Flowers of India: Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh & Sri Lanka
This photographic identification guide to the 280 native and introduced species of garden flower most commonly seen in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka is perfect for resident and visitor alike. High quality photographs from India`s top nature photographers are accompanied by detailed species descriptions, which include nomenclature, identifying features and habitats. The
50 Classic Routes on Scottish Mountains
If you enjoy walks in the countryside, Scotland should be on your list of places to visit, and you should bring this book as your guide. Anyone who has ever visited Scotland will mention the Highlands with its rolling hills and unspoiled landscape, and this book will guide you along some of the best routes
Wild Philippines
The 7,107 islands of the Philippines archipelago represent a wide range of habitats from tidal sand bars to mighty mountain ranges; from coral reefs through rainforests to summit grasslands. The country`s isolation from mainland Asia also gives it a high number of endemic plant and animal species. Nigel Hicks` stunning photographs and vivid text explores
The 100 Best Birdwatching Sites in India
India has a wide diversity of birdlife, comprising 1,211 species, of which 75 are endemic, making the country a richly rewarding destination for birdwatchers. This fully illustrated guide describes the 125 best sites for viewing both common and rare species throughout the 29 states of the sub-continent.Alongside a map of each area, detailed descriptions of
A Naturalist`s Guide to the Butterflies of Sri Lanka (2nd edition)
Increasingly the segmentation between birders, butterfly watchers, dragonfly watchers and photographers is reducing as interests overlap and there is a demand for books that cover the three popular groups. The emphasis for the 148 species of butterfly and 78 dragonflies featured in this second edition is on the commoner species, covering around 90 per cent
