The Practical Mariner's Book of Knowledge: 420 Sea-Tested Rules of Thumb for Almost Every Boating Situation

Review
``Vigor successfully combines fun and function in a dictionary-style resource that is eminently readable. . .[It] is tough to put down.''


Lakeland Boating
"Vigor successfully combines fun and function in a dictionary-style resource that is eminently readable... [It] is tough to put down."


Dockside
"Opening [this book] is... like opening a can of salty nuts. I can't resist just a little more before putting it away."


Boating
"Some of the stuff in this 242-page volume is useful... all of it is snake-eye fascinating."


Book Description
Between these covers is the essence of centuries of seafaring experience, distilled into a concise, alphabetically organized reference for sailors and powerboaters. You'll find rules of thumb for hull thickness, bottom paint coverage, estimating distances, when to hoist and lower flags, predicting weather, which colors are unlucky, rope size and strength, anchoring rights, making a rum punch, and a lot more. This is either the most useful boating book ever designed to entertain or the most entertaining book ever designed to be useful. Open it to any page and browse awhile. You'll see.


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Between these covers is the essence of centuries of seafaring experience, distilled into a concise, alphabetically organized reference for sailors and powerboaters. You'll find rules of thumb for hull thickness, bottom paint coverage, estimating distances, when to hoist and lower flags, predicting weather, which colors are unlucky, rope size and strength, anchoring rights, making a rum punch, and a lot more. This is either the most useful boating book ever designed to entertain or the most entertaining book ever designed to be useful. Open it to any page and browse awhile. You'll see.


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