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Renowned Maine artist, Susan Tobey White, creates portraits and biographies of eighteen real Maine lobsterwomen (and girls) as they take joy in working "a man's job" on the water on the rough Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Maine.

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For one hundred years members of the Cruising Club of America have been sailing far and wide on the oceans of the world. The CCA is an amateur sailing club without a clubhouse--but that does not mean the members are not communicative. They have written, photographed, and talked about their adventures. They have passed along adventures, disasters, great pleasures, and useful information for those who sail in their wake.In ¿Adventurous Use of th...

This beautiful, full color cookbook has more than 50 recipes from Maine's famous windjammer fleet as well as photographs and information on the windjammers, their owners, cooks and crew and the beautiful coast of Maine. Recipes include hearty seagoing favorites like chowders, bisques and stews as well as inventive new creations like Baked Salmon With Sour Cream Dill Caper Sauce, and Chocolate Zucchini Cake. And of course recipes from the windj...

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In the realms of both the marine industry and competitive sailboat racing at its highest levels, few if any couples have matched the accomplishments of Steve and Doris Colgate, the longtime proprietors of the world-renowned Offshore Sailing School: With over 150, 000 graduates, no one has taught more willing novices how to sail than Offshore. A scion of the Colgate family of Colgate-Palmolive fame, and the daughter of a famed, award-winning sc...

The Winter Coast of Maine is the first fine art book dedicated to color photographs of Maine's coastal landscape made exclusively during the coldest months¿a time of year that most visitors and summer residents rarely get to see.

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With great good humor and a Wagnerian sense of the majesty in an ocean crossing, Juan Corradi makes his sailboat the star of the narrative, and inspires anyone to take to sea in a small sailing vessel, and see the World from the deck of a sailboat. He gives details of her design and build, her string of lucky owners, and the great adventures at sea over 25 years.

Are you dreaming of becoming a boat-owner? Are you a new boat-owner with a lot of questions? What if you could get expert and entertaining advice from a sailor and powerboater who has spent a lifetime testing and writing about boats and boat gear, and experiencing first-hand the joys and trials of owning them? Here¿s what other experts are saying about Doug Logan¿s BoatSense: I only wish Doug Logan's wonderfully engaging and instructive treati...

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Bonding with Nature helps the reader maintain the critical connection to the natural world and her creatures throughout life¿even when life challenges, medical issues, trauma, or normal aging interfere. Dr. Dianna Emory describes, and supports through research, how creative approaches to interacting with nature in our home environment, local lands, state and national parks, and other green spaces can carry us through challenges, especially whe...

In 2005, Frank Blair built a 63-foot wooden schooner in Nova Scotia and set off with friends on her two-year maiden voyage around the world. This book is about a great success: breakdowns with recoveries, lovely ports and blue water voyages of 4000 miles and more. Come along!

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Ben Emory is one of the most important figures in land conservation and land trusts, particularly in the state of Maine. His efforts have resulted in thousands of acres of waterfront land and islands to be preserved for future generations. This moving book tells not only of his tireless efforts but his love of the coast of Maine, its people and its

The story of how the Marion-Bermuda Yacht Race came into being and the inspiring story of how it confronted the growing professionalism in ocean racing. Read about the founders and their Corinthian principles. Hear narratives from many colorful characters and read about some of the dramatic events that happened offshore during these fast passages t

Sponsored by the New York Foundation on the Arts, Meet Miss Subways is an artistic, delightful voyeuristic and even historically important look at the famous subway advertising program. Each month for thirty-five years, a young woman was selected as "Miss Subways" and her picture and brief biography appeared in thousands of subways and busses. She became an instant celebrity! The author and photographer have tracked down forty Miss Subways (ma...

A bible of modern sail handling and selection. It is presented in an oversize format along with four/color photographs.

Voyager 3 takes its name and impetus from the two space probes, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, launched by NASA in 1977 and now the furthest human-made objects from Earth. Around these lunar pilgrims, Darst launches indelibly evocative prose poems and photographs delivering feelings, places, activities, and conditions of the mind and soul.