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A Master Storyteller
"Something is out there that doesn't have a name," writes veteran sailor and writer Christian Williams as he invites us along once again on a 5,000-mile voyage of discovery around the North Pacific. Equipped with a new boat, a well-stocked toolbox and the entire history of philosophic thought, he takes us as crew through squalls and calms deep into a laboratory of the universe that exists only out of sight of land. Funny, erudite...
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Cuántos nudos existen, cuántos son verdaderamente útiles, cuáles nos serán de utilidad en casa, o para ir en barca, hacer alpinismo, salir a pescar, etc.
Nudos para unir, colgar, enlazar, regular, etc.
Gazas, ayustes, ligadas, accesorios, guías, sujeciones, sistemas de enganche, herramientas, etc.
Un libro ilustrado: en cada secuencia de los dibujos y de las fotografías veremos «nacer», con nuestros propios ojos, el nudo que nos interesa...
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This legendary account of a voyage around Cape Horn captures the majesty and misadventure of life at sea in the early nineteenth century In 1834, nineteen-year-old Richard Henry Dana left Harvard University to enlist as a deckhand on a brig sailing from Boston to the California coast. For the next two years, he recorded the terrifying storms, awe-inspiring beauty, and dreadful hardships of the journey in a diary he would later expand into this riveting...
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"Sail into the Horizon: A Handbook for Aspiring Sailors" is the ultimate guide for anyone interested in learning how to sail. This book covers everything from basic sailing terminology and concepts to advanced sailing techniques.The book begins with an introduction to the sport of sailing, including a history of sailing and an overview of the different types of sailboats. It then goes on to cover the basics of sailing, such as wind direction, tacking...
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Travel Tales: Sea Stories - The Ways of WaterI have collected so many fascinating stories of traveling the World's waterways from tales of ocean-going travel by huge ocean liners, and cruise ships to even sailboats. Indeed, if you expand the notion of travel along the World's waterways as well to include some of the Planet's most famous rivers, and if you consider the huge variety of means of water transport to also include small boats, canoes, rafts,...
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Si tu vida se viene abajo, ¿te hundirás o saldrás a flote?
Jono Dunnett tocó fondo y decidió lanzarse a navegar por aguas tormentosas para perseguir su sueño de dar la vuelta a Gran Bretaña haciendo windsurf. Según su propia estimación era una ambición insensata, y pronto se convirtió en una emocionante aventura.
Este impactante relato describe los altibajos que sufrió al arriesgarlo todo y las consecuencias de hacerlo.
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Adventures of Trim volume 2
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45 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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On his first morning at sea, ship's cat Trim looks for ways to help out, and makes a new friend along the way.
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Adventures of Trim volume 1
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45 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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When Trim gets off to a bumpy start as ship's cat, new friends, human and animal, help him settle in.
10) Ahoy!
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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Join a child captain and parent first mate as they embark on a wild high seas adventure-all without leaving the living room! This imaginative romp of a picture book is filled with glorious illustrations from a beloved Caldecott Medalist and New York Times bestselling creator.
Raise the mainsail! Batten the hatches! It's time to set sail...on the couch! There's a storm coming, and a child is ready to captain the ship. "Make haste and climb aboard,"...
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