The Pocket Oxford Guide To Sailing Terms

Author : Ian Dear
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Sailing
ISBN : 0192820125

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The Pocket Oxford Guide to Sailing Terms by Ian Dear Pdf

The rich language of the sea binds together sailors of many countries and makes them a breed of men and women whose vocation--or avocation--is quickly identified by their colorful language. Based on the authoritative Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea, this comprehensive, illustrated guide offers concise entries on more than 1,275 international terms used in yachting and square-rigging, giving the definition and derivation of most everyday sea terms. The Pocket Oxford Guide to Sailing Terms is not only useful but delightful reading for sailors and landlubbers alike. The reader will find many familiar words that have adopted new meanings at sea. On a sailing ship, for example, one may find an apron, a shoe, a cot, a cradle, and a crib; a horse, bridle, saddle, stirrup, and whip; a dog, fox, mouse, and rabbit. But when sailors use these terms they are describing timber, hand clips, rope, and riggings. Each entry in The Pocket Oxford Guide to Sailing Terms has been corrected and updated, making this the most reliable guide on the market--an essential reference for anyone who sails for business, competition, or pleasure.

Author : Ian Dear,Peter Kemp
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Både
ISBN : 019280068X

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An A-Z of Sailing Terms by Ian Dear,Peter Kemp Pdf

Handy and authoritative, this invaluable guide deserves a place on every yachtsman's bookshelf. With entries for booby-hatch, growler, jack in the basket, and throat seizing, it is also a lively and readable reference work for the interested landlubber. * Detailed explanations of nearly 1,500 sailing terms * 150 clear and informative illustrations on rigs and rigging, knots, tackles, and a wide variety of onboard fittings and equipment * Broad coverage includes navigational and meteorological definitions, as well as fascinating entries on weather lore and sailing expressions 'For scholars and writers, it is indispensable; for anyone interested in boats and words, irresistible.' Motor Boat and Yachting 'will fit into the smallest dinghy ... contains an astonishing amount about rigging and fitting out.' Daily Telegraph

Author : Keith McLaren
Publisher : D & M Publishers
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-26
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781926812175

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A Race for Real Sailors by Keith McLaren Pdf

In the summer of 1920, the public following the latest America’s Cup series were frustrated to find that every time the wind got up, the organizers called off the race. There was muttering in the taverns of Halifax and Lunenburg: why not show these fancy yachtsmen what real sailors can do? A Nova Scotia newspaper donated a trophy and put out a challenge to their rivals in New England, inviting them to meet the Maritimes’ best in a “race for real sailors.” A Race for Real Sailors is a vibrant history of the Fishermen’s Cup series, which dominated sporting headlines between the two world wars. The salt spray practically blows off the page as the author’s arresting style captures the drama of each race and the personalities of the ships that contested them: the Delawana and the Esperanto, the Columbia and the Gertrude L. Thebaud, and dominating them all the Bluenose, the big brute from Lunenburg whose image shines on the Canadian dime to this day. Vying for the spotlight are the boats’ larger-than-life skippers, among them Marty Welch, the hard-charging American who first took the cup; Ben Pine, the Gloucester scrap dealer whose passion kept the races afloat when they seemed destined to fade away; and the irascible, impossible Angus Walters, master of the Bluenose, who repeatedly broke American hearts but whose own heart was broken by Canada’s refusal to come to the rescue of his beloved vessel. This stirring and poignant tale is illustrated with 51 historical photographs and five maps, and rounded out by a glossary of sailing terms and an appendix of the ever-changing race rules. This is a story that will keep even confirmed landlubbers pegged to their seats, a tale of iron men and wooden ships whose time will never come again.

