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There is a considerable overlap between books on seamanship and those on meteorology. Please see our Meteorological page for further reading on this topic.
See also:
- Hand, Reef and Steer, the standard book on sailing gaff rigged vessels.
THE BAROMETER HANDBOOK.,By David Burch. Paperback, 191mm x 235mm, 239 pages, black and white photographs and illustration.
Since the first public appearance of barometers some three hundred years ago, the barometer has traveled through history along two seperate paths.
There has been the lineage of instrument makers and engineering scientists who focus on how barometers work, how to make and repair them, how to calibrate them, and how to tell a good one from not so good; and along the other path is the lineage of barometer users whose focus is one the meaning of atmospheric pressure and how to use that information to analyze and forecast the weather.
The barometer remains the most important tool for evaluating and predicting the weather. This book explains why knowing accurate values of the atmospheric pressure can improve this process and benefit all applications. Ways to evaluate and calibrate aneroid and electronic barometers using readily available data by Internet or telephone are clearly described. Tactical applications to marine navigation are covered. The book also includes worldwide average monthly pressures and their standard deviations.
NZ$55.00 + Delivery
EMERGENCY COMPANION.,By Jon Winge. Softcover, Spiral-bound flip chart, 80mm x 223mm, 23 pages, full colour drawings.
In this guide, you'll find practical information for handling emergencies:
NZ$23.00 + Delivery
CHAPMAN PRACTICAL BOAT HANDLING.,By Gregory O. Jones with Dave Kelley. Paperback, 160mm x 235mm, 185 pages. monochrome and colour drawings and diagrams.
It's one thing to own a boat - it's quite another to become an expert seaman. No one knows that better than Chapman, the world's foremost nautical authority, whose expert advice has helped educate boaters for nearly a century. Written for power boaters and sailors operating under engine power, this invaluable reference features professional tips, illustrations, and insightful anecdotes on every aspect of boat handling, including trailering and launching, navigating in protected and open waters, and returning safely to the dock. You'll master the basic skills and advanced strategies that will help you become a safer, more confident boater.
NZ$40.00 + Delivery
CHAPMAN BOATER'S HANDBOOK.,By Elbert S. Maloney. Paperback, 140mm x 210mm, 304 pages. Black & white drawings and diagrams.
A must have on any boat, the Boater's Handbook has been revised by one of America's leading boating experts. Elbert S. "Mack" Maloney brings a lifetime of hands-on boating experience to the update of this classic, facts-at-your-fingertips reference book. Whether it's dealing with onboard emergencies, complying with safety regulations, polishing your seamanship skills, reading charts, assessing weather conditions, maintaining your vessel, or just figuring out which flag to fly when, all the basic information a boater needs is presented clearly and concisely in the revised Boater's Handbook. Special features include numerous tables, charts, and line drawings, plus a wealth of recommended tables, charts, and line drawings, plus a wealth of recommended reference sources. A front-cover table of contents keyed to printed "thumb tabs" makes looking up information a snap.
NZ$55.00 + Delivery
HANDLING STORMS AT SEA. The 5 secrets of heavy weather sailing,By Hal Roth. Hardback, 195mm x 238mm, 269 pages. Black & white photographs, drawings and diagrams.
"In this book," says Hal Roth, "I'm going to talk about techniques that sailors employ to deal with storms". And when a sailor of Hal Roth's world-girdling experience talks about heavy weather, smart sailors listen. In these pages he lays out a five-point gale strategy and discusses all aspects of:
Few subjects are of more universal concern among sailors, and few incite more disagreement. Some experts advocate heaving-to, while some say you should run off. Some say you should lie to a sea anchor over the bow, while others argue that only a drogue over the stern can help. Hal Roth shows us that all these tactics can work and have proved themsleves. The trick is to integrate them into a flexible strategy that adapts to the storm, your boat, and circumstances such as sea room and crew condition. Roth's simple, clear authoritative analysis is just what this debate needs.
Roth's book How to sail around the world included four chapters on storm tactics arranged in order of increasing storm severity. Readers and reviewers agree that these chapters are among the best material available for cruising sailors, providing the most logical and coherent synthesis of available observations into a strategy that evolves and responds as a storm grows stronger. In Handling storms at sea, Roth elaborates those chapters into a clear, prescriptive handbook.
NZ$58.00 + Delivery
HEAVY WEATHER SAILING, Sixth Edition.By Peter Bruce. Hbk, 175mm x 253mm, 294 pages, full colour photographs, drawings and diagrams.
Heavy Weather Sailing has achieved international pre-eminence for providing vital information best acquired from the hard won experience of others.
When subjected to a storm at sea there is no one, simple remedy for safety and comfort, nor will there ever be. Within these pages are a tremendous number of well-tried methods for optimising the situation in bad weather that have proven successful, and they emanate from some of the most renowned sailors of our time.
This new edition of Heavy Weather Sailing reflects the latest thinking. There are new chapters on seeking shelter in heavy weather, storm sails, helming a RIB in heavy weather and handling multihulls in storm conditions. There is a crop of new accounts of unexpected and extraordinarily severe weather encountered worldwide, including one by the renowned sailing couple Lin and Larry Pardey off the east coast of Australia, and another by Alex Whitworth describing a storm in the South Atlantic during his remarkable circumnavigation. Sadly not all the accounts have a happy ending, but the book maintains the tradition of the great British sailor Adlard Coles in offering the ungilded truth to those seeking knowledge.
