Sailing Books, Software & DVDs

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Sailing Books, Software and DVD's

Take time from messing about on the water & relax with a good book or sailing DVD!  We've got general interest books, with tales from the high seas, or we've got tips for sailing on a budget.  Whatever you'd like to know about sailing, start with a book, sailing software or DVD.

 

Boat Maintenance Books

Boat Maintenance Books

 

Boat Maintenance books are a good place to start for a whole manner of issues you might be having with your yacht or boat.  Choose from a wide variety of titles that will teach you about boat wiring, electronics on-board your boat, how a boats diesel engine works, how an outboard engine works and crucially how to look after it.  Or perhaps you're not completely happy with the layout of your boats interior, read up on fitting out a boat when it has a fibreglass or wooden hull.  
Currently a very popular topic is complete boat & yacht restoration, view the colour photo's and in depth diagrams on just how to go about such a daunting task.  Corrosion repair and how to avoid it on your boat is also a very popular topic, and well worth having a book in your collection to help.

 

Cruising & Seamanship Books

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View our HUGE range of sailing Cruising and Seamanship books. We've picked out the best titles available, covering topics from picking and buying a new yacht or power boat to circumnavigating the globe in a boat.  These books are a great reference to the start of owning a boat, what may happen during the ownership of a boat, and when it comes to upgrading to a bigger yacht or boat and how to sell your current boat.

General Nautical Interest

General nautical interest Books

 

Got an interest in sailing? Read up on great selection of Nautical books, some great autobiographies from offshore, racing, and cruising sailors. Tips on marine insurance, & trouble with boats

Logbooks

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Need a Captains log? We've got a great selection of beautiful sailing log books, from pocket logbooks to Inland waterway log books. Why not get a Marine Boat log book personalised?

Marine DVD's & Videos

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View our plethora of Sailing dvd's and Videos, learn all about different areas of sailing and owning a boat. We have sailing dvd's on cruising, motorboat handling, pilotage, crewing, and repair

Marine Navigation & Instruction Books

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Learn how to navigate correctly whether it be Inshore, Inland, or Offshore sailing. We've got books on navigation exercises for yachtsman, how to navigate a sail & powerboat & day skipper

Marine Software & Games

Marine Software & Games

  Try out the latest in interactive learning software, excellent sailing training guides all on your PC computer.
Or fancy some virtual sailing? Check out our motor boat and yacht simulators, or crew a boat in the virtual Americas Cup game.

Nautical Weather Books

Nautical Weather Books

 

We stock a wide range of Nautical weather books, ideal for sailors who are keen tacticians. Books on how to forecast wind & weather, Maritime Meteorology, and reading the weather signs.

Pilot Books & Almanacs

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Get the latest version of these Sailing Bibles, the books no Sailor can be without. We have Channel and Nautical almanacs, launch guides, cruising handbooks, tide planners, solent Hazzards

RYA Publications

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We have all the up to date RYA course & training books in stock. They cover RYA sail cruising, RYA Motor Cruising, RYA navigation, power boating, small boat sailing, RYA radio, radar, sea survival

Sail Trim & Racing

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Racing rules for dinghy sailors and yachtsman, stay up to date on the latest rule changes. We also have popular North U tactics & Trim books, sailing race strategies, offshore regulation books

Tidal Stream Atlases & Tide Tables

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Each Tidal Stream Volume shows you the rate of tidal streams at hourly intervals, they also include spring tidal rates & mean neap

Boat Maintenance BooksGeneral Nautical InterestMarine DVD's & VideosMarine Software & GamesPilot Books & AlmanacsSail Trim & Racing Cruising & Seamanship BooksLogbooksMarine Navigation, Instruction BooksNautical Weather BooksRYA PublicationsTidal Stream Atlases & Tide Tables