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Author
Publisher
McGraw-Hill Education
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Sail your very first day on the water. Learn to Sail Today offers a uniquely fun and quick method for beginners to learn exactly what they need to enter the fun and rewarding world of sailing. Written specifically to engage and reassure the uninitiated, this sailing primer covers the essentials step by step without overwhelming you with intimidating diagrams and long lists of sail boat parts. This simple, intuitive guide uses dozens of informative...
2) Sail away
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
A family takes an enjoyable trip in their sailboat and watches the weather change throughout the day.
Author
Publisher
Patagonia
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 2006, Liz Clark decided to follow the path that surfing, sailing and love of the ocean had presented to her. Embarking on an adventure that most only dream of taking, she set sail from Santa Barbara, solo, headed to the South Pacific. Nine years later she is still following her path in search of surf and self and the beauty and inspiration that lies beyond the beaten path. In stories overflowing with epic waves and at the whim of the weather, Liz...
4) The long way
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bernard Moitessier was in the lead and nearing the finish of the Golden Cup -- a solo circumnavigation of the world -- when he abandoned the race and set his course for a personal journey that would conclude three months later in Tahiti.
Author
Publisher
DK/Penguin Random House Publishing
Pub. Date
2017, 2012
Language
English
Description
An illustrated, step-by-step guide to sailing, reviewing the parts of the boat, equipment, controls, and other basics; and discussing dinghy sailing, cruiser sailing, navigation, weather, practical boat care, and safety.
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Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sixth-grader Ben Pratt's life is full of changes that he does not like--his parents' separation and the plan to demolish his seaside school to build an amusement park--but when the school janitor gives him a tarnished coin with some old engravings and then dies, Ben is drawn into an effort to keep the school from being destroyed.
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Micekings volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Preparing to watch the Famouse Fjord Race, mouseking Geronimo Stiltonord, a family member from the ancient far north, is dragged onto a boat, despite his lack of sailing skills, before learning that the dragons are preparing for another attack.
10) The Sailor Dog
Author
Series
Publisher
Western Pub. Co
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A dog that has always wanted to go to sea realizes his dream.
11) Air bound
Publisher
Grindstone
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Dreaming of adventure, city mouse Gavin and his buddy Matthew join a crew of Ship Mice ready to set sail, just as young Chester bursts in, pleading for help. Stowing away on a boat, the gang heads for Dream Island to defend Chester's family of mice against Winston the White Weasel and his wicked weasel clan. But is their courage enough?
12) Ocean meets sky
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"A little boy builds a ship to honor his late grandfather and sets sail for the magical place where ocean meets sky from his grandfather's stories"--
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
In the great depths surrounding the Lofoten islands in Norway lives the infamous Greenland shark. At twenty-six feet in length and weighing more than a ton, it is truly a beast to behold. But the shark is not just known for its size alone: its meat contains a toxin that, when consumed, has been known to make people drunk and hallucinatory. Shark Drunk is the true story of two friends, the author and the eccentric artist Hugo Aasjord, as they embark...
17) Adrift
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Matt and Mike are best friends, just two working-class guys trying to earn some money in Montauk for the summer. When they meet Driana, JoJo, and Stef, three friends who live a much different life of privilege, Matt and Mike find themselves in a sticky situation where temptation rivals sensibility. Worlds collide when the group ventures out to sea aboard a small boat that Stef sneaks out from her dad's dock. As the waves rise and the fragile vessel...
Author
Series
Poppleton volume 3
Publisher
Acorn/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Poppleton the pig goes stargazing, tries out a new bed before he buys it, and goes sailing for the first time.
20) Before the wind
Author
Language
English
Description
Following The Highest Tide, Border Songs, and Truth Like the Sun, Jim Lynch now gives us a grand and idiosyncratic family saga that will stand alongside Ken Kesey’s Sometimes a Great Notion.
Joshua Johannssen has spent all of his life surrounded by sailboats. His grandfather designed them, his father built and raced them, his Einstein-obsessed mother knows why and how they work (or not). For Josh and his two siblings,...
Joshua Johannssen has spent all of his life surrounded by sailboats. His grandfather designed them, his father built and raced them, his Einstein-obsessed mother knows why and how they work (or not). For Josh and his two siblings,...
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