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Deer Isle's Undefeated America's Cup Crews - Humble Heroes from a Downeast Island (Paperback): Mark J. Gabrielson Deer Isle's Undefeated America's Cup Crews - Humble Heroes from a Downeast Island (Paperback)
Mark J. Gabrielson
R491 R458 Discovery Miles 4 580 Save R33 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In 1895, emissaries from the New York Yacht Club traveled to Deer Isle, Maine, to recruit the nation's best sailors, an "All American" crew. This remote island in Penobscot Bay sent nearly thirty of its fishing men to sail "Defender," and under skipper Hank Haff, they beat their opponents in a difficult and controversial series. To the delight of the American public, the charismatic Sir Thomas Lipton sent a surprise challenge in 1899. The New York Yacht Club knew where to turn and again recruited Deer Isle's fisherman sailors. Undefeated in two defense campaigns, they are still considered one of the best American sail-racing teams ever assembled. Read their fascinating story and relive their adventure.

The Galveston-Houston Packet - Steamboats on Buffalo Bayou (Paperback): Andrew W Hall The Galveston-Houston Packet - Steamboats on Buffalo Bayou (Paperback)
Andrew W Hall
R527 R487 Discovery Miles 4 870 Save R40 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Many imagine the settlement of the American West as signaled by the dust of the wagon train or the whistle of a locomotive. During the middle decades of the nineteenth century, though, the growth of Texas and points west centered on the seventy-mile water route between Galveston and Houston. This single vital link stood between the agricultural riches of the interior and the mercantile enterprises of the coast, with a round of operations that was as sophisticated and efficient as that of any large transport network today. At the same time, the packets on the overnight Houston-Galveston run earned a reputation as colorful as their Mississippi counterparts, complete with impromptu steamboat races, makeshift naval gunboats during the Civil War, professional gamblers and horrific accidents.

Shipwrecks of Massachusetts Bay (Paperback): Thomas Hall Shipwrecks of Massachusetts Bay (Paperback)
Thomas Hall
R526 R485 Discovery Miles 4 850 Save R41 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Massachusetts Bay stretches along the rocky coast and dangerously sandy shoals from Cape Ann to Cape Cod and gives the Bay State its distinctive shape and the Atlantic Ocean one of its largest graveyards. Author and longtime diver Thomas Hall guides us through the history of eight dreadful wrecks as we navigate around Mass Bay. Learn the sorrowful fate of the Portland and its crew during the devastating Portland Gale of 1898, how the City of Salisbury went down with its load of exotic zoo animals in the shadow of Graves Light and how the Forest Queen lost its precious cargo in a nor'easter. Hall provides updated research for each shipwreck, as well as insights into the technology, ship design and weather conditions unique to each wreck.

Cascade Locks and Canal (Paperback): Friends of the Cascade Locks Historical Museum Cascade Locks and Canal (Paperback)
Friends of the Cascade Locks Historical Museum
R601 R549 Discovery Miles 5 490 Save R52 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Ferries of Puget Sound (Paperback): Steven J Pickens Ferries of Puget Sound (Paperback)
Steven J Pickens
R610 R553 Discovery Miles 5 530 Save R57 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Ferryboats have been a way of life on Puget Sound since settlers first arrived there. From the wooden Mosquito Fleet to the sleek art deco Kalakala, the ferries of Puget Sound serve as a cultural icon to visitors and locals alike. Running from Point Defiance to Sidney, British Columbia, the Washington State ferry system is the single largest tourist attraction in the state, with 28 routes and 23 million riders annually. Names like Vashon, Kalakala, and Chetzemoka still resonate with fondness and nostalgia long after they have gone, while ships built the year Lindberg flew solo across the Atlantic will soon be pensioned off and pass into the "Ghost Fleet." In this volume, travelers are invited to look back to the past and bid Puget Sound's "ancient mariners" a fond farewell.

The Sailing Boat - a Description of English and Foreign Boats (Paperback): Henry Coleman Folkard The Sailing Boat - a Description of English and Foreign Boats (Paperback)
Henry Coleman Folkard
R567 Discovery Miles 5 670 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Ship Beneath the Ice - The Discovery of Shackleton's Endurance (Paperback): Mensun Bound The Ship Beneath the Ice - The Discovery of Shackleton's Endurance (Paperback)
Mensun Bound
R360 R326 Discovery Miles 3 260 Save R34 (9%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

