Folkboat Story

Author: Dieter Loibner
Publisher: Sheridan House, Inc.
ISBN: 157409274X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 258

Book Description
Dieter Loibner, an editor and boating writer, holds a Ph.D. in journalism. He has contributed hundreds of articles on sailing to newspapers and magazines around the world. He lives in Oakland, California.

Folkboat Story

Author: Dieter Loibner
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1574093347
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 256

Book Description
This modern classic of small boat literature details the history of the Nordic Folkboat--a class that enjoys remarkable popularity in some of the world's most beautiful and challenging sailing waters. A clinker design that sails equally fast and well whether it is made from wood or fiberglass, the Nordic Folkboat has been around for 60 years. It has stood the test of time as its minimalism, robustness and sea kindliness have proved resistant to radical design modifications. Loibner guides us through all the layers of the Folkboat community, from those who sail competitively in the many Folkboat regattas worldwide, to the devoted following of recreational sailors who appreciate the sturdiness of the design when out cruising with family and friends, to what he refers to as the "Lunatic Fringe." Any reader who has spent a thrilling afternoon on the dancing prow of a small boat will appreciate the insights and journey of The Folkboat Story.

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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1110

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The Celtic Ring

Author: Bjorn Larsson
Publisher: Sheridan House, Inc.
ISBN: 9781574091144
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 404

Book Description
On a dark night in the Danish harbour of Dragor, Ulf is handed a logbook by a lone sailor who then disappears. The bizarre events recorded in the log lead to a harrowing winter crossing of the North Sea.

Farewell Mr Puffin

Author: Paul Heiney
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472990978
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 257

Book Description
A colourful and good humoured insight into the private life of the puffin, and an honest portrait of human life on the ocean waves.

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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 2068

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Rescuing Titanic

Author: Flora Delargy
Publisher: Hidden Histories
ISBN: 0711262764
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 79

Book Description
Rescuing Titanic tells with exquisite illustrations and richly detailed text the story of the Carpathia and its heroic journey rescuing passengers from the Titanic.

The Woodenboat

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Category : Boatbuilding
Languages : en
Pages : 1010

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American Small Sailing Craft, Their Design, Development, and Construction

Author: Howard Irving Chapelle
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393031430
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 404

Book Description
From the author of Yacht Designing and Planning and Boatbuilding: the definitive history and survey of the great classic American small sailing craft.

Close to the Wind

Author: Pete Goss
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0755361229
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 208

Book Description
Pete Goss became a national and international hero when he rescued French yachtsman Raphael Dinelli as his boat sank beneath him in the round-the-world single-handed sailing race, the Vendee Globe, on Christmas Day 1996. In doing so Pete scuppered his own chances in the race but was awarded theLegion d'Honneur by France's president and made a friend for life in Dinelli.Close to the Wind is his own story of the race and its dramas, his revolutionary boat,Aqua Quorum, his thoughts and emotions during four months of solitude at sea, the extraordinary surgery that he had to perform on his own elbow and the aftermath of the rescue in the Southern Ocean.