2,156円 Comfort is not a measureable quality, mainly because it means different things to different people. It also changes according to the weather, the time of year, the size of the boat, the distance from land, the prevalence of seasickness, and the state of the drinks locker. However, sound initial d...

2,156円 This trilogy tells how Ian Nicolson, yachtsman, naval architect and author, joined a Canadian and a Norwegian to sail the 45-foot ketch Maken from England via the Panama Canal to Vancouver, Canada. It goes on to describe how Ian returned home from Vancouver: how he hitch-hiked his way between Can...

596円 Hans-Werner Wienand ist auf der Suche nach Abgründigem, Skurrilem und Komischem in der Welt der Segler. Der Publizist, Satiriker und Weltumsegler findet Situationen, die sich zugetragen haben könnten, aber so sicherlich nicht zugetragen haben. Oder doch? Wer weiß das schon so genau? Möglich ist j...

1,477円 Amy and Jimmie were not sailors. Their experience included reading a few books, watching a couple of instructional videos, and sailing once a week for a year. They were land-lubberly, middle-class twentysomethings, audacious and in love. All they wanted was to be together and do something extraor...

1,326円 The Observer newspaper once wrote of Dudley Pope that he was ‘an author who really knows Nelson's navy’, whilst the Guardian maintained he had an 'expert knowledge of naval history'. Imagine, therefore, his heightened emotions and sense of history as he sailed his yacht past Cape Trafalgar one mo...

1,122円 Originally published London 1931, this is a well illustrated book that will prove invaluable to the class of yachtsmen for whom it is intended, with much information that will still be found practical and relevant to the modern reader. Contents include: The Selection of a Boat; The Effect of the ...

4,483円 In seiner Autobiografie zieht Bernard Moitessier die sehr persönliche Bilanz eines wirklich bewegten Lebens. Tamata ist viel mehr als Segeln. Es ist die Erzählung eines ungewöhnlichen, gelebten Traumes. Kurzum eine Erklärung, warum dieser 'Vagabund der Meere' zu einer großen Seglerlegende geworde...

2,157円 The 1866 transatlantic yacht race was a match that saw three yachts battle their way across the Atlantic in the dead of winter in pursuit of a $90,000 prize. Six men died in the brutal and close-fought contest, and the event changed the perception of yachting from a slightly effete gentlemen's pu...

2,122円 How is it that someone who gets seasick and loves her two showers a day attempted to sail across the Pacific in a small yacht with her new husband and baby? It can be summed up in two words. Love. Adventure. Yep, there is the love of adventure, which is pretty self explanatory. And then there is ...

2,156円 Getting afloat need not be difficult or expensive if you were to build your own boat. Most of the boats described here are suitable for beginners, and are small and light enough to be carried on a car roof rack. They can be taken to the sea, river, canal or lake; they are cheap and easy to build....

1,356円 32 dni jadranja čez Pacifik v soncu in dežju, v strahu in smehu Ko se jadrnica oddalji od kopnega in nas vseobsegajoča modrina posrka vase, se začnejo dogajati čudeži. Kar je bilo prej zapleteno, postane preprosto. Kar nas je prej morilo, pustimo za sabo. Strahove naenkrat sprejmemo z odprtimi ro...

1,723円 'A masterpiece.' New Yorker 'Wholly riveting, brilliantly researched.' Evening Standard 'A meticulous investigation into the seeds of disaster... fascinating, uncomfortable reading.' Sunday Times In 1968, Donald Crowhurst was trying to market a nautical navigation device he had developed, and saw...