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2) Sink or swim
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"Sixteen-year-old shy, socially awkward trans teen Bass reluctantly skips school and goes on a boat trip with his adventure-seeking girlfriend, Rosie. When a sudden storm smashes their boat on a rocky shore off a deserted island, Bass and Rosie struggle to make it to safety. Bruised and battling hypothermia, the pair have to seek shelter and work together to survive until they can be rescued. After a horrible night, Rosie, an experienced climber,...
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Bob Hayward was always interested in racing and speed. He would always tinker with engines; and try to make them run faster and smoother. He and his brother, Keith, started off putting outboard engines into boats, and running them down the Thames River, competing against other boats, and winning trophies. When boat racing became too mundane, Bob graduated to dragsters. He built what has been recognized as the first dragster in Canadian street racing;...
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First published over a century ago, this handy book offers timeless advice and instruction on designing and constructing a variety of small boats. Written especially for amateurs, this manual contains comprehensive, simply written directions for building canoes, rowing and sailing boats, and hunting craft. Canoe-building is treated in detail because, as the author points out, the processes involved are common to all types of small craft. Once mastered,...
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High-spirited and passionate-at once a useful guide and a record of an extended love affair with small boats-Away All Boats is a blending of sparkling water lands and vivid memories.
Author of Striper and Fishing Came First, John N. Cole takes readers from the dangers of haul-seining for striped bass that challenge a wooden dory's limits in the surf to the excitement of searching the flats of the Florida Keys for tarpon and other game fish aboard...
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This guidebook with basic seaman knots and fancy rope work is great for Boy Scouts and boaters alike. Rope is an essential tool to boaters, campers, hikers and other outdoor enthusiasts. Knowing the proper way to tie knots is important. With a little practice, anyone can learn how to tie the strongest knot.
9) Red kayak
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IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
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Living near the water on Maryland's Eastern Shore, thirteen-year-old Brady and his best friends J.T. and Digger become entangled in a tragedy which tests their friendship and their ideas about right and wrong.
11) Wrecker
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IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
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When fifteen-year-old Valdez Jones VIII, a.k.a. Wrecker, unwittingly becomes entangled with a group of smugglers and grave robbers, he must deep-dive into their shady dealings in order to escape their twisted net.
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As taught across the state of Montana, USA this dynamic, thought-provoking introduction and overview of inflatable pontoon boating will not only cover the basics of inflatable pontoon use but will open your eyes to circumstances you may never have considered that might challenge you at some point.Gain insight into river difficulty ratings and how it affects the inflatable pontoon boat sportsman. While reading you'll experience a first person point...
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With the gradual phasing out of wooden fishing boats of Scotland it is timely to record some of these handsome vessels. In the years from 1960-80 boat builders produced some of their most shapely and graceful craft, a testament to the skill of both the builders and designers. Initially the designs were a collaboration of builders and skippers, but later the implementation of statutory rules demanded a more structured approach by qualified naval architects,...
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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.
Interviewees include some of the best-known...
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The sea holds many mysteries for those who venture into its crashing waves. Impossible to tame, the ocean leaves those who attempt to come away from it with stories to tell. Fishermen spend most of their lives on the open water and know it better than most.
Captain Robert Singleton and his crew have more stories and mysteries to share than the average crew. Those aboard 'The Seawitch' were among the first women to work a professional charter fishing...
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Paddles Up! provides an in-depth look at dragon boating from its beginnings in ancient China to the modern-day prominence of Canadian teams on the international scene, as told in the words of top coaches of men's and women's teams, experts and enthusiasts, and sports health professionals across Canada. Contributing writers include Mike Haslam, executive president International Dragon Boat Federation; Matthew Smith, president Dragon Boat Canada; Kamini...
17) The wrong victim
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"A lethal attack with no clear motive...and a killer dead-set on keeping the truth buried. A bomb explodes on a sunset charter cruise out of Friday Harbor at the height of tourist season and kills everyone on board. Now this fishing and boating community is in shock and asking who would commit such a heinous crime--the largest act of mass murder in the history of the San Juan Islands. Was the explosion an act of domestic terrorism, or was one of the...
18) Seven bad cats
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There once were seven very BAD cats ... Seven cats anywhere are probably too many. Seven BAD cats, all in one boat, is asking for trouble ... When a band of very bad cats stow away on a little girl's boat she knows she's in for a bumpy ride. But when they take their antics too far they just might ruin her whole trip!
19) The deepest kill
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When the pregnant daughter of software pioneer Martin Post, the third richest man in America, is murdered, expert forensic analysts Ellie Carr and Rachael Davies, called in to investigate, are drawn into the Posts’ increasingly dangerous family dynamic to determine who—and what—is at the heart of the crime.
20) Alphabet boats
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Following on the successful heels of Samantha Vamos's Alphabet Trucks and anticipating even more success from Alphabet Trains, readers are invited to join the journey through each letter of the alphabet. With colorful, kid-friendly art, this third entry into the series captures the uniqueness of twenty-six different kinds of boats and involves each letter of the alphabet in a supporting role--
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