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

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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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From: Amazon Posted: Jul 04, 2008 Type: User Review 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 easy to read...
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From: Amazon Posted: Jan 03, 2008 Type: User Review 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.
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From: Amazon Posted: Jun 08, 2007 Type: User Review 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 concerning our...
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From: Amazon Posted: Apr 13, 2007 Type: User Review Bluewater sailor

Great book. Interesting and very funy. When you sail for a while you notice that things like the "black Box" described in the book are true. Very good advises...good companion if you planning bluewater sailing.
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From: Amazon Posted: Apr 12, 2007 Type: User Review For the Novice Boater

This reference guide is perfect for the novice boater just learning the ropes. It's organized alphabetically to make finding topics easy.
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