eBay Item number: 4571892171
This auction consists of a bundle of 13 nautical books featuring sailing
instruction, boat maintenance, nautical history and fishing. Descriptions
as
follows:
The Complete Book of Maritime Design. Awesome compendium of historic
detailed drawings and diagrams of various ships and ships systems, knots,
rigging, navigation implements, light house diagrams, charts, old steam
engines, guns & carriages, famous sea farer portraits. Beautiful color
plate
section. If you are reading the Patrick O'brien series, you need this
book.
Condition- excellent.
Sail Power by Wallace Ross. Thick, comprehensive guide to sails, sail
theory, sail handling. Condition- good.
Refrigeration for Pleasure Boats by Nigel Calder. Standard Calder techie
thoroughness. Condition- excellent.
Men, Ships and the Sea by the National Geographic Society. A general
overview of maritime history with lots of pictures and diagrams of pivotal
designs and historically significant craft. Condition- very good.
The Sailor's Sketchbook by Bruce Bingham. Excellent detailed homespun
drawings of various tips, tricks, do dads and fixes for the cruising
sailboat. Condition- excellent.
Deck Seamanship by Colin Jarman. Hands on tips for working the deck of a
cruising or competition sailboat. Condition- fair, some mould stains on
bottom of pages.
A Manual of Singlehanded Sailing by Tony Meisel. Covers the basics of
rigging, deck and cabin preparation. Condition- excelent.
Eric Sloan's Weather Book. An oldie but goodie. Great drawings and
diagrams
for easy learning curve. Condition- very good.
Boatbuilding with Aluminum by Stephen F. Pollard. Everything you need to
know to build an aluminum boat from lofting to welding to finishing.
Condition- excellent.
Multihulls magazine- The 25th anniversary issue with interviews and
articles
on all the catamaran design pioneers including a big section on James
Wharram. Tons of pictures. Condition- good, slight dampness wrinkling and
page tears.
Tristar Trimaran Construction by Eric Horstman. The Horstman home build
manual. Condition- good, some loose pages.
The New Fisherman's Encyclopedia. From the 60's but thick and
comprehensive.
Everything you need to know about fresh and salt water fishing,
everything.
Condition- very good.
The Saltwater Fisherman's Bible by Erwin Bauer. Tackle, baits , knots,
fish
habits and habitats, lots of photos. Condition- very good.
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