MARINE:     Boats, ships, waterways: 07/03/31

PLEASURE BOATING:

A Paddler's Guide to Algonquin Park. Callan. sb 144pp 48ill. Best routes & more. $19.95

A Paddler's Guide to Ontario. Callan. sb 136pp. 99 maps & colour ill. 2-day to week long journeys. $19.95

 

AT the Water's Edge: Muskoka's Boathouses. John de Visser & Judy Ross. hb 144pp 180 colour ill. From the 1800s to Muskoka modern: sitting rooms, bedrooms, baths, kitchens, and cherished collections of family memorabilia. $50.00   Boathouses. hb 264pp 360 colour ill. Award-winning photographer John de Visser and lifelong cottager Judy Ross take readers inside 45 of the North Country's most enticing classic and contemporary boathouses. $49.95

CANOE HANDBOOK: Techniques for Mastering the Sport of Canoeing. Ray. sb 224pp 90ill. $22.50
CANOEING & CAMPING BEYOND THE BASICS 3e. Jacobson. sb 208pp Wilderness camping. $21.75
CHRIS-CRAFT (ECS) Savage. sb 96pp 90ill. Classics in colour $19.95
CLASSIC AMERICAN RUNABOUTS: Wood Boats, 1915-1965. Ballantyne. sb oversize 156pp 370ill. $32.95
CLASSIC SPEEDBOATS 1916-39. Guetat. hb 192pp 314ill. Archival & present day photos plus cutaways illustrate these wonderful craft. $52.00
COMPLETE BOOK OF CANOEING 3e. Gordon. sb 240pp. Equipment, techniques, & survival. $26.95
COMPLETE BOOK OF SEA KAYAKING 5e. Hutchinson. sb 240pp. $31.95
COMPLETE IDIOT'S GUIDE TO BOATING & SAILING. Sargent. sb 408pp. Uncomplicated guide. $28.99
COMPLETE SEA KAYAK TOURING. Hanson. sb 240pp. Complete guide. $17.49
FIRE IN THE BONES: BILL MASON & THE CANADIAN CANOEING TRADITION. Raffan. sb 320pp. Biographical journey. $21.95

Fire on the Water: The Red-hot Career of Superstar Rower Ned Hanlan. Wendy Lewis. sb/hb 112pp illus.
How the son of Irish immigrants outrowed blueblood scullers from Oxford and Cambridge to become one of the most famous athletes of his time.  $9.95/$16.95
FIBREGLASS BOATS 4e. Du Plessis. hb 304pp 130ill. Classic source. $60.00
LEARNING TO RACE. Calahan. sb 362pp 50+ill. Classic sailing guide, reprint of 1935 release. $16.50
LEARNING TO SAIL. Calahan. sb 370pp 111ill. Reprint of classic 1932 book.  $16.50
OPEN CANOE TECHNIQUE: A Complete Guide to Paddling the Open Canoe. Foster. sb 96pp 142ill. Well detailed photos. $21.95
PADDLE TO THE ARCTIC. The Incredible Story of a Kayak Quest Across the Roof of the World. Starkell. sb 320pp 24pp ills. Reprint. $22.99
PADDLE YOUR OWN CANOE. McGuffin. sb 208pp 600ill.  Comprehensive canoeing techniques for beginner & seasoned canoeist $29.95
PADDLE QUEST: Canada's Best Canoe Trips. Thomas. sb 304pp 100ill. 37 routes covered. $19.95

Paddling the Grand River: A Trip-Planning Guide to Ontario's Historic Grand River. Grand River Conservation Authority. sb 96pp. The best-selling (and only) paddling guide to this popular Canadian Heritage River in southwestern Ontario, now updated and in full colour. $19.95  
ROYAL YACHT BRITANNIA: Inside the Queen's Floating Palace, 3e. Hoey. hb 200pp 170ill. A look back at the 55 year career of this famous yacht. $39.95
SAILING BACK IN TIME: A Nostalgic Voyage on Canada's West Coast. Coffey. sb 168pp 65ill.  $19.95
SEA KAYAKING IN NOVA SCOTIA. Cunningham. Revised edn. sb 276pp 50ill. $18.95
SECRET COASTLINES II: Journeys and Discoveries Along BC's Shores. Scott. sb 224pp. $22.95
A SHIMMER ON THE HORIZON. Teece. hb 192pp 15ill. West coast sailing adventures.  $24.95
SHOOTING PADDLERS: Photographic Adventures with Canoeists-Kayakers-Rafters. Harting.  176pp 216ill. Samples & tips. $29.95
THRILL OF THE PADDLE: The Art of Whitewater Canoeing. Mason. sb 190pp 16pp ill.  $26.95
 

