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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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.

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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 easy to read and a great source to keep on hand. The short...

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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.

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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 concerning our common lust for the sea! Great gift for the sailor...

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Posted: Apr-13-2007

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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Posted: Apr-12-2007

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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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 be more of a non-fiction story form where one sailer's...

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Posted: Jan-09-2007

Must have for boaters.

This is a great little reference guide for all boaters. You can get an answer to almost any boating question.

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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.

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Posted: Jun-21-2000

best advice i've had in along time

having already read this book , I found it was filled with wisdom from the introduction to the very end , being on the water a lot for a living myself this book pointed out some of the more obvious rules of thumb that apply too mariners. And some very good ones i'd never heard of , but as it...

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