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Not only is Bolero "the best of her class" (as someone said of her), but she was created and restored by a diverse company of people who were the best of their classes. Bolero is one of those cultural heirlooms that is constantly being rediscovered in ways that would astonish even her creators, and her story is of a vast and varied world of laughter and tears, triumph and failure. The same boat that was featured in Time magazine and broke a Be...

In this lavish, heavily illustrated book, yachting historian (and Bermuda Racer) John Rousmaniere tells the story of the remarkable sailors, the great boats, the tactics, the Gulf Stream ordeal, and the lure of Bermuda that make this the world's classic ocean race.

Co-publication with Fishers Island Yacht Club recounts history of recreational boating at Fishers Island, New York with special emphasis on the yacht club which was founded in 1928. Though small, this club has been home to many highly competitive sailors and is closely associated with several noted designs. Classic powerboats are also featured in this social history of the evolution of a boating organization. Illustrated with nearly 200 images...

The essential information boaters need--onboard and at their fingertips On the water, when questions arise, there's no time to search through an exhaustive manual. The "Captain's Quick Guides "provide all the answers--fast. Drawn from the world's largest boating library, each laminated Quick Guide presents 14 color panels of authoritative, concise information on a critical topic, designed for onboard quick reference. Quick Guides are: Hinged a...

It began in fine weather, then suddenly became a terrifying ordeal. A Force 10, sixty-knot storm swept across the North Atlantic with a speed that confounded forecasters, slamming into the fleet with epic fury. For twenty hours, 2, 500 men and women were smashed by forty-foot breaking waves, while rescue helicopters and lifeboats struggled to save them. By the time the race was over, fifteen people had died, twenty-four crews had abandoned shi...

From "abaft" to "Zulu, " including terms as new as "bowrider" and as old as "starboard, " here is the language of pleasure boating-clearly defined terms that today's sailors and powerboaters rely on to make their way safely and happily upon America's coastal waters.

Durante l'edizione 1979 della Fastnet, un'improvvisa burrasca forza 10 spazzò l'Atlantico e una flotta di 303 imbarcazioni, provocando la morte di quindici uomini a sole 70 miglia dalla costa inglese. L'autore, che fu tra i partecipanti alla regata sullo sloop americano Toscana, ha ricostruito con lucidità impressionante le fasi drammatiche di quella tragedia. Storie di equipaggi, ma anche dei loro coraggiosi salvatori che per ore e ore lottar...