BOAT CONSTRUCTION & MAINTENANCE:

BOATOWNER'S GUIDE TO MARINE ELECTRONICS 3e. West. sb $28.95
BOATOWNER'S MECHANICAL & ELECTRICAL MANUAL Calder. 736pp. $66.95
BUILDING CLASSIC SMALL CRAFT: Complete Plans & Instructions for 47 Boats. Gardner. sb 576pp 560ill. $40.95
BUILDING YOUR KEVLAR CANOE: A Foolproof Method and Three Foolproof Designs. Moran. 224pp, 120ill. $34.95
CANOECRAFT: An Illustrated Guide to Fine Woodstrip Construction 2e. Moores. sb 208pp. Revised & expanded. $19.95
How to Restore Your Wooden Runabout. Dannenberg. Sb 240pp 300ill. Focuses exclusively on woodworking. $39.95 

How to Restore Your Wooden Runabout, Vol 2.. sb 192pp. Covers marine equipment, systems & materials. $39.95

THE OLD OUTBOARD BOOK Rev & expanded edn. Hunn. sb. $28.95
OLD OUTBOARD MOTOR SERVICE MANUAL V1, Below 30hp, produced prior to 1969. $38.95
OLD OUTBOARD MOTOR SERVICE MANUAL V2, 30hp & above, produced prior to 1969. $38.95
OUTBOARD MOTOR SERVICE MANUAL V1. Motors below 30hp, 69-89. $38.95
OUTBOARD MOTOR SERVICE MANUAL V2. Motors 30hp +, 1969-89. $38.95
PERSONAL WATER VEHICLE SERVICE MANUAL. $38.95
WIRING DIAGRAMS Outboard Motors & Inboard/Outdrives 1956-89. $38.95
WOOD & CANVAS KAYAK BUILDING. Putz. sb 144pp 200ill. $29.95 
12-VOLT BIBLE FOR BOATS. Brotherton. sb. $26.95
 

MERCHANT SHIPPING:

The Age of Sail: Master Shipbuilders of the Maritimes. Spicer. 144pp 200ill. In this beautifully illustrated volume, marine historian Stanley Spicer recaptures the age of sail and its many colourful characters. $24.95

Bold Privateers: Terror, Plunder and Profit on Canada's Atlantic Coast. Roger Marsters. sb 128pp 150ill. A collection of fascinating stories of the era’s notorious privateers. $24.95

BOWEN ISLAND PASSENGER FERRIES: The Sannie Transportation Company 1921-56. Ommundsen. sb 64pp, West coast resort transportation history.  $14.95

Building the Rideau Canal. Robert Passfield. Sb. $27.95

CAPE BRETON SHIPWRECK STORIES: 15 Stories, 31 Photographs. Caplan. sb 135pp. $14.95
COMMERCIAL SHIPS ON THE GREAT LAKES: Photo Gallery. Von Reidel, sb 160pp 320 high quality historical & contemporary photographs. $38.95

THE FINAL VOYAGE OF THE PRINCESS SOPHIA: Did They All Have to Die? O’Keefe. 192pp 60ill. 1918 sea tragedy of the BC-Alaska coast. $16.95

The elegant West-coast passenger liner era by Robert D. Turner: 

The Pacific Empresses: An Illustrated History of Canadian Pacific's Trans-Pacific Ocean Liners. 200pp. hb/sb $49.95/$39.95                                                                                                                                    

The Pacific Princesses: An Illustrated History of CPR's Princess Fleet: the Northwest Coast. 252pp hb/sb $49.95/$39.95

PADDLEWHEELERS OF ALASKA & THE YUKON. sb 112pp 125 archival photos.  $12.95

Shipwreck Treasures: Disaster and Discovery on Canada’s East Coast. Roger Marsters. sb 128pp. Four centuries of marine disasters on Canada’s eastern seaboard illustrated in colour with artifacts, underwater photography and historical visuals. $24.95  
SHIPWRECKS & SEAFARING TALES OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. Watson. sb 200pp. $16.95

THE SICAMOUS & THE NARAMATA: Steamboat Days in the Okanagan. Turner. sb 72pp. History, restoration, preservation. $13.95

The Sinclair Saga. Mark Finnan. sb 154pp. In this book Mark Finnan explores the facts and legends that surround Scotland's Prince Henry Sinclair and his possible voyage to Nova Scotia and New England in 1398. $19.95

STEAMBOAT CONNECTIONS: Montreal to Upper Canada, 1816-43. Mackey. sb: $29.95
Steamboats on the Lakes. Maurice Smith. Sb 96pp. Richly illustrated - steamships shaped the people and places of 19th century Ontario. $24.95

