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| | Features | ISBN13: 9780070674752Condition: NewNotes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold!
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| | Description | Between these covers is the essence of centuries of seafaring experience, distilled into a concise, alphabetically organized reference for sailors and powerboaters. You'll find rules of thumb for hull thickness, bottom paint coverage, estimating distances, when to hoist and lower flags, predicting weather, which colors are unlucky, rope size and strength, anchoring rights, making a rum punch, and a lot more. This is either the most useful boating book ever designed to entertain or the most entertaining book ever designed to be useful. Open it to any page and browse awhile. You'll see. | |
| | Product Details | | Author: | John Vigor | | Paperback: | 256 pages | | Publisher: | International Marine division of McGraw-Hill | | Publication Date: | February 01, 1994 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0070674752 | | Product Width: | 117.0 centimeters | | Product Height: | 196.5 centimeters | | Product Weight: | 0.57 pounds | | Package Length: | 8.0 inches | | Package Width: | 4.6 inches | | Package Height: | 0.8 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.95 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 11 reviews |
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| | Customer Reviews | Average Customer Review: ( 11 customer reviews )
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68 of 77 found the following review helpful:
 best advice i've had in along time Jun 21, 2000
By geoff beck
having already read this book , I found it was filled with wisdom from the introduction to the very end , being on the water a lot for a living myself this book pointed out some of the more obvious rules of thumb that apply too mariners. And some very good ones i'd never heard of , but as it states in the book " good advice is so very hard to come by when it comes to rules of the ocean , and the black box theory is some thing i will do my utmost to adhere to as it is all very true done with the witty sence of humor that would appeal to more than most fisherman allthe way to seasoned sailors its a very handy book , A must for all serious Boaties !
7 of 8 found the following review helpful:
 way over rated Nov 17, 2006
By svSailor
This book has some definitions but, for the experienced boater, its a waste of shelf space. The "rules of thumb" are too brief to have any real value.
9 of 11 found the following review helpful:
 Good for the novice Jan 11, 2007
By Chris S. Fuller
"weather geek"
We enjoyed reading this book, but it wasn't what we had hoped. It is a better learning tool for the novice. The entries to the book are written in a alphabetical format. For example, entries about 'sails' are under S. We hoped it would be more of a non-fiction story form where one sailer's knowledge can help other sailers undergo new adventures. You'll read it once and then leave it on the shelf.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Bluewater sailor Apr 13, 2007
By Maria Lopez
"Ma.Yoraima"
Great book. Interesting and very funy. When you sail for a while you notice that things like the "black Box" described in the book are true. Very good advises...good companion if you planning bluewater sailing.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
For the Novice Boater Apr 12, 2007
By Marina Kushner
"Truth About Caffeine.com"
This reference guide is perfect for the novice boater just learning the ropes. It's organized alphabetically to make finding topics easy.
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