Heavy Weather Sailing has long reigned as the ultimate authority on surviving storms at sea for crews of any size, whether racing or cruising. If ever there was a difinitive book on the subject, this is it. Dame Ellen MacArthur has written the foreword for this sixth edition.
NZ$125.00 + Delivery
COCKPIT COMPANION.By Basil Mosenthal. Pbk, 80mm x 223mm, full colour photographs and drawings.
Handy essential information like:
NZ$23.00 + Delivery
BOAT HANDLING UNDER SAIL & POWER.By Bill Anderson & Tom Cunliffe. Paperback, 171mm x 240mm, monochrome photographs and drawings.
This book will help you handle your yacht smoothly, safely and without fuss. It explains the principles needed to master each situation, letting you work with your yacht rather than against her. Discover:
Bill Anderson and Tom Cunliffe are both yacht owners of long standing. Over many years of sailing they have made most boat handling mistakes, and now pass on their knowledge of how to avoid them.
NZ$35.00 + Delivery
RACING CREW.By Malcolm McKeag & Bill Edgerton. Paperback, 171 x 240mm, 95 pages, monochrome photographs.
A racing yacht can be a very public place to make a mistake. Especially if that mistake costs a place, or causes a sail to fall in the water or something to break. Add a bit of a breeze and your error could be expensive or, worse, dangerous.
Help is at hand. This book explains, using words and photo sequences, exactly how to perform all the crewing jobs - safely, smartly and fast.
Newcomers to yacht racing - be they cruising sailors or dinghy crews - will find the book especially useful. In fact this book will give everyone the confidence to join a new crew, perform well - and be asked back!
Since it first appeared as Yacht Crewing, Malcolm McKeag's book has been regarded as the essential handbook for yacht racing crew. Working closely with National Keelboat Coach Bill Edgerton, he has ensured that this second edition incorporates the very latest fast techniques.
NZ$41.00 + Delivery
SEAMANSHIP SECRETS.By John Jamieson. Papercover, 137 x 216mm, 326 pages, monochrome drawings and illustrations.
In the night, wind, rain, fog, big seas, strong currents, or congested waters, when there's no time for textbook seamanship solutions, what you need are shortcuts and techniques that work quickly and reliably every time.
Distilled from the vast accumulated lore of seamanship and navigation, here are the absolute essentials - 185 techniques that work without fail in the pilothouse or the exposed cockpit or flying bridge of a shorthanded sail- or powerboat. John Jamieson shows you how to:
Even in this age of electronic navigation you need to know how to eyeball your boat through any situation. Each of the techniques in this cut-to-the-chase book has shown itself to be absolutely repeatable. It will work this time, the next time, and the time after that, in conditions fair or foul.
NZ$36.00 + Delivery
THE SEA SURVIVE MANUAL.By Frances & Michael Howorth. Papercover, 156x 233mm, 232 pages, monochrome drawings.
This is the definitive reference for anyone venturing out of sight of land in any size vessel. Written for professional and leisure skippers and crew on craft from 10 to 100 metres, it gives advice on voyage preparation, recommended equipment to carry and what to do if things go wrong at sea. Fully compliant with IMO and MCA regulations, and covering the Personal Survival Course syllbus now required by all paid crew, the book is completely international in its appeal.
NZ$55.00 + Delivery
HOW TO COPE WITH STORMS.By D von Haeften. Paperback, 138mmx 216mm, 170 pages, monochrome photographs and drawings.
Being caught out in a gale is every sailor's nightmare. Doubts and fears are hard to banish as the boat is battered by the wind and waves.
This book explains how bad weather develops, how to avoid it, and how to survive if that weather can't be avoided. From watching for signs of oncoming danger to coping with emergencies on board, this book is packed with practical advice to help the seafarer cope.
NZ$35.00 + Delivery
REEDS SKIPPERS HANDBOOK 5TH EDITION.By Malcolm Pearson. Paperback, 100mmx 160mm, 188 pages, colour photographs and drawings.
This book has been a bestseller since first publication, and it is easy to see why. Bursting with useful information, all packed into a handy pocket size, this is an aide-memoire of everything a boater needs to know when going to sea.
Was NZ$28.00 + Delivery
Now NZ$20.00 + Delivery
SKIPPER'S ONBOARD EMERGENCY GUIDE.By Adlard Coles Nautical. Paperback, Landscape, Spiral-bound, 240mmx 198mm, 24 pages, full colour illustrations.
Find informations on how to deal with an emergency situation like:
NZ$35.00 + Delivery
HANDLING & ANCHORING YOUR BOAT DVD.By Bennett Marine Video. DVD, 73 minutes running time.
Boat anchoring and maneuvering are two of the most desired skills in boat handling. The essence of good seamanship demands that the boat operator be able to leave his slip and arrive at his destination safely, and to be able to skillfully anchor the vessel. Correct anchoring simply means that the vessel is going to stay where you put it without dragging and or interfering with other vessels at the anchorage.
This DVD is designed for boaters who are looking to increase their knowledge of safe maneuvering and anchoring skills.
Subjects covered include:
NZ$60.00 + Delivery
HEAVY WEATHER TACTICS (Using Sea Anchors and Drogues).By Earl Hinz. Paperback, 150mm x 230mm, 185 pages, black and white photos and diagrams.
Anyone sailing a yacht or motor vessel out of the sight of land needs to be prepared for the worst that the weather can throw at them. Just as self-steering systems and autopilots have given the offshore seaman another pair of hands to steer the boat, so sea anchors and drogues have provided another means of handling threatening seas. Heavy Weather Tactics provides the reader with in-depth advice and analysis about
NZ$45.00 + Delivery
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