Those Beautiful Coastal Liners:The Canadian Pacific's Princesses. Robert D. Turner. sb 160pp 255ill. The Princesses were the finest coastal liners on the Pacific coast. $39.95

TITANIC: The Canadian Story. Hustak. sb 224pp. Story of 130 passengers bound for Canada. $17.95
TITANIC HALIFAX. Jeffers. sb 108pp 50ill. Tour Halifax’s Titanic related sites. $10.95

Titanic Remembered: The Unsinkable Ship and Halifax. Alan Ruffman. sb 72pp. The sinking of the ocean-liner Titanic in April of 1912 captured the attention of the world; as the nearest large port to the site of the disaster, Halifax became the focus of the world. $14.95
 UNSINKABLE: The Full Story of the Titanic. Butler. hb 320pp 8pp ill. Full story including design, sailing, inquiries & more. $28.50
VANCOUVER VOYAGES OF THE BARQUE PAMIR. Wells. sb 138pp. Sailing ship that survived into the 20th Century. $12.95
THE WATER IN BETWEEN: A Journey at Sea. Patterson. sb 304pp Reprint. $19.95

York Boats of the Hudson's Bay Company. Dennis Johnson. Sb 224pp 68ill. Untold stories of the men & boats that opened Canada’s western provinces & northern territories.  $21.95

NAVAL FORCES: 

THE ALLIED CONVOY SYSTEM 1939-45: Its Organization, Defence & Operation. Hague. hb 200pp b/w ill. $39.95

Another Place, Another Time: A U-boat Officer's Wartime Album. Werner Hirschmann & Donald E. Graves. Hb 256pp 160ill. $44.95

THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC. Sarty. sb 176pp. Good mix of personal accounts & up-to-date research. $19.95
THE BLACK PIT & BEYOND.  J Gordon Mumford. Survivor of two sinkings - Personal recollections of the WWII Merchant Navy, Merchant Mariners, Radio operators & more. $19.95
CADILLAC OF DESTROYERS: HMCS St. Laurent & Her Successors. Barrie & Macpherson. hb 110pp 61ill. Designed & built in Canada. $29.95
CANADA'S NAVY: The First Century. Milner. hb 448pp 75ill. From 1800s to UN & NATO involvement. $48.00
CANADIAN WARSHIP NAMES. Freeman. hb 200pp b/w ill. 900 ships, 1910 to present. $35.00
CANADIAN WARSHIPS SINCE 1956. Steed. sb 64pp. Each ship detailed.  $19.95
CONVOY: Merchant Sailors at War 1939-45. Kaplan. hb 224pp. Tribute to American, British & Canadian sailors in the Atlantic & Pacific. $39.95
CORVETTES OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY 1939-45. Milner. Well illustrated record of these warships important in Canadian Naval heritage. sb 176pp. $32.95
DEADLY SEAS: The Story of HMCS St. Croix, the U-305 and the Battle of the Atlantic. Bercuson. sb 400pp 8pp ill. $27.00

FRIGATES OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY 1943-74. Macpherson. hb 112pp 160ill. Anti-submarine vessels aided in victory over U-Boats. $27.95
HMCS HAIDA: Battle Flag Flying. Barry Gough. hb 260pp. Canada's famous Tribal Class destroyer.  $50.00

HMCS HAIDA. Barry Gough. sb 128pp. Canada's famous Tribal Class destroyer. $22.95

In Peril on the Sea: The Royal Canadian Navy and the Battle of the Atlantic. Graves. Sb 256pp about 200ill. The epic story of the RCN in the long and cruel WW2 battle. $34.95

LORDS OF THE LAKE: Naval War on Lake Ontario 1812-1814. Malcolmson. sb 432pp 100ill. $23.95

No Higher Purpose: The Official Operational History of the Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War, 1939-1943. Douglas, Sarty & Whitby. hb 624pp. $60.00

North Atlantic Run: The Royal Canadian Navy and the Battle for the Convoys. Marc Milner. sb 384pp. $17.95

SUBMARINE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY. Zimmerman. sb 230pp. $53.95
THUNDER IN THE MORNING CALM, The RCN in Korea 1950-55. Meyers. hb 224pp. Those who served with United Nations Peacekeeping force. $19.95
TIN HATS, OILSKINS & SEABOOTS: A Naval Journey 1938-45. Jenson. sb 300pp 70ill. Biography of Naval Officer. $24.95
THE UNKNOWN NAVY: CANADA'S WORLD WAR II MERCHANT NAVY. Halford sb 272pp 35ill. World's 4th largest Merchant Navy.  $19.95 
WARTIME PASSENGER SHIP DISASTERS. Williams. hb 192pp 225ill. A look at 400+ passenger ships lost during WWs I & II. $55.95