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Bridge Resource Management - Dalla Costa Concordia alla navigazione dell'era digitale (Italian, Paperback): Antonio Di... Bridge Resource Management - Dalla Costa Concordia alla navigazione dell'era digitale (Italian, Paperback)
Antonio Di Lieto
R1,012 Discovery Miles 10 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Les Voyages Aventureux Du Capitaine Martin de Hoyarsabal, Habitant de Culiburu, (Ed.1633) (French, Paperback, 1633 ed.): Martin... Les Voyages Aventureux Du Capitaine Martin de Hoyarsabal, Habitant de Culiburu, (Ed.1633) (French, Paperback, 1633 ed.)
Martin De Hoyarzabal
R543 Discovery Miles 5 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Le Portulan de la Mer Mediterranee, Ou Le Vray Guide Des Pilotes Costiers (Ed.1709) (French, Paperback, 1709 ed.): Henry... Le Portulan de la Mer Mediterranee, Ou Le Vray Guide Des Pilotes Costiers (Ed.1709) (French, Paperback, 1709 ed.)
Henry Michelot
R572 Discovery Miles 5 720 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Runabout Renovation: How to Find and Fix Up an Old Fiberglass Speedboat (Paperback, Ed): Jim Anderson Runabout Renovation: How to Find and Fix Up an Old Fiberglass Speedboat (Paperback, Ed)
Jim Anderson
R635 R585 Discovery Miles 5 850 Save R50 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

For those who own a cherished but dilapidated fiberglass runabout, or for those who want a boat but are turned off by the high prices and often poor quality of todays offerings, this book explains everything there is to know about turning a rundown runabout into a real showpiece for a fraction of the cost of a new model. Author Jim Anderson, a runabout renovator from Minnesotas Land of Ten Thousand Lakes, leads readers through the whole renovation process.

For those who think a project like this may be more than they can handle, renovating an old runabout is actually less complicated and expensive than adding on a deck or redoing a room--two of the most popular projects for home handymen. And Andersons sense of humor and gift for providing simple solutions make Runabout Renovation as fun to read as it is easy to understand.

The backyards of North America house literally millions of rundown runabouts ripe for renovation. With Jim Andersons help, you can own a better boat than you can buy new, for a quarter of the price or less. And like a beautifully restored 57 Chevy, itll have class.

Low-cost alternatives for the powerboater on a budget.

Although more people own boats ranging in length from 14 to 24 feet than all others combined, most books published about boat repair and restoration are directed at the big boat or yacht owner. In addition, many marine dealers and technicians never seem to have the right answers or the time to spend on people who own little boats. Hence Runabout Renovation, a complete guide to finding and fixing up old fiberglass speedboats.

Youll learn how to:


  • Choose and survey a boat
  • Make cosmetic repairs and repaint your boat
  • Replace the floor
  • Reupholster and carpet the interior
  • Build a new transom
  • Upgrade electrical and mechanical systems

. . . and much more. Theres even a section on repairing aluminum boats, and one on installing and repairing horns, lights, bilge pumps, live wells, and other speedboat accessories.

Considering the tens of thousands of fiberglass powerboats that exist today, one wonders why Jim Andersons Runabout Renovation is so late in coming. Whether youre shopping for a used or new boat, or trying to maintain the value of a boat you already own, this book will prove indispensable.--Richard Lebowitz, Editor, Boating World

Radar for Mariners, Revised Edition (Paperback, Ed): David Burch Radar for Mariners, Revised Edition (Paperback, Ed)
David Burch
R755 R685 Discovery Miles 6 850 Save R70 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Become an Expert Small-Craft Radar OperatorNothing beats radar for guiding your boat through the darkest night or the thickest fog. Radar enables you to plot a fix from just a single buoy or landmark, and it is the only navigation tool that tells you not just where you are, but who else or what else is out there with you. Today's smaller, affordable, efficient radars make more sense than ever for sailors and powerboaters. Adopted by the American Sailing Association for their radar course and used by professional and recreational radar training schools around the world, this complete, in-depth manual shows you how to: Choose the best radar model for your sailboat or powerboatInstall, adjust, and operate your systemInterpret the images on your radar screenPilot your boat and track the movements of vessels around youUse radar to track and avoid squalls, outmaneuver competitors in a yacht race, and other specialized tasksInterface your radar with a digital compass, GPS, or electronic chart "This book will turn you into an expert on small-craft radar operations. It covers everything--radar choice, installation, use, and how to interface with your electronics. Very comprehensive!" -- Boat Books "Stands out among other books on the subject . . . an excellent introduction to radar." -- Power Cruising "Radar is an electronic tool, the operation of which takes much more interpretation than any other--too little knowledge can be just as dangerous as none. Radar for Mariners helps you understand how radar works, explains its limitations, and shows you how to get the full use of radar's functions. This book should show up on the radar screen of anyone with radar--or contemplating getting one. I can't wait to go to my boat and stop playing with my radar and start using it." -- Good Old Boat