The extraordinary story of how the Endurance, Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship, was found in the most hostile sea on Earth in 2022 On 21 November 1915, Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship, Endurance, finally succumbed to the crushing ice. Its crew watched in silence as the stern rose twenty feet in the air and then, it was gone. The miraculous escape and survival of all 28 men on board have entered legend. And yet, the iconic ship that bore them to the brink of the Antarctic was considered forever lost. A century later, an audacious plan to locate the ship was hatched. The Ship Beneath the Ice gives a blow-by-blow account of the two epic expeditions to find the Endurance. As with Shackleton's own story, the voyages were filled with intense drama and teamwork under pressure. In March 2022, the Endurance was finally found to headlines all over the world. Written by Mensun Bound, the Director of Exploration on both expeditions, this captivating narrative includes countless fascinating stories of Shackleton and his legendary ship. Complete with a selection of Frank Hurley's photos from Shackleton's original voyage in 1914-17, as well as from the expeditions in 2019 and 2022, The Ship Beneath the Ice is the perfect tribute to this monumental discovery.

Hotel Boat - An Inkeeper Afloat (Paperback): Jeremy Scanlon Hotel Boat - An Inkeeper Afloat (Paperback)
Jeremy Scanlon
R403 Discovery Miles 4 030 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Jeremy Scanlon was born and educated in Massachusetts. Now he lives in this cottage illustrated on the back cover beside the canal. His wife, Dorothy Priest, was born in the cottage, daughter of the carpenter who built the canal's lock gates. Their hotel narrowboat carried paying guests over 60,000 miles along the lovely inland waterways of England and Wales. Here mine hosts enjoy a rare moment of tranquility in 'Unicorn's' saloon.

Water Under the Keel (Paperback): David Beveridge Water Under the Keel (Paperback)
David Beveridge
R570 Discovery Miles 5 700 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Born in the ancient fishing village of Rosehearty on the Moray Firth coast in 1949, David Littlejohn Beveridge went to sea in June 1966 as a deck apprentice with T & J Brocklebank. In 1978 he joined the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland later the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency, achieving command in 1987. 'Water Under the Keel' is his autobiography.

All Standing - The Remarkable Story of the Jeanie Johnston, the Legendary Irish Famine Ship (Paperback): Kathryn Miles All Standing - The Remarkable Story of the Jeanie Johnston, the Legendary Irish Famine Ship (Paperback)
Kathryn Miles
R392 R365 Discovery Miles 3 650 Save R27 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

More than one million immigrants fled the Irish famine for North America--and more than one hundred thousand of them perished aboard the "coffin ships" that crossed the Atlantic. But one small ship never lost a passenger.
"All Standing" recounts the remarkable tale of the "Jeanie Johnston" and her ingenious crew, whose eleven voyages are the stuff of legend. Why did these individuals succeed while so many others failed? And what new lives in America were the ship's passengers seeking?
In this deeply researched and powerfully told story, acclaimed author Kathryn Miles re-creates life aboard this amazing vessel, richly depicting the bravery and defiance of its shipwright, captain, and doctor--and one Irish family's search for the American dream.

Chesapeake Bay Shipwrecks (Paperback): William B. Cogar Chesapeake Bay Shipwrecks (Paperback)
William B. Cogar
R600 R543 Discovery Miles 5 430 Save R57 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Colonial Clippers (Hardcover): Basil Lubbock The Colonial Clippers (Hardcover)
Basil Lubbock
R1,145 Discovery Miles 11 450 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
HMS Victory Pocket Manual 1805 - Admiral Nelson's Flagship At Trafalgar (Hardcover): Peter Goodwin HMS Victory Pocket Manual 1805 - Admiral Nelson's Flagship At Trafalgar (Hardcover)
Peter Goodwin
R303 R275 Discovery Miles 2 750 Save R28 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

This new addition to the best-selling Conway pocket-book range features Admiral Nelson’s fully preserved flagship HMS Victory, the most tangible symbol of the Royal Navy’s greatest battle off Cape Trafalgar on October 21st 1805. In the HMS Victory Pocket Manual, Peter Goodwin adopts a fresh approach to explain the workings of the only surviving ‘line of battle’ ship of the Napoleonic Wars. And, as Victory was engaged in battle during only two per cent of her active service, the book also provides a glimpse into life and work at sea during the other ninety-eight per cent of the time. This volume presents answers to questions such as: ‘What types of wood were used in building Victory?’; ‘What was Victory’s longest voyage?’; ‘How many shots were fired from her guns at Trafalgar?’; ‘How many boats did Victory carry?’; ‘What was prize money?’; ‘What was grog?’; ‘When did her career as a fighting ship end?’, and ‘How many people visit Victory each year?’. It gives a full history of the world's most famous warship through a highly accessible pocket-book format. The book includes a pertinent and varied selection of contemporary documents and records to explain the day-to-day running of a three-decker Georgian warship. The leading historian of the sailing man of war, Peter Goodwin was technical and historical advisor to HMS Victory in Portsmouth for more than 20 years, and is in a unique position to investigate and interpret not only the ship’s structure but also the essential aspects of shipboard life: victualling, organisation, discipline, domestic arrangements and medical care.

