This is a sea story, and it is true. It is the story of how fifteen people died, not in wartime, or on a hunt for whales, or in a typhoon in the South China Sea, but during a yacht race only seventy miles off the coast of England.
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With its comprehensive text and brilliant full-colour photos, "The Complete Guide to Surfing" clearly and vividly explains the world of surfing. Here is everything you need to paddle out and join in. Veteran surfing writer and California surfing pioneer Peter Dixon takes the reader step by step through basics such as choosing the right board, reading waves, paddling out, and from making your first ride through intermediate and advanced techniques. You'll learn the subtleties of board design, eti...
An exhilarating adventure awaits the whitewater enthusiast who follows any of the detailed runs in this newly revised guide. With close attention to the 100 very best runs available on the North American continent, the author focuses on: -- equipment, trip planning, and whitewater fundamentals; -- the location of each run, along with its distance and class (difficulty); -- the seasons, outfitters, and average price range; -- descriptions of the terrain and types of rapids encountered along t cou...
For anyone who has ever taken to or been taken by the water, The Sailing Fanatic is the perfect book. Featuring some of the most notable quotes about the sea, boats, the weather, engines, racing, and philosophy from many well-known personalities, including William F. Buckley Jr., Eugene O'Neill, John F. Kennedy, Sir Francis Chichester, Ted Heath, Ann Davison, Ted Turner, Jimmy Buffett, Rachel Carson, and many others, this is a collection that every sailor will treasure.
This nautical medley combines wit and wisdom for present-day sailors, acquired over the author's lifetime. Serious advice blends with humorous anecdotes in essential bunk-side (or bedside) reading, both for sailors and for landlubbers.
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"Extreme Surf" illustrates the most extreme surfing behavior. It explores the candidates for the world's gnarliest and fastest wave. It journeys up the Amazon to reveal the fearsome pororoca and travels to England for a surf ride that can last over an hour and where the major hazards are dead sheep, trees, and old refrigerators. It also includes the giant breaks of the surfing world--Jaws, Dungeons, Cyclops, Shiptern's Bluff, and Cortes Bank--and reveals the most feared waves from Northern Calif...