Nicolaes Witsen and Shipbuilding in the Dutch Golden Age (Hardcover, New): A. J. Hoving Nicolaes Witsen and Shipbuilding in the Dutch Golden Age (Hardcover, New)
A. J. Hoving
R3,819 R3,132 Discovery Miles 31 320 Save R687 (18%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In 1671, Dutch diplomat and scientist Nicolaes Witsen published a book that served, among other things, as an encyclopedia for the "shell-first" method of ship construction. In the centuries since, Witsen's rather convoluted text has also become a valuable source for insights into historical shipbuilding methods and philosophies during the "Golden Age" of Dutch maritime trade. However, as Andre Wegener Sleeswyk's foreword notes, Witsen's work is difficult to access not only for its seventeenth-century Dutch language but also for the vagaries of its author's presentation.
Fortunately for scholars and students of nautical archaeology and shipbuilding, this important but chaotic work has now been reorganized and elucidated by A. J. Hoving and translated into English by Alan Lemmers. In "Nicolaes Witsen and Shipbuilding in the Dutch Golden Age," Hoving, master model builder for the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, sorts out the steps in Witsen's method for building a seventeenth-century "pinas "by following them and building a model of the vessel. Experimenting with techniques and materials, conducting research in other publications of the time, and rewriting as needed to clarify and correct some vital omissions in the sequence, Hoving makes Witsen's work easier to use and understand.
"Nicolaes Witsen and Shipbuilding in the Dutch Golden Age "is an indispensable guide to Witsen's work and the world of his topic: the almost forgotten basics of a craftsmanship that has been credited with the flourishing of the Dutch Republic in the seventeenth century.
To view a sample of Ab Hoving's ship model drawings, please visit: http: //nautarch.tamu.edu/shiplab/AbHoving.htm

Notfall Navigation (German, Paperback): David Burch Notfall Navigation (German, Paperback)
David Burch; Translated by Peer Reeh, Heinz Ressl
R1,002 R858 Discovery Miles 8 580 Save R144 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Das lange vergriffene Kultbuch von David Burch, einem der weltbesten Navigatoren und Grnder der Starpath School of Navigation, nun auf Deutsch neu erschienen. Kein Survival-Handbuch, sondern ein umfassendes Werk ber die eigentlichen Grundlagen der Orientierung auf See, von den polynesischen Sternenpfaden bis zum Steuern nach dem Wind und nach Wellenbildern. Wenn die Technik teilweise oder zur Gnze versagt sollte der verantwortungsbewusste Skipper oder Navigator zumindest einige der hier aufgearbeiteten Grundlagen um Kopf haben. Ein leicht verstndliches Standardwerk fr alle, die sich mit dem Hochsee-Segeln befassen."

Prehistoria de la navegacion - Origen y desarrollo de la arquitectura naval primigenia (Spanish, Paperback): Victor M Guerrero... Prehistoria de la navegacion - Origen y desarrollo de la arquitectura naval primigenia (Spanish, Paperback)
Victor M Guerrero Ayuso
R3,808 Discovery Miles 38 080 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume discusses the origins and early development of boats and ships. It takes a global perspective and covers river to ocean-going vessels, examined comparatively by type. Spanish text.

