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Fatal storm (POD) "the inside story of the tragic Sydney to Hobart race"

Fatal storm (POD) "the inside story of the tragic Sydney to Hobart race"

Mundle, Rob

Adlard Coles Nautical

The Sydney to Hobart yacht race is one of the world's major sporting events. In 1998, it became one of the world's major sporting disasters. Six sailors tragically perished, countless others suffered injuries, and numerous yachts sank or were badly damaged. The subsequent search and rescue operation was one of the most phenomenally accomplished peacetime ...

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pvp.25,00 €

Solitaire spirit "three times around the world single-handed"

Solitaire spirit "three times around the world single-handed"

Powles, Les

Adlard Coles Nautical

Les Powles only had 8 hours of sailing experience when he decided to sail solo around the world. Many novices would be content to just dream of such an adventure, and maybe get as far as a solo Channel crossing a couple of years down the line. Not so Les Powles, one of the twentieth ...

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pvp.18,50 €

Titanic on trial "the night the Titanic sank"

Titanic on trial "the night the Titanic sank"

Compton, Nic

Adlard Coles Nautical

Capturing the disbelief, the chaos and the terror of the fateful night the Titanic sank 100 years ago, Titanic on Trial brings to life the tragedy through the voices of those who
survived it. Stories about the sinking have become
legendary - how the band played to
the end, how lifeboats were lowered half-empty - ...

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pvp.14,50 €

Sunk without trace "30 dramatic accounts of yachts lost at sea"

Sunk without trace "30 dramatic accounts of yachts lost at sea"

Gelder, Paul

Adlard Coles Nautical

By the same author as the bestselling Total Loss,
this is a new collection of terrifying and compelling accounts of
yachts lost at sea. The seven deadly causes of loss continue to take
their toll, and Paul Gelder has compiled first-hand accounts of
shipwreck and sinking caused by Collision, Gear Failure, Stress of
Weather, Faulty ...

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pvp.14,50 €

The unofficial rules of sailing

The unofficial rules of sailing

Crawford, Jim

Adlard Coles Nautical

If you can't break the rules, you might as well laugh at them.



This lighthearted look at the various rules that govern the world of
sailing is for anyone who's come down on the wrong side of the race
committee, anyone who's broken into a sweat just reading the COLREGS,
and anyone who thinks bureaucracy ...

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pvp.17,00 €

Pacific odyssey

Pacific odyssey

Cornell, Gwenda

Adlard Coles Nautical

The South Pacific Islands conjure dreams of romantic charm and escape from the pressures of modern life - but is this a true picture of real life on the Islands today? Gwenda Cornell sailed to these Islands to discover the quality of life, history and culture of the peoples who inhabit these remote and beautiful ...

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pvp.19,90 €

Detailed Design of Ship Propellers

Detailed Design of Ship Propellers

Perez Gomez, Gonzalo

Fondo Editorial de Ingeniería Naval

Las hélices antiguas y modernas apenas se diferencian. En tanto todo en ingeniería está en continuo cambio y progresando, en lo que hace referencia a las hélices, es extraño que no se hayan producido cambios esenciales desde los últimos cien años, y que sería interesante crear un nuevo tipo. Trabajando con ideas nuevas, tras muchos ...

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pvp.65,63 €

Final Voyage "The world's worst maritime disasters"

Final Voyage "The world's worst maritime disasters"

Eyers, Jonathan

Adlard Coles Nautical

Everyone knows the story of the Titanic, but in terms of loss of life that catastrophe doesn't even figure as one of the 50 worst maritime disasters of the last three hundred years.

The twentieth century was the age of the great ocean vessels, capable of carrying thousands of passengers, but it also became the ...

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pvp.14,50 €

A thousand miles from anywhere

A thousand miles from anywhere

Clayton, Sandra

Adlard Coles Nautical

Following Dolphins Under My Bed and Turtles in Our Wake comes the third leg of the Claytons' voyage, two early retirees who decided to live life sailing from place to place to fulfil their dream.

Told uniquely from the wife's perspective, Sandra Clayton was initially a reluctant sailor, but became a keen yachtswoman by the ...

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pvp.14,50 €

Outrageous Grace "taking the long way home"

Outrageous Grace "taking the long way home"

Otterbacher, John

Adlard Coles Nautical

If you fall far enough, it's hard to know when you hit bottom. The air gets sucked out of you on the way down.'

This is the inspirational story of an incredibly determined sailor refusing to give up his dream in the face of massive odds. Just as he and his family had decided to ...

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pvp.14,50 €

Left for dead "30 years on - the race in finally over"

Left for dead "30 years on - the race in finally over"

Ward, Nick

Adlard Coles Nautical

The second edition of the Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year is updated with a new chapter describing Nick's eventual completion of the Fastnet Race thirty years after his first, ill-fated attempt.

The world-famous Fastnet Race takes yachts from the Isle of Wight to the Fastnet Rock off the southwest coast of Ireland and ...

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pvp.15,50 €

Ocean Crossing Wayfarer "To Icealand and Norway in a 16ft open dinghy"

Ocean Crossing Wayfarer "To Icealand and Norway in a 16ft open dinghy"

Dye, Frank

Adlard Coles Nautical

This classic sea story recounts Frank Dye's intrepid voyages in his open 16ft Wayfarer dinghy to Iceland and Norway, which must rank among the most hazardous sea adventures of our time.

Encountering the whole gamut of weather, such is Frank Dye's seamanship that he and his crew survived gales up to Force 9, capsizing and ...

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pvp.21,90 €