The Skipper and the Eagle - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Skipper and the Eagle write by Gordon McGowan. This book was released on 1960. The Skipper and the Eagle available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. How a U.S. Coast Guard officer sailed a German prize of war, a three masted bark, across the Atlantic through trade winds and a hurricane.
The Skipper's Child
The Skipper's Child - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Skipper's Child write by Valerie Poore. This book was released on 2019-02-22. The Skipper's Child available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is a story of love and family loyalty set in the Cold War tensions of 1962. Arie Kornet is a skipper's son and is home on board his father's barge from his boarding school. It is the Christmas holidays and he is already bored, but life is about to take some unnerving twists for Arie when he finds a Russian stowaway hiding his cabin. Suddenly he and his family become involved on a cat and mouse adventure with some very dubious people and Arie's family have to draw on their strength and unity to overcome some very real threats.
The Complete Day Skipper
The Complete Day Skipper - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Complete Day Skipper write by Tom Cunliffe. This book was released on 2024-02-15. The Complete Day Skipper available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A practical, hands-on manual covering the entire Day Skipper syllabus in a step-by-step learning system designed to get you straight on the water. As one of Britain's best-known instructors and writers on seamanship, Tom Cunliffe understands the concerns and anxieties of first-time skippers better than most. In this 7th edition of his highly successful manual, he provides the perfect blend of advice, instruction, inspiration and encouragement to support their growing experience at sea. Taking the RYA syllabus as a framework, The Complete Day Skipper begins with yacht handling under power, moves on to boat husbandry and sailing skills, then goes on to explore navigation, from steering clear of trouble near home to the practical use of modern electronic navigation systems. Key features include: - An at-sea, hands-on approach infused with helpful tips and common sense - A step-by-step learning system designed to get you straight on to the water - Essential, real-life navigation that wholeheartedly embraces GPS - Cunliffe's unique emphasis on fuss-free cruising This 7th edition features updated and expanded sections on navigation, weather forecasting, sails and electronic chart plotters, along with new photographs. Easy to read and down to earth, The Complete Day Skipper is a friendly hand on the shoulder for both novice skippers and more experienced sailors who choose not to venture far afield.
Make Your Bed with Skipper the Seal
Make Your Bed with Skipper the Seal - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Make Your Bed with Skipper the Seal write by Admiral William H. McRaven. This book was released on 2021-11-16. Make Your Bed with Skipper the Seal available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A seal becomes a Navy SEAL in this children's adaptation of the #1 New York Times bestselling Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World by Admiral William H. McRaven. As Skipper the seal embarks on Navy SEAL training, he and his hardworking friends learn much more than how to pass a swimming test or how to dive off a ship. To be a great SEAL, you also have to take risks, deal with failure, and persevere through tough times—just as you do in life. (And always remember to make your bed!) In this entertaining children's adaptation of his #1 New York Times bestseller, Admiral William H. McRaven shares life lessons from Navy SEAL training and encourages young readers to become their best selves.
Gilligan's Wake
Gilligan's Wake - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Gilligan's Wake write by Tom Carson. This book was released on 2007-04-01. Gilligan's Wake available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A kaleidoscopic novel about our last American century A skipper plies the waters of the South Pacific, running ammunition and passing the time with navy buddies McHale and Jack Kennedy, remembering the sweet caress of Screw-Me Susie. A New York millionaire reunites with his prep school classmate Alger Hiss, and journeys to an unusual downtown cafe to meet a bearded friend. A young woman and her confidante Daisy Buchanan sink into the languor of the Hamptons and Provincetown. A buxom redhead from Alabam-don't-give-a-damn travels to Hollywood, in search of fame and fortune. A charismatic professor assists Robert Oppenheimer with his desert calculations and is henceforth the author of every American political conspiracy. And Mary-Ann Kilroy leaves Russell, Kansas, for Paris and love, only to discover that you can never go home (nor leave the island). But beneath these stories is the story of their author, an institutionalized shadow man who has twisted the histories of six characters into a pastiche of American history.