Sorensen's Guide to Powerboats, 2/E (Paperback, 2nd edition): Eric Sorensen Sorensen's Guide to Powerboats, 2/E (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Eric Sorensen
R1,096 R969 Discovery Miles 9 690 Save R127 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The first book ever to revealwhat boat builders pay thousands ofdollars to learn: the secrets of ownersatisfaction

What makes a boat owner happy? Eric Sorensenand J. D. Power & Associates answer that questionin detail in this revised edition of "Sorensen's Guideto Powerboats." Now incorporating results from J. D.Powers' Boat Competitive Information Study, thisguide tells you everything youneed to know before opening your wallet. From runaboutsand pontoons to express cruisers and bassboats, the book covers it all, explaining the implicationsof different hull designs, construction methods, enginetechnologies, and more. "Includes J. D. Power's "PowerCircle" rankings."

Sailboat Refinishing (Paperback, Ed): Don Casey Sailboat Refinishing (Paperback, Ed)
Don Casey
R561 R527 Discovery Miles 5 270 Save R34 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Make your boat shine again

No improvement to a tired-looking boat will have a more dramatic impact than refinishing, and few tasks are easier. Here is everything you need to achieve a fabulous finish on your fiberglass boat's bottom, topsides, deck, spars, wood trim, and belowdeck surfaces while saving time, money, and grief.

What reviewers have said about Don Casey's boat maintenance books:

"Astonishingly clear text and illustrations. The reader can almost feel the hand-holding this book provides through each step."--"Dockside"

"I own many books filled with advice, but I strongly suspect that this is the one I will consult most."--"Sailing"

"Casey makes tricky points clear in hundreds of illustrations and lively prose."--"SailNet"

"If you have an older sailboat, you need this book."--"The Ensign"

The Yachtsman's Manual of Tides - The Theory and Practice of Navigating in Tidal Waters (Paperback, 2nd edition): Michael... The Yachtsman's Manual of Tides - The Theory and Practice of Navigating in Tidal Waters (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Michael Reeve-Fowkes
R1,032 Discovery Miles 10 320 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Yachtsman's Tidal Atlas, covering the English Channel, Southern North Sea and Bristol Channel, is a comprehensive aid to accurate navigation. In 2 colour for the first time, and compiled from a number of different sources including tide tables, tidal stream atlases, pilot books and charts, The Yachtsman's Manual of Tides provides clear tidal stream information in an easy to read format. All boaters will appreciate the large format, well laid out tidal stream charts with their detailed coverage and easy to read strength arrows. 'A superb navigational aid...this handy paperback is a well-proven aid to passage-planning.' Yachting Monthly 'Whether for cross-Channel planning or coastal cruising, many yachtsmen would not be without their Reeve-Fowkes.' Practical Boat Owner

Compass - A Story of Exploration and Innovation (Paperback, Revised): Alan Gurney Compass - A Story of Exploration and Innovation (Paperback, Revised)
Alan Gurney
R651 R616 Discovery Miles 6 160 Save R35 (5%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Compass" chronicles the misadventures of those who attempted to perfect the magnetic compass so precious to sixteenth-century seamen that, by law, any man found tampering with it had his hand pinned to the mast with a dagger. From the time man first took to the seas until only one thousand years ago, sight and winds were the sailor's only navigational aids. It was not until the development of the compass that maps and charts could be used with any accuracy even so, it would be hundreds of years and thousands of shipwrecks before the marvelous instrument was perfected. And its history up to modern times is filled with the stories of disasters that befell sailors who misused it. In this page-turning history of man's search for reliable navigation of treacherous sea routes around the globe, Alan Gurney brings to life the instrument Victor Hugo called "the soul of the ship."

Das Navigationsnetz. Die Ganzheitlichkeit des Systems der Seenavigation im Spiegel der Geschichte bis heute (German,... Das Navigationsnetz. Die Ganzheitlichkeit des Systems der Seenavigation im Spiegel der Geschichte bis heute (German, Paperback)
Wolfgang Kosling
R1,002 Discovery Miles 10 020 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Submarine Warfare In The Civil War (Paperback, 1st Da Capo Press ed): Mark Ragan Submarine Warfare In The Civil War (Paperback, 1st Da Capo Press ed)
Mark Ragan
R761 Discovery Miles 7 610 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Many people have heard of the Hunley, the experimental Confederate submarine that sank the USS Housatonic in a daring nighttime operation. Less well known, however, is that the Hunley was not alone under the waters of America during the Civil War. Both the Union and Confederacy built a wide and incredible array of vessels that could maneuver underwater, and many were put to use patrolling enemy waters. In Submarine Warfare in the Civil War, Mark Ragan, who spent years mining factory records and log books, brings this little-known history to the surface.The hardcover edition, Union and Confederate Submarine Warfare in the Civil War, was published to wide acclaim in 1999. For this new paperback edition, Ragan has revised and updated the text to include the full story of the Hunley's recovery and restoration.

