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

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. more

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-15-2009; 1 1/2 inches of Boating knowledge..; Scary what you don't know after forty years of boating and seamanship. Wish the book was available for Kindle/iPhone.; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-04-2008; Need to Know; This is a well written book with short,to the point bits of information. Think of it as a "Swiss Army" type of book, chock full of the informative 'bits' of info that distinguish a mariner form the landllubber. It's a quick study and...; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-03-2008; Good reference for new/novice boater; I am fairly new to boating and found this dictionary style book to be a good reference. All terms provide a true definition as well as some useful history. Worth the read.; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-08-2007; Great book to keep by the head!; This is a great book for new sailors and old.... Keep it by the head and you will enrich you sailing and "sitting" experience (or "s_itting " experience, ha, ha)...Full of great items from the highly technical to the ethereal--all...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-15-2009; 1 1/2 inches of Boating knowledge..; Scary what you don't know after forty years of boating and seamanship. Wish the book was available for Kindle/iPhone.; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-12-2007; Good for the novice; We enjoyed reading this book, but it wasn't what we had hoped. It is a better learning tool for the novice. The entries to the book are written in a alphabetical format. For example, entries about 'sails' are under S. We hoped it would...; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Nov-17-2006; way over rated; This book has some definitions but, for the experienced boater, its a waste of shelf space. The "rules of thumb" are too brief to have any real value.; read full review | report as inappropriate