From YouTube's popular Rigging Doctor channel, The Rigging Handbook is an introductory to mid-level book intended for boat owners, sailors, and cruisers who want to better understand how the mast and sails work. Part I covers the function of rigging on a sailboat and a general overview of common rig designs-with a focus on single-masted sloops ......
A a must-have for the serious (or weekend) sailor or boater in case a medical emergency or other medical problem arises when you go sailing or power-boating.
This is the story of the historic ship Vega’s first missions of mercy—a real-life sea tale complete with vicious storms, exotic locations, heart-rending moments, and priceless glimpses into real life on some of the world’s most remote tropical islands.
In December 2004, Shane Granger and his partner, Meggi Macoun, had just completed a ......
A century, a hundred, a ton, whether in sport, in life or an exam result raises expectations and interest. When it is a celebration of a leading yacht club's longevity, pens descend on paper. From small beginnings after the First World War the Royal Lymington Yacht Club has become one of the UK's leading sports clubs. The Club's patron, HRH ......
The story of how the Coast Guard transformed a captured WWII ship into a national symbol and a platform for diplomacy USCG Cutter Eagle has been an integral part of the United States Coast Guard since her commissioning in 1946, serving as both a training ship and a representation of the Coast Guard's commitment to excellence. Originally built in ......
On a cold, blustery, late November day in 1920 a little black 45-foot yacht beat her way slowly through the Narrows against an ebbing tide and a raw nor'wester and tied up at St. George, Staten Island. To the casual observer there was nothing unusual about the event, except possibly the lateness of the season, but to the practiced eye there were ......
Racing Through Paradise is the third entry in Bill Buckley's now classic sailing trilogy. Here the irresponsible, eloquent, enjoyable Buckley guides us through his beloved Azores, and through the Galapagos ("the Bronx Zoo at the Equator"), about which he inclines more to Melville's view than to Darwin's, and through places such as Johnston Atoll, ......
All the virtues of Bill Buckley's earlier books are here--but this one is profoundly different. 1990 was a very good year, producing vintage Buckley. He celebrated deeply meaningful anniversaries: the fortieth year of his marriage; the fortieth since his graduation from Yale; the thirty-fifth from National Review, the magazine he founded, and then ......
