From one of the most respected marine how-to authors on either side of the Atlantic, Nigel Calder's Cruising Handbook is an indispensable resource for experienced and beginning cruisers alike. With the help of more than 750 drawings and photographs, Nigel Calder addresses the concerns of both coasta[...]
The boatowner's foremost troubleshooting guide, now better than ever If it's on a boat and it has screws, wires, or moving parts, it's covered in "Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual." When you leave the dock with this book aboard, you have at your fingertips the best and most comprehensive[...]
This is the world's best-selling marine engine maintenance book. Calder is the world's leading boat technology writer and the author of the best-selling "Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual". No one explains marine systems more clearly and usefully.[...]
Your quick-reference, on-board guide to the symbology and shorthand notations used on nautical charts Nautical charts contain an incredible amount of informationfor those who know how to decipher them. But without a key to the symbology, a chart can be bewildering. Nigel Calder, one of today's most[...]
Authoritative, practical, and hands-on information on reading and relying on electronic and paper nautical charts The classic How to Read a Nautical Chart explains every aspect of electronic and paper nautical charts: how a chart is assembled, how to gauge the accuracy of chart data, how to read ch[...]
The maintenance bible for boatowners is fully updated and better than ever! If it's on a boat and it has screws, wires, or moving parts, it's covered in Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual. When you leave the dock with this indispensable resource aboard, you have at your fingertips the bes[...]
The most comprehensive and helpful guide ever written for selecting and equipping a cruising sailboat Whether you re a coastal or offshore cruiser, you ll find your most pressing concerns treated with the know-how that makes for skillful, confident cruising in Nigel Calder s Cruising Handbook. The [...]
According to Einstein himself, this book is intended "to give an exact insight into the theory of Relativity to those readers who, from a general scientific and philosophical point of view, are interested in the theory, but who are not conversant with the mathematical apparatus of theoretical physic[...]
Offers a tour of the horizons of knowledge, from quarks to linguistics, climate change to cloning, and chaos to superstrings, presented as a set of self-contained stories. The stories are arranged as A - Z entries.[...]
This manual takes both novice and experienced boatowner through minor to major repairs of electrical systems, engines, electronics, steering systems, generators, pumps, cookers, spars and rigging. When it was first published in 1990, the Boatowner's Mechanical & Electrical Manual broke new ground. I[...]
Here, in this goldmine of a book, is everything the reader needs to keep their diesel engine running cleanly and efficiently. Nigel Calder is the world's foremost writer on boat systems maintenance, and in this extensively illustrated guide, he explains how diesel engines work, defines new terms, an[...]
This book is the most comprehensive, helpful and up to date guide ever written on selecting, equipping and sailing a cruising yacht. Indispensable for prospective boat buyers and cruisers, whether coastal or world-girdling, it covers all the technical and practical aspects of cruising yachts and sys[...]
Scientists agree that over the last century the earth has become warmer. But do we really know why this has happened? A deftly written and enjoyable read, "The Chilling Stars" outlines a brilliant, daring and undoubtedly controversial new theory that will provoke fresh thinking about global warming.[...]
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