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Author: Nigel Calder Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1472946685 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 225
Book Description
Long before he was one of America's leading yachting writers, Nigel Calder was a novice cruiser with ambitions grander than his experience. Nigel and his partner Terrie were young and foolish, with a home-built boat that was new and untested, one child already and another on the way - but they were determined to complete an adventurous 18-month voyage from New Orleans to Venezuela and back. It was the voyage that made Calder the yachtsman he is today, a marvellous romp through the West Indies, seeing an unspoilt Caribbean, while learning hard-won lessons from direct experience - troubleshooting engines, kedging off shoals and reefs, and most importantly navigating Nada, a yacht that quickly became very much part of the burgeoning Calder family too. An adventure story and a colourful travelogue in one, Shakedown Cruise is a must-read for all who are curious about what it takes to become a cruising sailor or create an adventurous life, as well as those who are just looking to sail along with Nigel and his family.
Author: Nigel Calder Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1472946685 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 225
Book Description
Long before he was one of America's leading yachting writers, Nigel Calder was a novice cruiser with ambitions grander than his experience. Nigel and his partner Terrie were young and foolish, with a home-built boat that was new and untested, one child already and another on the way - but they were determined to complete an adventurous 18-month voyage from New Orleans to Venezuela and back. It was the voyage that made Calder the yachtsman he is today, a marvellous romp through the West Indies, seeing an unspoilt Caribbean, while learning hard-won lessons from direct experience - troubleshooting engines, kedging off shoals and reefs, and most importantly navigating Nada, a yacht that quickly became very much part of the burgeoning Calder family too. An adventure story and a colourful travelogue in one, Shakedown Cruise is a must-read for all who are curious about what it takes to become a cruising sailor or create an adventurous life, as well as those who are just looking to sail along with Nigel and his family.
Author: HowExpert Publisher: HowExpert ISBN: 1648918174 Category : Travel Languages : en Pages : 175
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If you want to learn how to buy, drive, and maintain a recreational vehicle to travel and live the RV lifestyle, then check out HowExpert Guide to RV Life. HowExpert Guide to RV Life is a book for folks who don’t know much about RVs but feel they need to learn more about them. It covers topics such as: – What is an RV and how it can be used. – Different types and classes of RVs from the smallest trailer RVs up to the largest motorhomes. – Necessary terms and their definitions which RVers need to know. – What makes an RV different or similar to a regular house. – What homework and knowledge are needed to get the best RV for anyone. – Points for each type of RV. – How to find the best dinghy for folks with motorhomes. – What might be a way to try before you buy an RV. – What can be learned by going to an RV show. – What type of motorhome will be the quietest and best riding one. – What are the roomiest RVs. – What are the least expensive RVs. – Different ideas on where to travel once the RV is purchased. – The difference between a “shake-down cruise” and a “maiden voyage.” – Construction of RVs. – What RV appliances are like, and which ones to watch out for. – What “full hookup” means at campsites. First-hand experiences and suggestions are given throughout the book, which can help the person looking for more information on RVs or the RV newbie with the beginning of their RV experience. Check out HowExpert Guide to RV Life to learn how to buy, drive, and maintain a recreational vehicle to travel and live the RV lifestyle! About the Author Charley Dickson is a former Oregonian who now lives full-time in a 38’ Class A motorhome in various places around the country. In his 30+ years of RVing, he and his wife have traveled in a pop-up trailer, a 30’ travel trailer, a 29’ Class C motorhome, a 40’ 5th wheel trailer, and two Class A motorhomes. He’s been to most of the country, but there are still many places he and his wife will be seeing. He’s a firm believer in being more of a do-it-yourselfer rather than having someone else do a repair or modification. As such, he’s a staunch supporter of doing the homework to find out as many aspects of a certain subject as possible. As such, this book is written for other folks who want to know more about RVing. HowExpert publishes how to guides by everyday experts.
Author: Les Weatheritt Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1408188074 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 289
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Answering all of the important questions, this book shows not just how to sail an ocean for the first time, but also how to enjoy it. There are insights into the social as well as nautical reality of preparing the boat, the comfort of having highly detailed plans, the inside story of life with a crew, coping with unexpected gales and calms, the live-or-die decision to keep watches or not and the ports of call from Spain to Tobago via the Atlantic islands and West Africa. This fourth edition has been substantially expanded, with extra information on: - types of boat, anchoring, sleep and watch keeping - weather and climate, and the impact of Atlantic weather systems on timings and conditions of crossings - latest developments in technology (navigation, self steering, equipment) - alternatives to the standard routes across - sailing back from the US to the UK - this edition will get you home! 'I shall enjoy dipping into this dream maker, time and again...an excellent guide to the planning of your Atlantic crossing. Read all the other books but keep this one beside you' Cruising Association 'Offers down to earth advice based on hard-won experience' Yachting Monthly 'Covers everything the novice sailor needs to know for a voyage across the Atlantic' Practical Boat Owner
Author: Gannon McHale Publisher: Naval Institute Press ISBN: 1612513468 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 224
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Stealth Boat is a memoir of Gannon McHale's years in the U.S. Navy and of the men he served with in the Submarine Service between 1967 and 1970, and some of what they accomplished and experienced during that time. It is my also his remembrance of what it was like to grow up aboard a nuclear powered Fast Attack Submarine. McHale reported aboard USS Sturgeon (SSN 637) still a boy, and left a young man. This was the most important period in his personal development, and it profoundly affected the way he has lived the rest of his life. For many years any public discussion of the mission of Fast Attack submarines during the Cold War has been strictly guarded. The Freedom of Information Act now allows us to look back at a period in our nation’s history that is worth remembering, and the part played by the U.S Submarine Service in winning that war is undeniable. America in the late 1960’s was tortured by internal and external conflict. The war in Vietnam was unpopular and the Draft was still in operation.At the age of nineteen millions of young American men faced the probability of being drafted and sent to fight a war that many of them did not believe in. Some fled the country, others were drafted, and many more like the author chose to be proactive about their military service and enlisted. His book focuses on several men who did just that, and in the process became lifelong friends.
Author: Douglas E. Campbell Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1257951556 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 616
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"We knew we were going to have a rough time with this submarine from the beginning." Those words were written by Don Wheeler, a former DORADO crewmember who participated in the sea trials, in a letter to the author. DORADO was a U.S. Gato-class submarine, launched on May 23, 1943, set sail for Pearl Harbor via the Panama Canal on October 6, and was lost with all hands somewhere in the Caribbean Sea six days later. This book is quite possibly about one of the worst "friendly fire" incidents in U.S. military history. It is the story of a U.S. submarine attacked by a patrol-bomber aircraft attached to VP-210 out of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Within these pages you will read the formal Court of Inquiry that concluded, incorrectly, that the aircrew probably bombed a U-boat that was known to be in the area. Included in this book is the U-214 logbook which shows that they witnessed the bombing of DORADO. In this book is also the story of the author's search for the submarine over a 20+ year period.
Author: Nigel Calder
Author: Nigel Calder
Author: United States. Navy Department
Author: United States. Navy Dept
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Author: Les Weatheritt
Author: Gannon McHale
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
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Author: Douglas E. Campbell