Author: Jim Garland
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Keywords: guide, parent, baffled, drills, baseball
Number of Pages: 155
Published: 2002-01-25
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 0071384073
ISBN-13: 9780071384070

Games-based drills to end tedium and make practices fun and productive This handy reference is the solution to every youth baseball coach’s worst nightmare: five minutes into an hour-long practice session and the players are bored, distracted, or just standing around. With nine diverse defensive positions plus batting and baserunning to think about, how can a coach keep all the players engaged and progressing at the same time? This coach’s tool kit contains the answer. Great Baseball Drills is built around a unique games approach that keeps practices fresh and kids moving and ex

Author: Robert Sweet
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Keywords: mariners, gps
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2003-03-05
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0071410759
ISBN-13: 9780071410755

The manual you wish had come with your GPS receiver. "GPS for Mariners" summarizes essential global positioning system concepts, explains the buttons, screens, and menus of your GPS receiver, and answers all your questions. Filled with helpful illustrations and hands-on examples, this complete and practical guide shows you how to: become an informed GPS buyer and user; connect GPS to your computer, autopilot, and radar; navigate with GPS using waypoints and routes; use an electronic chartplotter or navigation software to plan and monitor your course; utilize the many functions in your GPS to s

Authors:Bill Moeller, Jan Moeller,
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Keywords: basics, rving
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 1995-01-01
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 0070427798
ISBN-13: 9780070427792

An introductory manual covering choosing the right RV, operating its systems, planning trips, preparing for travel, handling an RV on the road, using campground sites, and more.

Author: Robert Armstrong
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Keywords: powerboating, started, getting
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2005-04-14
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 0071448993
ISBN-13: 9780071448994

Get the most from your new powerboat from day one! 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. Thoroughly updated with new developments and technologies, this new edition of the bestselling guide in its

Authors:Bill Morris, Bill Morris,
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Keywords: handbook, steering, windvane
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2004-03-01
List price: $25.95
ISBN-10: 0071434690
ISBN-13: 9780071434690

Here is the definitive manual for choosing, purchasing, installing, maintaining, repairing, using, and even building a windvane self-steerer, that amazing device that relieves longdistance sailors from the the helm while using not one amp of precious electrical power. This user-friendly guide includes: How vane gears work A clear discussion of how to match vane design with boat Invaluable instructions for how to sail with a windvane-- settings, sail trim, and more A detailed look at nine commercial models, plus plans and instructions for readers to build their own

Authors:Roger Siminoff, Roger Siminoff,
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Keywords: boaters, lessons, essential, boating
Number of Pages: 213
Published: 1999-03-28
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0071343296
ISBN-13: 9780071343299

No boater should leave the dock without reading this unique guide to the basics of boating. Roger Siminoff’s decades of experience are boiled down into valuable, even life-saving advice on safety aboard...navigation...anchoring...dinghies...maintenance... sailing at night...and heavy weather.

Authors:Mike Badham, Robby Robinson,
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Keywords: secrets, sailors
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 1999-06-30
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0071348697
ISBN-13: 9780071348690

Sailor’s Secrets contains over 1,000 tips, suggestions, evaluations, and nuggets of hard-won advice from more than 300 seasoned veterans. Instructive, humorous, biting, and challenging, Sailor’s Secrets can be opened anywhere and enjoyed. Its wide-ranging chapters cover routine maintenance, understanding weather, safety at sea, storm strategies, piloting, engine troubleshooting, gear and outfitting, and simple solutions to complex problems. Michael Badham and Robby Robinson have created the nautical equivalent of an experts’ forum. Don Casey, Dennis Conner, Bob Rice, Dave