In the great depths surrounding the Lofoten islands in Norway lives the infamous Greenland shark. At twenty-six feet in length and weighing more than a ton, it is truly a beast to behold. But the shark is not just known for its size alone: its meat contains a toxin that, when consumed, has been known to make people drunk and hallucinatory. Shark Drunk is the true story of two friends, the author and the eccentric artist Hugo Aasjord, as they embark...

A sailboat is as close as humankind can come to approximating the wondrous beauty of God's creation. When we raise sail, we acknowledge that we can conjoin with the forces of nature to create an image of kinetic beauty that occupies a moment or two of time, like a shooting star or a flash of lightning-glorious and troubling together. Aboard, the sailor is hard at work to keep sail and helm perfectly poised against the wind. Observers on the shore,...

This book is a sailing travel-adventure demonstrating how dreams can come true for those who have the desire to accomplish, persistence, a sense of adventure and are willing to take risks in order to make their dreams come true. It is about the pleasures, responsibilities, trials and tribulations that go along with any major change in lifestyles.

Winner of the2011 Dan Poynter Global eBook Award in the non-fiction category Some time ago, Gene Grossman signed on as a crew-member with some friends of his who were delivering a large sailboat with no navigation electronics from Marina del Rey California, through the Panama Canal, to a charter company's tropical island location. On the evening of departure, Gene asked the young skipper (Ron) which crew-member was going to be acting as navigator....

This book captures the essence of two separate and different sailing "careers." The author and his collaborator friend began their careers in sailing, together, at an early age. Neither teenager knew then what would transpire after they rented and sailed together open cockpit day sailors in Biscayne Bay waters between Miami Beach and Miami, Florida. During the seventy years that followed, they rarely had opportunities to sail together. But both individually...

Buckrammer's Tales In the Fall of 2003, Catboat Summers, a collection of boating memoirs hit bookseller's shelves. It quickly became a bestseller among nautical books, praised by reviewers and readers alike. This new compilation continues in the same mold ... but with a bit more edge. As in Catboat Summers, the "Tales" in this book are paced so that each can each be read in "one shot." If you favor ghost stories, near disasters, family boating misadventures...

Carefully selecting the best articles from our collection of classic magazines we have compiled a series of informative publications on the subject of sport. The titles in this range include 'Correct Technique for the Great Sport of Golf,' 'A Traditional Guide to Swimming and Diving,' 'The Gentleman's Sport of Hunting,' and many more. Each publication has been professionally curated and includes all details on the original source material. This particular...

Adventures with marinas, materials, markets, travels, buyers and sellers and the American sailboat sub-culture. How we bought, repaired and sold fifteen cruising sailboats from Buffalo New York to Corpus Christi Texas. A guide for any one wanting to have fun, see the country and do what few can do, make money in sail. The art of buying, repairing and selling storm damaged sailboats.

I hope to encourage Cruising Sailors to give thought as to how they can avoid and if unable, can prevail over a variety of unwanted and/or nefarious interference. I speak from my military background and over forty years of yachting experience on both sides of the Atlantic, including several Blue Water passages and from eighteen years 'living aboard' The aim is to kindle interest in this subject by explaining the reason why one needs to know about...