Building the Greenland Kayak (Paperback, Ed): Christopher Cunningham Building the Greenland Kayak (Paperback, Ed)
Christopher Cunningham
R696 R636 Discovery Miles 6 360 Save R60 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This step-by-step guide to building a lashed-frame, fabriccovered sea kayak is both a means to a sleek, fast, universally admired boat and an excellent introduction to woodworking and boatbuilding for hobbyists. The Inuit design scales up or down to fit the paddler and can be built using $150 worth of hardware-store materials, a few basic tools, and a minimal investment of time. Also included: plans for a low-volume version designed for Eskimo rolling; an especially stable version for children; and discussions of kayaking equipment, paddling, and rolling techniques.

The Ottawa–St. Lawrence Navigator (Paperback): Doug Gray The Ottawa–St. Lawrence Navigator (Paperback)
Doug Gray
R572 R520 Discovery Miles 5 200 Save R52 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Down the Ottawa and up the St. Lawrence. The author of The Rideau and The Timiskawa Navigators shows us how to cruise these two waterways in a safe, enjoyable and seamanlike fashion. The ice may still be on the water when Doug starts us off with the planning and preparation phases. He has us studying the charts, laying off distances, figuring our time lines, making our lists and checking our gear. Then he takes along the rivers, telling of their histories, what to see and do and what to watch for. He describes the great ships plying the Seaway, and what they mean to us in our little craft and he does it all in his own unique style. Serious advice is lightened by his wry sense of humour.

Each chapter ends with a Rumrummer Tale, a story of those fascinating characters who freighted booze across the water every means, conceivable and otherwise.

Basic Coastal Navigation - An Introduction to Piloting for Sail and Power (Hardcover, New 1998 Edition): Frank J. Larkin Basic Coastal Navigation - An Introduction to Piloting for Sail and Power (Hardcover, New 1998 Edition)
Frank J. Larkin
R851 R793 Discovery Miles 7 930 Save R58 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This clear and accessible introduction to coastal navigation outlines most of the techniques of piloting that are still fundamental to safe navigation even with modern electronic aids. Step-by-step, the reader is guided from simple to more complex piloting solutions. In addition to dead-reckoning techniques, the author covers tides and currents and explains how to use LORAN C and GPS. There are numerous illustrations throughout the text and practice problems at the end of each chapter. Key Advantages: fully updated new edition, perfect for sail and power, clear layout and instructions, comprehensive overage of all aspects of coastal navigation, review questions and answers, and suitable for self-study and Coast Guard or other similar courses.

Sailboat Hull and Deck Repair (Hardcover, Ed): Don Casey Sailboat Hull and Deck Repair (Hardcover, Ed)
Don Casey
R856 R765 Discovery Miles 7 650 Save R91 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A fiberglass hulls seamless nature leads many boatowners to conclude that repair must be difficult. Wrong. Here, clearly and abundantly illustrated, is all you need to know to seal joints, bed hardware, replace portlights, locate leaks, fix cracks and even holes, restore your hulls gloss, renew nonskid decks, and much more. Youll wonder what you were worried about.

Latitude Hooks and Azimuth Rings: How to Build and Use 18 Traditional Navigational Tools (Paperback, Ed): Dennis Fisher Latitude Hooks and Azimuth Rings: How to Build and Use 18 Traditional Navigational Tools (Paperback, Ed)
Dennis Fisher
R710 R650 Discovery Miles 6 500 Save R60 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Latitude Hooks and Azimuth Rings is for people who like to work with their hands and who appreciate traditional nautical craftsmanship. You dont have to be the master of any craft to undertake any of these projects--from a simple kamal or latitude hook to the more complex pelorus or octant--just a careful and enthusiastic worker.