Glossaries of Nautical Terms - English to Chinese (Simplified), Creole, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portugese,... Glossaries of Nautical Terms - English to Chinese (Simplified), Creole, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portugese, Russian, Spanish (Hardcover)
Auxiliary Interpreter Corps
R2,656 Discovery Miles 26 560 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Maritime Elizabeth City (Hardcover): Paul M Vincent Maritime Elizabeth City (Hardcover)
Paul M Vincent; Foreword by Don Pendergraft
R793 R692 Discovery Miles 6 920 Save R101 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Conestoga River - A History (Paperback): Donald Kautz The Conestoga River - A History (Paperback)
Donald Kautz; Foreword by Steven Nolt
R552 R512 Discovery Miles 5 120 Save R40 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Aboard the Fabre Line to Providence - Immigration to Rhode Island (Paperback): Patrick T. Conley, William J Jennings Aboard the Fabre Line to Providence - Immigration to Rhode Island (Paperback)
Patrick T. Conley, William J Jennings
R509 R479 Discovery Miles 4 790 Save R30 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In an era when immigration was at its peak, the Fabre Line offered the only transatlantic route to southern New England. One of its most important ports was in Providence, Rhode Island. Nearly eighty-four thousand immigrants were admitted to the country between the years 1911 and 1934. Almost one in nine of these individuals elected to settle in Rhode Island after landing in Providence, amounting to around eleven thousand new residents. Most of these immigrants were from Portugal and Italy, and the Fabre Line kept up a brisk and successful business. However, both the line and the families hoping for a new life faced major obstacles in the form of World War I, the immigration restriction laws of the 1920s, and the Great Depression. Join authors Patrick T. Conley and William J. Jennings Jr. as they chronicle the history of the Fabre Line and its role in bringing new residents to the Ocean State.

2022 Nautical Almanac (Hardcover): Uk Hydrographic 2022 Nautical Almanac (Hardcover)
Uk Hydrographic
R1,099 R960 Discovery Miles 9 600 Save R139 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Georgian Bay Ship Canal - Canada's Abandoned National Dream (Hardcover): Ray Love The Georgian Bay Ship Canal - Canada's Abandoned National Dream (Hardcover)
Ray Love; Photographs by Terence Hayes, Jessica McShane
R1,112 Discovery Miles 11 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
War Under Waves - A History of Submarines (Hardcover): Fred Warshofsky War Under Waves - A History of Submarines (Hardcover)
Fred Warshofsky
R739 Discovery Miles 7 390 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Boat Building and Boat Yards of Long Island - A Tribute to Tradition (Hardcover): Nancy Solomon Boat Building and Boat Yards of Long Island - A Tribute to Tradition (Hardcover)
Nancy Solomon; Foreword by Bill Bleyer
R746 Discovery Miles 7 460 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Titanic (Hardcover, Revised edition): Stuart Robertson Titanic (Hardcover, Revised edition)
Stuart Robertson
R307 R229 Discovery Miles 2 290 Save R78 (25%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Titanic is a fascinating exploration of the most famous maritime disaster of all time. It delves into the astonishing facts surrounding the tragedy of 1912 and is essential for anyone wishing to separate myth from reality. With a range of trivia including facts about the construction of the vessel deemed to be 'unsinkable', the information is presented in an interesting and engaging way to embrace a wide variety of readers. This title is brimming with facts about the Titanic and its passengers, the history of the Titanic, strange stories of premonitions of the disaster, conspiracy theories, the various films, the sinking of the Titanic, the discovery of the wreck and salvage operations, are all explored. Brief, accessible and entertaining pieces on a wide variety of subjects makes it the perfect book to dip in to. The amazing and extraordinary facts series presents interesting, surprising and little-known facts and stories about a wide range of topics which are guaranteed to inform, absorb and entertain in equal measure.

Sailing Directions for the Bristol Channel (Hardcover): E J Bedford Sailing Directions for the Bristol Channel (Hardcover)
E J Bedford
R1,460 Discovery Miles 14 600 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
My Name is Frank - A merchant seaman talks (Hardcover): Frank Laskier My Name is Frank - A merchant seaman talks (Hardcover)
Frank Laskier
R423 Discovery Miles 4 230 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Chesapeake Bay Deck Boats (Hardcover): Larry S Chowning Chesapeake Bay Deck Boats (Hardcover)
Larry S Chowning
R750 Discovery Miles 7 500 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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