Author : Bloomsbury Publishing
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-18
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781472984951

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Reeds 9-Language Handbook by Bloomsbury Publishing Pdf

Being able to communicate with the local people is very important – whether it is to ask for a berth, a spare part or where the nearest chandlery or supermarket is. So, with this book, even if your pronunciation is a bit out, you should still be able to make yourself understood, quickly and efficiently, which makes this dictionary a vital part of your cruising kit. The pocket dictionary is centred around clear, colour, annotated diagrams, such as parts of the rig and engine, in each nautical subject area, and makes it very easy and convenient to translate between nine languages (English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Danish, Portuguese and Greek). The diagrams can easily be used to show someone what is meant (or what is broken!) without having to worry about the language barrier. It covers general terms, such as 'port' and 'starboard', as well as technical words relating to engine and rigging repair and maintenance. Other topics include navigation, weather, seamanship, requesting help, medical emergencies, safety equipment, numbers and time. Whether you're a keen offshore sailor, motorboater or even an armchair boating enthusiast, Reeds 9-Language Handbook is a handy reference tool that will help expand both your ability to communicate and your horizons.

Author : William Brian Stewart
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 9780886293154

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Life on the Line by William Brian Stewart Pdf

Pierre-Étienne Fortin led a life and plied a career at the heart of Canada's early history. He was an adventurer, an amateur scientist, an early (if ambiguous) conservationist and a Conservative politician from 1867 to 1888. He was a doctor on Grosse-Île amid the horrors of the 1847 typhus epidemic, led a mounted police troop during the infamous Montreal riots of 1849 and, as commander of the armed schooner La Canadienne, policed the Gulf of St. Lawrence from 1852 to 1867, when thousands of New Englanders and Nova Scotians swarmed over the fishing grounds. His official life as magistrate and mid-level bureaucrat often exemplified tensions of early nationhood: those between elites and colonists; and those arising from the nationalistic impulse to impose law and order on the wilderness. The interests, issues and sympathies at work on Fortin in the founding period remain compelling today: job creation versus environmental protection, free trade with the U.S., the exploitation of Canadian fisheries, relations with aboriginal peoples, and the political status of Quebec within confederation.

Author : Albert John Walford,Marilyn Mullay,Priscilla Schlicke,Library Association
Publisher : London : Library Association Publishing
Page : 1212 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Arts
ISBN : UOM:39015045611525

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Walford's Guide to Reference Material: Generalia, language and literature, the arts by Albert John Walford,Marilyn Mullay,Priscilla Schlicke,Library Association Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 820 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Navigation
ISBN : UOM:39015016505201

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Sea History by Anonim Pdf

Author : Albert John Walford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1182 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Reference books
ISBN : 1856041379

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Walford's Guide to reference material. by Albert John Walford Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2362 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : American literature
ISBN : UOM:39015058373922

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The Cumulative Book Index by Anonim Pdf

A world list of books in the English language.

Author : Marilyn Mullay
Publisher : Library Association Publishing (UK)
Page : 1068 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Reference
ISBN : STANFORD:36105000155007

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Walford's Guide to Reference Material by Marilyn Mullay Pdf

**** The British counterpart to Sheehy (in which it is recommended--and vice versa), distributed in the US by Unipub. Volume 3 completes the 5th edition with 8,833 entries (vol. 1:Science and technology, 1989, 5,995 entries; vol.2: Social and historical sciences, philosophy and religion, 1990, 7,166 entries). While the majority of items are reference books, Walford is a guide to reference material and therefore includes periodical articles, microforms, online, and CD-ROM sources. A special effort has been made to make sure the output of small and specialist presses is not neglected. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Albert John Walford,Marilyn Mullay,Anthony Chalcraft,Raymond John Prytherch,Stephen Willis
Publisher : Library Association Publishing (UK)
Page : 1180 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Reference
ISBN : STANFORD:36105018385810

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Walford's Guide to Reference Material: Generalia, language & literature, the arts by Albert John Walford,Marilyn Mullay,Anthony Chalcraft,Raymond John Prytherch,Stephen Willis Pdf

This book has achieved international recognition as a reference tool and a "one-stop" daily information source. This new edition features many topics, and is indispensable to librarians and information professionals revising reference collections, etc.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 828 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Naval art and science
ISBN : UVA:35007003249368

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Bibliography of Nautical Books by Anonim Pdf

Author : British Library
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015082943450

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The British Library General Catalogue of Printed Books, 1986 to 1987 by British Library Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1022 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Academic libraries
ISBN : UOM:39015064547626

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Choice by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : UOM:39015031826616

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The World Book Encyclopedia by Anonim Pdf

An encyclopedia designed especially to meet the needs of elementary, junior high, and senior high school students.