For weekender and world cruiser alike, here is a wide-ranging compendium of hints, tips, and projects for boatowners, all of which aim to ease everyday life afloat. Readers will learn how to: set up, organize, and stock the galley for cruises of any length; catch and prepare fish and shellfish; grow herbs and sprouts; solve the storage puzzle: convert unused space to handy nooks and crannies; clean anything the fastest and easiest way; take care of your engine and electronics; heat, cool, and move air; modify the exterior for easier access, greater comfort, and better efficiency; streamline anchoring, moorage, and dockage; catch, carry, and conserve fresh water; paint, varnish, and work with fiberglass; keep the crew fit and healthy; keep pets secure and happy at sea; get rid of crawling, flying, and scampering pests; care for rigging and sails; get children involved in boating; handle mail, keep watch, stow trash, deal with laundry, and much more.

Good Boatkeeping

Engineering & Transportation

Aiken, Zora

Aiken, David

Transportation

International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press

If you are a sail- or powerboat owner who wants a quick-reference, how-to guide to coastal and inland cruising, this practical and down-to-earth advice is for you. Longtime cruisers Zora and David Aiken outline and dissect every situation you are likely to encounter while taking day trips and doing coastal cruising. They cover everything you need to get started: Reading and understanding charts; Plotting a course; Anchoring and docking safely; Negotiating traffic; Watching the weather; Communicating with boats and shore; Avoiding hazards, and much more. The book presents the basics first, followed by hard-to-come-by nuggets of wisdom and invaluable hints and tips, making it simple to find answers quickly or obtain in-depth information if needed. Tightly focused and utterly noninimidating, this is the most practical and accessible guide for the vast majority of everyday cruising boaters.

Good Cruising: The Illustrated Essentials

Engineering

Intl Marine Pub Co

Explains how to chose and set up a tent, pack the proper clothes, equipment, and food, and protect against animals and insects

Simple Tent Camping: The Basics of Camping from Car or Canoe

Travel

Food, Lodging & Transportation

McGraw=Hill

"Hassle-free camping is a pleasure, and this field-tested resource is a complete guide."--Outdoor Traveler

Essential Family Camper

Sports & Outdoors

Hiking & Camping

For weekenders, world cruisers, and liveaboard boaters — a wide-ranging compendium of tips and projects to improve boats Good Boatkeeping is the perfect place to turn for innovative ideas and clear instructions on how to make a good boat even better and the sweet life even sweeter. Now this updated and expanded Second Edition offers you even more inventive approaches and easy-to-implement solutions to everything from anchoring and docking to getting rid of pests. This stand-out collection of tips and projects is carefully organized by space and activity. Each of its 27 chapters offers 100 suggestions, ideas, and how-to tips for making life onboard an absolute joy. Topics include organizing the galley, engine maintenance, optimizing storage, easier cleaning, greater comfort, and much more. “Practical, uncomplicated, based on experience.” —WoodenBoat

Good Boatkeeping: 2,700 Ways to Improve Life Afloat

Water Sports

Camp ABC shows a variety of ways to enjoy the great outdoors while camping. Whether camping with a tent in the middle of a forest or enjoying a full-service RV resort bordering a beach, camping activities will satisfy any child’s curiosity. Presented in an alphabet format, simple rhymes and full-page illustrations suggest fun and adventurous camping activities, from bird watching to hiking and fishing and kayaking. Picture book; ages 0-6.

Camp ABC: A Place for Outdoor Fun

Children's Books

Literature & Fiction

Schiffer Kids

One morning, two frisky puppies leave the family farm for a day of play in Chesapeake country. In spite of many promising opportunities, the fun they seek always seems to be around the next corner. They meet some Chesapeake people, but they are working, and puppies can’t work. They watch some people catching crabs, but pups and crabs don’t mix. They meet some other Chesapeake creatures, but none are looking for new playmates. By the end of the day, the tired and discouraged puppies return home to find a party in their own front yard. Everyone’s having a good time—lots of food, lots of friendly folks, lots of fun. But the pups, alas, are too pooped to play. They learned a lot today, but play must wait for another day. Tomorrow, perhaps, they’ll be happy to know there really is no place like home. For ages 5-8.

Chesapeake Play Day

Animals

Children love to discover nature's wonders, and this book will encourage them to do just that. Focusing one special area the marshland of the Chesapeake and its tributaries the book presents a small number of commonly found birds, so children will not be disappointed in their search. Young birders will also see how the beauty of the marsh itself changes with the seasons. The book is not a typical field guide, but concentrates on a small number of commonly found birds, so children will not be disappointed in their search. Finding Birds in the Chesapeake Marsh can spark a lifelong appreciation for the birds and their surroundings. Grades 2-4

Finding Birds in the Chesapeake Marsh: A Child’s First Look

Fiberglass Repair is filled with easily accessed information, all aimed at giving a determined boatowner the necessary skills and the confidence to tackle typical fiberglass repairs, using either polyester or epoxy resin. In every boating area, hundreds of fiberglass boatstwenty, thirty, even forty years oldare still afloat, still providing all the fun of boating because their owners were willing and able to do the repair and restoration.

Fiberglass Repair: Polyester or Epoxy

Tidewater Pub

The illustrated essentials of cruising, under both sail and power.

Cruising: The Basics

Lyons Pr

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