These 18 projects fall roughly into three categories: decorative, useful, and somewhere in between. Some, such as the astrolabe, are mainly for display. On the other hand, the sounding line is an important and practical tool for small-craft navigation, particularly in the absence of an electronic sounder. The cross-staff falls somewhere in between, equally at home in the den or the ditch kit.

Each of the devices discussed here--with simple, proven building instructions complemented by clear illustrations--has at one time or another been used for the practical business of navigation, and each is worth reviving for its beauty, historic value, or sheer usefulness.

Dennis Fisher has designed these projects with an emphasis on simplicity and reasonable cost. Everything can be scratch-built using easily obtainable materials and tools, and each is true to the spirit and function of the original instrument.

Field Guide to Sailboats of North America (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition): Richard M. Sherwood Field Guide to Sailboats of North America (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Richard M. Sherwood
R659 R624 Discovery Miles 6 240 Save R35 (5%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book features the history of boat production and detailed statistical data such as draft, sail area, and hull construction. Illustrations and detailed descriptions are provided for each of 255 boats. A new chapter guides potential boat buyers through the decision-making process and offers helpful advice on types of boats, storage, finances, and alternatives to ownership.


The Sharpie Book (Paperback, Ed): Reuel Parker The Sharpie Book (Paperback, Ed)
Reuel Parker
R738 R668 Discovery Miles 6 680 Save R70 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"The Sharpie Book" traces the development of the sharpie from its earliest days to the latest plywood-and-epoxy designs; gives comprehensive instructions that can be used to build sharpies of all types and sizes; and includes more than a dozen designs and plans for sharpies from 15 to 40 feet from the likes of Chapelle, Kunhardt, Munroe, Boiger, Clapham, Kirby, and the author. A sharpie is a long, narrow, flat-bottom craft that evolved in the 19th century along the Connecticut shore as an oyster fisherman's boat. An 1880 report by the U.S. Census Bureau characterized the sharpie as "so good a fishing boat and so fast a yacht that it has been adopted in a great many other localities throughout the United States." To this add three more superlatives--easy, cheap, and fast to build--and you have the keys to the sharpie's almost cultlike popularity among backyard boatbuilders.

Progress in Maritime Technology and Engineering - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Maritime Technology and... Progress in Maritime Technology and Engineering - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Maritime Technology and Engineering (MARTECH 2018), May 7-9, 2018, Lisbon, Portugal (Hardcover)
T. A. Santos, Carlos Guedes Soares
R9,073 Discovery Miles 90 730 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Progress in Maritime Technology and Engineering collects the papers presented at the 4th International Conference on Maritime Technology and Engineering (MARTECH 2018, Lisbon, Portugal, 7-9 May 2018). This conference has evolved from a series of biannual national conferences in Portugal, and has developed into an international event, reflecting the internationalization of the maritime sector and its activities. MARTECH 2018 is the fourth in this new series of biannual conferences. Progress in Maritime Technology and Engineering contains about 80 contributions from authors from all parts of the world, which were reviewed by an International Scientific Committee. The book is divided into the subject areas below: - Port performance - Maritime transportation and economics - Big data in shipping - Intelligent ship navigation - Ship performance - Computational fluid dynamics - Resistance and propulsion - Ship propulsion - Dynamics and control - Marine pollution and sustainability - Ship design - Ship structures - Structures in composite materials - Shipyard technology - Coating and corrosion - Maintenance - Risk analysis - Offshore and subsea technology - Ship motion - Ships in transit - Wave-structure interaction - Wave and wind energy - Waves Progress in Maritime Technology and Engineering will be of interest to academics and professionals involved in the above mentioned areas.

