The Boat Data Book 8th Edition

Author: Ian Nicolson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1399412957
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 225

Book Description
A treasure trove of invaluable information for boatowners, designers, builders, surveyors, chandlers and anyone maintaining their own boat. Thoroughly updated for this eighth edition, this book is packed with tables of lengths, widths, weights and strengths as well as new data on a vast range of equipment from anchors to masts, propellers to gas cylinders, cleat sizes to winch bases, and hatches to bolts, bearings, cabling and piping. If you want to know what size winch to fit, the breaking strength of stainless steel rigging wire, the recommended size for seacocks or what length and size an anchor chain should be, then this is the book for you. The Boat Data Book is a must-have reference for owners and professionals.

Boat Book

Author: Gail Gibbons
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 082343978X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A bright flotilla awaits in this exciting nonfiction board book-- perfect for toddlers who love things that go, go, go! Rowboats, canoes, sailboats, speedboats, cruise ships, submarines, tugboats, and more! Boats come in all sizes and we use them in different ways: for recreation, for transportation, and even for police work and fighting fires. Learn all about boats, how they move, and what we use them for in this sturdy, bright board book by an award-winning children's author. Don't miss Gail Gibbons' other exciting board book transportation titles, including Trucks, Planes, and Bicycles! Acclaimed nonfiction author Gail Gibbons "has taught more preschoolers and early readers about the world than any other children's writer-illustrator" according to The Washington Post. These accessible, kid-friendly introductions to the world around us are now available in board-book form, simplified and formatted for the youngest readers and designed to spark their curiosity.

The Boat Data Book

Author: Ian Nicolson
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408105896
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 225

Book Description
A treasure trove of invaluable information for boat owners, designers, builders, surveyors, chandlers and anyone maintaining their own boat.

Who Sank the Boat?

Author: Pamela Allen
Publisher: Picture Puffin
ISBN: 9780143501992
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 28

Book Description
Besides the sea, on Mr Peffer's place, there lived a cow, a donkey, a sheep, a pig, and a tiny little mouse. One warm sunny morning for no particular reason, they decided to go for a row in the bay . . .

Lofting a Boat

Author: Roger Kopanycia
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408151294
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 153

Book Description
The second book in our Classic Boat series aimed at traditional boat lovers, builders and restorers. Lofting is an essential stage in the transition between designing and building a boat in order to turn the design plans into boat lines plans to measure off and build the full-size boat. Its a tricky art, but this book shows exactly how it is done in clear, step-by-step diagrammatic stages. Aimed specifically at the amateur DIY builder, it will enable anyone to build a boat of any size, whether power or sail. The author has been teaching lofting to boatbuilding students for over 10 years, and has found that the key to understanding is visualisation - hence the plethora of step-by-step diagrams in this book to assist the reader to grasp the concepts. Lofting will be welcomed by budding boatbuilders everywhere.

The Boat Data Book

Author: Richard Nicolson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472908953
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 225

Book Description
The Boat Data Book is a treasure trove of invaluable information for boatowners, designers, builders, surveyors, chandlers and anyone maintaining their own boat. This seventh edition has been updated throughout and is now in colour for the first time. It contains more tables of lengths, widths, weights and strengths as well as new data on a vast range of equipment from anchors to masts, propellers to gas cylinders, cleat sizes to winch bases, and hatches to bolts, bearings, cabling and piping. If you want to know what size winch to fit, the breaking strength of stainless steel rigging wire, the recommended size for seacocks or what length and size an anchor chain should be, then this is the book for you. The Boat Data Book is a must-have reference for owners and professionals. 'A veritable mine of information...superb value for money' Nautical Magazine 'Recommended to every boat owner' Practical Boat Owner 'A most amazing amount of data' The Island 'The essential technical bible' Yachting World

The Book Boat's in

Author: Cynthia Cotten
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780823425211
Category : Books and reading
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
On a book boat on the Erie Canal in the 1800s, Jessie spots a used copy of The Swiss Family Robinson, then works very hard all week to earn the money he needs to buy it. Includes historical note.

The Boat Data Book 8th Edition

Author: Ian Nicolson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1399412922
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 225

Sail Away, Little Boat

Author: Janet Buell
Publisher:
ISBN: 1575058219
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
A toy sailboat encounters a variety of animals as it journeys down a brook, to the river, and finally to the ocean.

Boat

Author: Eric Kentley
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
ISBN: 0863187935
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 67

Book Description
In ebook format How did boats evolve from hollowed logs used for fishing to magnificent liners and tankers? This superb collection of specially commissioned photographs tell the fascinating story of how and why boats rafts and ships have changed over the ages.See how a plank boat is constructed and look at sails from around the world from the elegant junks and hows of the East to the many-masted clippers that sailed the seven seas during the 19th century. Learn why the Titanic was thought to be 'unsinkable ' and how it feels to be standing on the bridge of modern fire ship. From fishermen on kayaks to soldiers on galleys cargo on steamships to sailors on yachts this book will show you the importance and perils of a life at sea.Produced in association with the National Maritime Museum Greenwich Boat is a compelling and informative guide to the development and history of boats and ships worldwide.