Small powerboats are sheer excitement -- fast, maneuverable, and adaptable to everything from waterskiing and just getting about to fishing, diving and rescue work. But there's more to powerboating than turning the key and jetting off in a cloud of spray. With an emphasis on safety and seamanship, powerboat instructor Peter White begins by this guidebook by explaining how to hunch a boat without scratching it, losing it or swamping the car. Also explained and illustrated in detail are methods for dealing with big waves, ...
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Small powerboats are sheer excitement -- fast, maneuverable, and adaptable to everything from waterskiing and just getting about to fishing, diving and rescue work. But there's more to powerboating than turning the key and jetting off in a cloud of spray. With an emphasis on safety and seamanship, powerboat instructor Peter White begins by this guidebook by explaining how to hunch a boat without scratching it, losing it or swamping the car. Also explained and illustrated in detail are methods for dealing with big waves, advice for equipment to take along, navigation techniques, and basic first aid.
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Add this copy of Powerboating: a Guide to Sportsboat Handling to cart. $10.35, very good condition, Sold by Bookwitch rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Concord, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Fernhurst Books, Brighton, 1991..
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Very Good. Book Small quarto, softcover, near fine in blue and red pictorial wraps. 96 pp, illustrated by numerous b/w potographs, diagrams and line-drawings. The official guide to the RYA National Powerboat scheme. A complete handbook for outboard boats up to 21 feet long. Written by an RYA powerboat instructor, this book explains how to handle powercraft up to 21ft long. Includes many action photosequences.
Add this copy of Powerboating: a Guide to Sportsboat Handling to cart. $20.35, very good condition, Sold by Reuseabook rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester, GLOS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1991 by John Wiley & Sons.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine.
Add this copy of Powerboating: a Guide to Sportsboat Handling to cart. $35.03, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1991 by John Wiley & Sons.
