Sports & Recreation : Boating

Turn a run-down fiberglass boat into afirst-class yacht. Since it first appeared in 1991, Don Casey’s This OldBoat has helped tens of thousands of sailors refurbisholder fiberglass boats and has become a revered classicamong boat rehabbers.This second edition is revisedfrom first page to last with new information on electricalsystems, diesel engines, refrigeration, resins, plumbingand more. Plus, more than 600 newly created illustrationsenhance the book’s beauty as well as its utility. more...

Price: $49.95

In 1968, nine sailors set off on the most daring race ever held: to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe nonstop. It was a feat that had never been accomplished and one that would forever change the face of sailing. Ten months later, only one of the nine men would cross the finish line and earn fame, wealth, and glory. For the others, the reward was madness, failure, and death. In this extraordinary book, Peter Nichols chronicles a contest of the individual against the sea, waged at a time before cell phones, satellite dishes, and electronic positioning systems. A Voyage for Madmen is a tale of sailors driven by their own dreams and demons, of horrific storms in the Southern Ocean, and of those riveting moments when a split-second decision means the difference between life and death. more...

Price: $10.99

A great designer offers you a virtuoso tourthrough the world of sailboats. Bob Perry initiated the trend toward fast voyagingsailboats with his world-famous Valiant 40, whichhas been in production longer than any other cruisingsailboat in history. But Perry is not only a leading yachtdesigner--he is also an accomplished wordsmithwhose blunt, insightful, irreverent, and always entertainingboat reviews have captivated readers of Sailing magazine for 24 years. This book is vintage Perry, ano-holds-barred tour of the world of yacht designthrough the benchmark boats of his 30-year career. more...

Price: $39.95