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Buddy Haack and Doug Hoogs. Whether you're an active boater or you've just
dreamt of one day crossing the ocean onboard your own yacht, 'Megayacht'
is a must-read. Good lessons for every yachtsman. |
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Dougal Robertson. After their 43-foot schooner was stove in by a pod of
killer whales, the six members of the Robertson family spent 37 days
adrift in the Pacific. With no maps, compass, or navigational instruments,
and rations for only three days, they used every survival technique they
could as they battled 20-foot waves, marauding sharks, thirst, starvation,
and exhaustion. |
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Ruth Heller. Ruth Heller vividly explores the secrets of the Sargasso
through well crafted rhymes and museum quality artwork. Young readers are
treated to eels, flying fish, and other forms of fascinating aquatic life,
folklore monsters and the oceanographic science of this natural wonder. |
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Steven Callahan.
Steven Callahan's story of sheer determination is one of the best
survival tales since Swiss Family Robinson. On the night of January 29,
1982, Steven Callahan set sail in his small sloop from the Canary Islands
bound for the Caribbean. Thus began one of the most remarkable sea
adventures of all time. |
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| by Sebastian Junger. Tale of a doomed ship caught in the middle of what some meteorologists have called the storm of the century. At its heart is a gripping narrative about struggling for survival in a tempest of ferocious winds and 100-foot waves. | |
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Linda Greenlaw. This is Greenlaw's account of a monthlong swordfishing
trip over 1,000 nautical miles out to sea, tells the story of what happens
when things go right--proving, in the process, that every successful
voyage is a study in narrowl averted disaster.
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