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Stand-up Paddleboarding in Great Britain is the essential companion
to anyone curious about one of Britain’s most exciting water
sports. Providing details on how to get started in stand-up
paddleboarding (SUP) in a safe and environmentally friendly manner,
this guide then suggests over 30 incredible places to SUP in
England, Scotland and Wales. Enthusiastic paddleboarder Jo Moseley
captures the joy of SUP by weaving together her experiences with
suggestions for your own adventures. These routes will inspire you
to gaze at fell tops from Derwent Water, drift along the Afon
Teifi, stroll along the Isle of Mull’s Calgary Bay or spot
another SUPer on London’s Regent’s Canal. Including information
on each route’s difficulty, public transport, parking,
refreshments and equipment hire, as well as stunning photography
and overview maps, this book has something for both SUP enthusiasts
and beginners. But most importantly, it exudes a passion for SUP
which will inspire anyone who reads it.
This second edition, 2018, shows - 8 new marinas, 11 new pontoons
& 13 new sets of visitor moorings - also new roads and ferry
routes. This high quality topographical map is specially designed
to show the `Big Picture' for the yachtsman planning to cruise in
the West of Scotland at a convenient scale of 1:350,000. It
provides a unique combination of the best information shown on a
conventional road map with selected nautical details. The map
covers the sailing area from the Clyde to Ullapool and the Outer
Hebrides as far north as Stornaway. The topographical base map is a
quite detailed and shows the information that is important to most
visitors - towns, villages, roads, railways, stations, ferry
crossings, airports, islands, bays, headlands, straits, mountains,
relief, rivers and lakes with all this detail in slightly muted
colours. Over this is superimposed the sailing information -
highlighted in bright colours to stand out - Marinas, pontoons,
visitor moorings, selected anchorages, diesel supplies, areas with
especially strong tidal streams, and a few selected pubs. The
format of the map is designed to be clear, convenient and user
friendly.
This stimulating account of an attempt to build an intellectual
bridge between the ancient navigators of the Pacific Ocean and
present-day practitioners of the art and science of navigation...
achieves the recording of several successful experiments... The
descriptions and the comparisons made between methods make good
reading."" - Journal of Navigation
Verlen Kruger and Steve Landick came up with the idea of a canoe
trip that would surpass all others, and they did it. Paddling their
canoes or carrying them on the connecting land passages, they
toured North America, from Montana to Manhattan, from New Orleans
to the Arctic Ocean, from Baja California to home in Lansing,
Michigan.
They mastered wild storms on the ocean, often paddled 75-100
miles or more in a day, shot through deadly rapids going
downstream, and paddled up several major rivers, reaching the
climax by going up the Grand Canyon. Again and again they were
warned, "It can't be done" or "You'll never make it," but each time
they rose to the challenge and kept going, finally completing a
canoe trip of 28,000 miles that lasted three and a half years and
was appropriately named "The Ultimate Canoe Challenge." This is the
story as Verlen lived it.
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A book of ideas collected by the coaches at Plas y Brenin. Over 300
top tips to help canoe and kayak coaches fill their own 'coach's
toolbox'.
The wind powers everything a sailor does and this book will help
you to understand it. As a result you will be more prepared for
your race, able to anticipate changes in the wind better and know
what to do when they come. The first edition of this book was
published in 1986, and it has been the go-to wind book for dinghy
champions ever since. This new-look fourth edition is fully updated
for modern forecasting and analyses a revised set of popular racing
venues around the world: unveiling what to expect from the weather
at over 25 regatta locations, it will get you ahead of the
competition and powering up the leaderboard.
A Capful of wind, AKA "Useless Information for Aspiring Skippers"
charts the author's progress from her first dubious adventures in a
leaky tub to trying for her Yachtmaster Certificate. Despite
everything that the elements and even fellow seafarers throw at
her, Monica Matterson wittily recalls a wealth of fascinating and
usually hilarious tales of misadventure on, in, and sometimes under
the sea - including pubs that vanish by dawn, how stolen planks
from a building site save the day in a storm, and much 'mud
shuffling'. The book includes over 60 original paintings and
drawings by the author that bring the cleverly observed humour
throughout this autobiography to life.
This sailor's logbook has received a makeover. Redesigned to appeal
to the 21st century sailor, it is fun to use, designed to last a
full season and the perfect gift for anyone passionate about
sailing. The new design allows space for electronic navigation
information and for narrative and it doubles as a visitors' book.
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