Special Offers: Books

Power Boating For Dummies®

Written by Randy Vance, a lifelong boater and editor-in-chief of
Boating Life magazine, this simple book presents straightforward guidance on everything from buying, operating, and enjoying a power boat to acing the boating safety exam, docking and mooring, conducting routine maintenance and repairs, and even choosing the best vacation options.

100 Fast & EasyBoat Improvements

From the acclaimed author of This Old Boat comes a unique collection of do-it-yourself projects that any boat owner can complete over the course of a single weekend--with simple tools and minimal skills.

A Treasure at Sea for Dragon and Me

When a dragon comes to play with a little girl, her father takes them both to the beach. The friendly beast makes one foolhardy mistake after another: charging into the water before a parent gives the OK, diving from the pier without checking the water's depth, and swimming beyond the buoyed ropes into deep water. Thanks to the little girl, her dad, and the lifeguard, the dragon survives his morning at the beach and works up an appetite for their well-stocked picnic basket.

Adventures With Jonny

A book intended to pique a child's interest in the sport of fishing. Also educates adults on the proper ways to introduce children to the fine sport of fishing covering all the basics from initial equipment, basic fishing rigs, how to cast, where to fish and what baits to use.

Boat Green

50 Steps Boaters Can Take to Save Our Waters.  From biodiesel to bottom paint – a practical handbook for boaters.  Boat Green is pragmatic, practical and well researched, yet at the same time inspiring and supportive of the challenges facing boaters.

Boater101

Boater101 offers boaters a fun and informative way to learn boating basics. This book is perfect for both adults and youth who are new boaters or looking to brush up on their boating knowledge.

Boating Skills and Seamanship, 13th Edition

Developed and refined through 35 years of Coast Guard Auxiliary training courses, Boating Skills and Seamanship is your perfect introduction to recreational boating's fundamentals. Great for beginning and intermediate powerboaters alike, it offers you the basics of choosing, equipping, and handling a small to midsize powerboat.

Buck Wilder's Little Skipper Boating Guide: A Complete Introduction to the World of Boating for Little Skippers of All Ages

Bur Bur’s Boating ABC’s

Join Bur Bur and his parents for a boat ride. Kids learn boating basics, along with all the things they’ll see in and on the water in this read-aloud book.

Bur Bur’s Fishing Adventure

Drop anchor with Bur Bur and his dad. This book takes children on a first-time fishing adventure.

Emergency Navigation, 2nd Edition

Every sailor knows that instruments can fail. Things get wet, break, fall overboard. Whether you’re safe on your boat or drifting in a life raft, let David Burch show you how to find your way no matter what navigational equipment you have. Often relying on common materials like a small stick, a plastic bottle, even a pair of sunglasses, Burch explains how to make use of all available means--from the ancient skills of Polynesian navigators to the contrails of airliners overhead--to calculate speed, direction, latitude, and longitude and to perform all aspects of piloting and dead reckoning.

Fifty Places to Sail Before You Die: Sailing Experts Share the World's Greatest Destinations

Landlubbers joke that sailors are always wanting to head off to the ends of the earth, but Chris Santella takes that life-changing desire very seriously. In this, the third installment in his immensely successful “Fifty Places” series, Santella assembles a crew of the world’s greatest championship racers and professional adventurers and persuades them to disclose their favorite destinations around the globe.
 

Getting Started in Powerboating

There’s nothing like the thrill of skimming over the waves at the helm of a fast powerboat. And the thrill is even greater when you’re driving the boat that’s right for you and handling it with skill and confidence. This third edition of Getting Started in Powerboating gives you all the information you need to select the boat of your dreams, maneuver it like a master, and understand the rules and conventions of powerboating.

Good Old Boat Galley Book

The Good Old Boat Galley Book is about simplifying life in your boat's galley. It isn't so much about what sailors cook as it is about how they manage to do it in a space the size of most shoreside bathrooms. It's about making do as well as doing without. It's a book about the basics — stoves and fuels and provisioning — as well as tips, tricks, and tools to make sure you never have to head for shore just because you're hungry.

How to Read a Nautical Chart

In 2000, the U.S. government ceased publication of Chart No. 1, the invaluable little book that generations of mariners have consulted to make sense of the complex system of signs, symbols, and graphic elements used in nautical charts. Now Chart No. 1 is not just reborn but expanded and improved in How to Read a Nautical Chart. The demand for a book like this has never been greater.

How to Sail on a Budget (Sailmate)

Ingenious Angler

From optimizing a boat for fishing, to maintaining rods and reels, to improving store-bought lures or creating lures from scratch, here are 101 ingenious money-saving projects and do-it-yourself tips guaranteed to help small-boat anglers save money, catch more fish, and have more fun.
 

My First Picture Book of Boating Words

This unique picture book is designed to teach young children about boating words. It's a great way to develop their interest in boating at a young age. And it's fun for parents and grandparents also!
 

Take Me Fishing

Here is great angling writing from the best writers in the business. With proceeds going to FishAmerica, to help keep waters and fish healthy, and the Future Fisherman Foundation for education programs for children.

Used Boat Buying Guide

Want specific strategies that will take the stress out of buying a boat? The new Used Boat Buying Guide by 20-year yachting industry veteran David Tomen will take you step-by-step through the buying process from search to closing and getting her home.

WaterSmart From the Start - Instructor Guide

The instructor manual and CD contains the instructor and student manual, a pre-test and a post-test with answers. The instructor manual is designed so anyone can be the facilitator, no knowledge of boating is necessary.
One instructor manual can easily support a class size of 10-20 students.

WaterSmart From the Start - Student Manual

Welcome to the computerized, self-paced, educational boating game that will challenge users of all ages.  The ultimate goal of the game is to teach children safe boating practices.  Children can carry these practices with them when their friends and family go out on the water.  You don’t have to own a boat to enjoy the water. By understanding the skills learned from this game it will make your day on the water much more fun and safe.