Ancient Ocean Crossings - Reconsidering the Case for Contacts with the Pre-Columbian Americas (Hardcover): Stephen C. Jett Ancient Ocean Crossings - Reconsidering the Case for Contacts with the Pre-Columbian Americas (Hardcover)
Stephen C. Jett
R1,735 R1,381 Discovery Miles 13 810 Save R354 (20%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Ancient Ocean Crossings paints a compelling picture of impressive pre-Columbian cultures and Old World civilizations that, contrary to many prevailing notions, were not isolated from one another, evolving independently, each in its own hemisphere. Instead, they constituted a "global ecumene," involving a complex pattern of intermittent but numerous and profoundly consequential contacts. In Ancient Ocean Crossings: Reconsidering the Case for Contacts with the Pre-Columbian Americas, Stephen Jett encourages readers to reevaluate the common belief that there was no significant contact between the emerging civilizations of Eurasia and Africa and peoples who occupied the terra incognita beyond the great oceans. More than a hundred centuries separate the time that Ice Age hunters are conventionally thought to have crossed a land bridge from Asia into North America and the arrival of Columbus in the Bahamas in 1492. Traditional belief has long held that earth's two hemispheres were essentially cut off from one another as a result of the post-Pleistocene meltwater-fed rising oceans. These oceans, along with deserts and mountains, formed impermeable barriers to interhemispheric communication. This viewpoint implies that the cultures of the Old World and those of the Americas developed independently. Drawing on abundant evidence to support his theory for significant pre-Columbian contacts, Jett suggests that many ancient peoples had both the seafaring capabilities and the motives to cross the oceans and, in fact, did so repeatedly and with great impact. His deep and broad work synthesizes information and ideas from archaeology, geography, linguistics, climatology, oceanography, ethnobotany, genetics, medicine, and the history of navigation and seafaring, making an innovative and persuasive multidisciplinary case for a new understanding of human societies and their diffuse but interconnected development.

Reeds Marine Surveying (Paperback, 3rd Revised Edition): Thomas Ask, Valerio De Rossi Reeds Marine Surveying (Paperback, 3rd Revised Edition)
Thomas Ask, Valerio De Rossi
R1,426 Discovery Miles 14 260 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Reeds Marine Surveying is aimed at students of marine surveying, professional marine surveyors, boatyard operators and technically-minded boat owners, and covers the latest marine surveying technology, including analysis of the mechanical behaviour of materials, failure analysis, stress concentration, fatigue and fracture, corrosion, wood-damaging organisms, polymer chemistry, and the composition and characteristics of common plastics, metal, alloys and composite materials.

This new edition expands its scope to include coverage of surveying topics relevant to ships and class surveying and includes more examples of common problems and the practical elements of surveying, as well as be updated throughout in line with technological developments, guidelines and best practice.

Reeds Marine Surveying has been in print for over twenty years and excellently serves the community of marine surveyors by providing technically robust presentations of this discipline. It extends the inquiry of inspection and safety beyond anecdote and into foundation principles and technologies.

Hawaiki Rising - Hōkūle‘a, Nainoa Thompson, and the Hawaiian Renaissance (Hardcover): Sam Low Hawaiki Rising - Hōkūle‘a, Nainoa Thompson, and the Hawaiian Renaissance (Hardcover)
Sam Low
R1,037 R880 Discovery Miles 8 800 Save R157 (15%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Attuned to a world of natural signs—the stars, the winds, the curl of ocean swells—Polynesian explorers navigated for thousands of miles without charts or instruments. They sailed against prevailing winds and currents aboard powerful double canoes to settle the vast Pacific Ocean. And they did this when Greek mariners still hugged the coast of an inland sea, and Europe was populated by stone-age farmers. Yet by the turn of the twentieth century, this story had been lost and Polynesians had become an oppressed minority in their own land. Then, in 1975, a replica of an ancient Hawaiian canoe—Hokule‘a—was launched to sail the ancient star paths, and help Hawaiians reclaim pride in the accomplishments of their ancestors. Hawaiki Rising tells this story in the words of the men and women who created and sailed aboard Hokule‘a. They speak of growing up at a time when their Hawaiian culture was in danger of extinction; of their vision of sailing ancestral sea-routes; and of the heartbreaking loss of Eddie Aikau in a courageous effort to save his crewmates when Hokule‘a capsized in a raging storm. We join a young Hawaiian, Nainoa Thompson, as he rediscovers the ancient star signs that guided his ancestors, navigates Hokule‘a to Tahiti, and becomes the first Hawaiian to find distant landfall without charts or instruments in a thousand years. Hawaiki Rising is the saga of an astonishing revival of indigenous culture by voyagers who took hold of the old story and sailed deep into their ancestral past.

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