Getting Started in Powerboating is a friendly beginner's guide that concentrates on what you need to know when you first take the helm. This second edition includes a revised gallery of good powerboats, new material on basic safety, preparations to go offshore, and improved illustrations of tricky maneuvers. Getting Started in Powerboating covers all powerboats--big and small; single-engine, twin-engine, outboard, and sterndrive; trailerable and non-trailerable; fast planing hulls and slow but seaworthy displacement hulls; and everything in between. It can help you decide what kind of boat is right for you, and it describes fully the characteristic handling and behavior of each type. Bob Armstrong tells you how to dock any boat under any conditions of wind, current, and crowding, and how to leave a slip with a minimum of fuss. He explains how to handle docklines, how to execute close-quarters maneuvers, how to anchor, run inlets, adjust trim for a better ride, and cope with heavy weather. He offers hints for judging the quality of a boat, tips for quick mastery of a boat you've never handled before, and an expert's views on the types of powerboats available--from runabouts to motoryachts to houseboats, jetboats, and catamarans--and what to expect from each.

Getting Started in Powerboating

Sports & Outdoors

Armstrong, Bob

Water Sports

International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press

On December 8, 2002, the San Francisco Chronicle published an article by "Insight" contributor Bob Armstrong titled "Zen Dolls: Confessions of a Pimp in the Pod." In the article, Bob briefly recounted his adventures running an "escort" service before being arrested on March 27, 2002, on one count of pimping and two counts of selling drugs, all the while working as a freelance journalist. He spent time in the county lock-up where fellow inmates dubbed him "Vanilla Slim," but with a clean record he got off with 19 days served and three years probation. Articulate, argumentative, engaging, and witty, Armstrong is the philosopher-pimp: a college-educated, 50-something-year-old man, hip to San Francisco's various ethnic and cultural scenes, and hip to the city's history. Beautifully described in a kind of Bukowski-esque style, Armstrong relates the stories of his Zen Dolls with compassion and insight. Charging 500 a session, he's a cultural and sex industry critic, whose need to live a life of danger led him to think there was some good money and good times to be had by running a high-end operation. Armstrong's rise and fall is a rollercoaster ride through a life lived on the edge.

Vanilla Slim: An Improbable Pimp in the Empire of Lust

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

Da Capo Press

Get the most from your new powerboat from day one! There’s nothing like the thrill of skimming over the waves at the helm of a fast powerboat. And the thrill is even greater when you’re driving the boat that’s right for you and handling it with skill and confidence. This third edition of Getting Started in Powerboating gives you all the information you need to select the boat of your dreams, maneuver it like a master, and understand the rules and conventions of powerboating. Thoroughly updated with new developments and technologies, this new edition of the bestselling guide in its field covers all powerboats―big and small; single-engine, twin-engine, outboard, and sterndrive; trailerable and nontrailerable. You’ll discover the difference between a planing hull and a displacement hull, learn to compensate for the effects of wind and current, and master high-speed techniques. Plus this third edition features new photographs that illustrate key techniques and maneuvering sequences, including turning, backing, docking, and more. Must-have information includes:  The latest on four-stroke outboards Jack plates, jet drives, and bow thrusters  Piloting and navigation basics  Anchors and anchoring techniques An updated market survey of popular powerboats  State licensing requirements

Getting Started in Powerboating: The Guide to Selection and Seamanship

International Marine Publishing

1001 Business Ideas: Finding the Right Business to Fuel Your Passion and Create Your Perfect Lifestyle (Optimal Business Series)

Reference

Catalogs & Directories

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

A practical, challenging study (with questions and prayer prompts) of the "Sermon on the Mount" for followers and would-be followers of Jesus. What makes Jesus and his followers "different"? Find out why this revolutionary, life-changing sermon from Matthew's gospel is a key reason that Jesus Christ is regarded as one of the world's most important teachers, even by those who don't recognize him as their Lord and Saviour: -Different relationships -Different priorities -Different perspectives -Different standards -Different actions

Different Discipleship: Jesus' Sermon On The Mount

Religion & Spirituality

Dorricott, Keith

Press, Hayes

Toms, Alan

Riley, Ken

Fullarton, Brian

Prasher Jnr., George

Neely, Ed

Christian Books & Bibles

Hayes Press

LEAKY GUT: The Path To Optimal Health (Optimal Health Series)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Alternative Medicine

Independently published

1001 BUSINESS IDEAS: Finding the Right Business to Fuel Your Passion and Create Your Perfect Lifestyle (Optimal Business Series)

Business & Money

Job Hunting & Careers

WHAT'S MY BIG IDEA JOURNAL

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