Author: Frank Mastini
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Pre
Keywords: model, construction, kits, techniques, tips, modeling, simplified, ship
Number of Pages: 162
Published: 1990-03-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0071558675
ISBN-13: 9780071558679

In Ship Modeling Simplified, master model builder Frank Mastini puts to paper the methods he’s developed over 30 years at the workbench to help novices take their first steps in an exciting pastime. You don’t need the deftness of a surgeon or the vocabulary of an old salt to build a model. What you need is an understanding coach. Mastini leads readers from the mysteries of choosing a kit and setting up a workshop through deciphering complicated instructions and on to painting, decorating, and displaying finished models--with patience and clarity, not condescension. He reveals dozen

Author: Bobby Clark
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Pre
Keywords: youth, soccer, coaching, guide, parent, baffled
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 1999-07-19
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0071346082
ISBN-13: 9780071346085

Written by soccer great and championship Stanford coach Bobby Clark, COACHING YOUTH SOCCER: THE BAFFLED PARENT’S GUIDE tells you how, starting at point zero, an uninitiated coach can meld kids into a team and help them enjoy one of the most rewarding experiences of their youth. (In the end, you may be the one who reaps the biggest reward, as you watch kids learn and grow in an experience they’ll treasure for a lifetime.)

Author: Gary Dierking
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Pre
Keywords: three, fast, beautiful, boats, methods, construction, outrigger, sailing, canoes, modern, building
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2007-08-15
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 0071487913
ISBN-13: 9780071487917

Build the fastest, most exotic sailboats around! Popular in Hawaii and throughout the South Pacific and Indian Oceans, outrigger canoes combine the romance of the South Seas with a ruthless efficiency of design and breathtaking sailing performance. This is the first book to present complete plans and building instructions for three outrigger sailing canoes. Based on traditional Hawaiian and Micronesian types, the designs are lightweight, easy to build, and screamingly fast. Author Gary Dierking shows you how to build these boats using stitch-and-glue and strip-planking construction, explains w

Author: Karen Lipe
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Pre
Keywords: fabric, work, boats, guide, complete, boat, canvas, book
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 1991-02-15
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0070380007
ISBN-13: 9780070380004

The Big Book of Boat Canvas is a thorough revision and updating of Karen Lipe’s two popular earlier books, Boat Canvas Cover to Cover and More Boat Canvas, combined with a whole new section on below-decks sewing projects. In this latest volume Lipe ranges well beyond the boundaries of traditional canvas work to create a comprehensive guide to fabric work on board. You’ll find dozens of traditional canvas projects--sail covers, awnings, duffel bags, dodgers, and Biminis, wind chutes, winter covers--all with clear, step-by-step instructions, generously illustrated. You’ll also

Author: Charlie Wing
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Pre
Keywords: boating, magazine, book, road, rules, minute, guide, nautical, one
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 1998-06-01
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0070710945
ISBN-13: 9780070710948

Don’t hit that boat! Learn the ``collision Regulations,’’ or Rules of the Road, from this handy guide. It’s an illustrated plain-english explanation of these often confusing rules. Includes a unique quick-reference ``situation guide’’ to get you out of jams fast.

Author: Sheila Mill
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Pre
Keywords: cookbook, oven, dutch, outdoor
Number of Pages: 170
Published: 1997-05-01
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0070430233
ISBN-13: 9780070430235

Marrying the traditional cast-iron pot with contemporary cookware and tastes, The Outdoor Dutch Oven Cookbook offers 225 creative, delicious, and original recipes for Dutch oven cookery­­each of which has been prepared, tested, and refined by one of America’s finest outdoor cooks.

Author: Don Casey
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Pre
Keywords: repair, sail, canvaswork
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 1996-06-01
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 0070133913
ISBN-13: 9780070133914

The skills required for top-notch canvaswork are astonishingly few, and canvas’s potential to protect your boat and enhance your enjoyment of it is practically limitless. Here is all you need to tackle virtually any canvaswork project: sails and sailcovers, flags, dodgers, ditty bags, cushion covers, and awnings--including Biminis. It’s clean, safe, and risk-free--and you’ll save a bunch of money and get exactly what you want in the process.