A Knot a Day - 365 Knot Challenges for All Abilities by Nic Compton
43.00 NZD
Category: Nautical - Knots
This beautifully produced compendium gives you a knot challenge for every day of the year. With hundreds to choose from, all colour coded by use, you can work through the book from start to finish, gradually building on your knowledge as you go, or alternatively dipping in and out for your daily knottin ...Show more
A Spirit Companion - Celebrating the First 50 Years of the Spirit of Adventure Trust by Roger McDonald
60.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Biography | Reading Level: near fine
For 50 years, people from all walks of life have stepped aboard first the Spirit of Adventure, and today the Spirit of New Zealand Te Waka Herenga Tangata o Aotearoa, for a voyage of personal discovery. They've had fun, made friends, and been given a taste of expanded possibility. Distinguished author R ...Show more
The Complete Sailing Manual by Steve Sleight
48.00 NZD
Category: Nautical - Seamanship
The only sailing manual you will ever need, covering everything from sailing basics to making repairs and mastering navigation. The undisputed market leader in sailing guides, this fully revised and updated sailing manual answers questions about any sailing situation - with thorough coverage of all aspe ...Show more
Sailing the Graveyard Sea - The Deathly Voyage of the Somers, the U. S. Navy's Only Mutiny, and the Trial That Gripped the Nation by Richard Snow
60.00 NZD
Category: Nautical
A riveting account of the only mutiny in the history of the United States Navy--a little-known event that cost three innocent young men their lives--part murder mystery, part courtroom drama, and as propulsive and dramatic as the bestselling novels of Patrick O'Brian.On December 16, 1842, the US brig-of ...Show more
The Ship Asunder: A Maritime History of Britain in Eleven Vessels by Tom Nancollas
30.00 NZD
Category: History
A sharply poignant history of British seafaring, from the Bronze Age to the present day If Britain's maritime history were embodied in a single ship, she would have a prehistoric prow, a mast plucked from a Victorian steamship, the hull of a modest fishing vessel, the propeller of an ocean liner and an ...Show more
A Young Man's Antarctic Discovery by Maureen Lee
40.00 NZD
Category: Nautical
Diary of New Zealander Clarence Hare on Captain Scott's First Expedition 1901. A likeable young Christchurch man talks his way into joining Robert Falcon Scott's Discovery expedition to remote Antarctica. Also on board as the ship departs New Zealand: 46 men, 25 dogs, 3 cats and 50 sheep. Clarence (Clar ...Show more
HMS Victory Pocket Manual 1805["Admiral Nelson's Flagship at Trafalgar"] by Peter Goodwin
24.00 NZD
Category: Nautical
Go Sailing by Simon Jollands
30.00 NZD
Category: Nautical - Seamanship
The ultimate beginner's guide to sailing: no matter where you are or how old you are, this book shows you how to get afloat and what to do once you're aboard. There are only two things you need to get afloat--enthusiasm, and this book. In this ultimate beginner's guide, yachtsman and writer Simon Joll ...Show more
Erebus: The Story of a Ship by Michael Palin
28.00 NZD
Category: Nautical
HMS Erebus was one of the great exploring ships, a veteran of groundbreaking expeditions to the ends of the Earth. In 1848, it disappeared in the Arctic, its fate a mystery. In 2014, it was found. This is its story. 'Beyond terrific. I didn't want it to end.' - Bill Bryson Michael Palin - Monty Python ...Show more
A World of My Own - The First Ever Non-Stop Solo Round the World Voyage by Robin Knox-Johnston
28.00 NZD
Category: Nautical
On Friday 14 June 1968 Suhaili, a tiny ketch, slipped almost unnoticed out of Falmouth harbour steered by the solitary figure at her helm, Robin Knox-Johnston. Ten and a half months later Suhaili, paintwork peeling and rust streaked, her once white sails weathered and brown, her self-steering gone, her ...Show more