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 Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical ManualBest Price: $27.44 I have a 1987 Catalina 30 sailboat with a diesel engine. I wish I had purchased a copy of this... |  Outdoor Navigation With GPS: Hiking, Geocaching, Canoeing, Kayaking, Fishing, Outdoor Photography, Backpacking, Mountain BikingBest Price: $10.21 This is a great resource book for any outdoor enthusiast using a handheld GPSr. The book covers... |  Kayaking Made Easy, 3rd: A Manual for Beginners with Tips for the Experienced (Made Easy Series)Best Price: $8.20 I agree with Mark-from-DC; there is WAY to much verbage and WAY too few diagrams. Verbose... |  The Strip-Built Sea Kayak: Three Rugged, Beautiful Boats You Can BuildBest Price: $10.99 If you enjoy woodworking and want to build a beautiful, lightweight, high-performance sea-kayak... |  The Complete Kayak FishermanBest Price: $10.30 In my area, we don't have a local Kayak Shop to rely on for information, advice, and guidance.... |
 The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the PacificBest Price: $7.99 A terrific read, Theroux has the courage to be politically incorrect in an age where Americans... |  Sea Kayaking Illustrated : A Visual Guide to Better PaddlingBest Price: $8.96 This book has a lot of GREAT information in it. It gets the points across by funny but... |  The Complete Idiot's Guide to Canoeing and Kayaking (The Complete Idiot's Guide)Best Price: $10.85 Good basic book for the beginner learning about kayaking/canoeing. Filled with many good tips... |  Kayak Fishing: The Ultimate GuideBest Price: $12.79 Basically a well written and complete book on kayaking basics. Most of the book deals with the... |  Sea Kayaking: A Manual for Long-Distance TouringBest Price: $10.99 This is one of my first expedition kayaking books, bought back in '93. Many of the facts... |
 Building the Greenland Kayak : A Manual for Its Contruction and UseBest Price: $10.72 I have almost finished making my first Greenland kayak and this book has received it's fair... |  The Complete Sea Kayaker's HandbookBest Price: $8.98 After previewing several kayak books in the "handbook" category (those that cover the... |  Discover Acadia National Park, 2nd: AMC Guide to the Best Hiking, Biking, and Paddling (AMC Discover Series)Best Price: $10.90 Good book, but very general in nature. We didn't paddle or bike. We only hiked. The included,... |  Kayakcraft: Fine Woodstrip Kayak ConstructionBest Price: $12.84 This is a good book, very informative, more techincal than Nick Schade (bought both at the same... |  Alaska's Kenai Peninsula Wildlife Viewing Trail GuideBest Price: $8.95 A reasonably priced, well-written, informative, easy to read guide. Contains directions, what... |
 The Nature of Boats: Insights and Esoterica for the Nautically ObsessedBest Price: $12.53 I love books on how things work, and I love books on boats. This one is a great combination of... |  A Kayaker's Guide to the Hudson River Valley: The Quieter Waters--Rivers, Creeks, Lakes and PondsBest Price: $10.84 I've lived in the Hudson Valley for ten years, but when I bought my kayaks it felt as if I'd... |  Understanding Boat DesignBest Price: $8.75 An Excellent boat design 101, all the glossary,definitions,explanations , and boat design... |  Sea Kayaker's Deep Trouble: True Stories and Their Lessons from Sea Kayaker MagazineBest Price: $7.98 This book is loaded with well told, detailed stories of paddling gone awry. Each story is... |  Hiking, Biking, and Paddling Map to Acadia National ParkBest Price: $3.90 Created using GIS technology, this updated, full-color topographic map of Maine's Acadia... |
 The Boatbuilder's ApprenticeBest Price: $22.27 Although it's not too old, my copy of Rossel's book is dog-eared and stained. That's because it... |  The Bombproof Roll and BeyondBest Price: $5.20 This book was actually my first ever Amazon.com purchase almost 10 ago. It is a must have for... |  Quiet Water Maine, 2nd: Canoe and Kayak Guide (AMC Quiet Water Series)Best Price: $11.12 Now in a completely revised second edition, Quiet Water Maine: Canoe & Kayak Guide... |  Kayaks You Can Build: An Illustrated Guide to Plywood ConstructionBest Price: $21.65 I wish I had had this book the first time I built a stitch-and-glue boat. Loads of really good... |  Kayaking Puget Sound, the San Juans, and Gulf Islands: 50 Trips on the Northwest's Inland WatersBest Price: $10.38 This is a great reference book. It is very well detailed for each trip. I like the layout,... |
 Instant Boatbuilding with Dynamite PaysonBest Price: $10.84 Very good book for the introduction of wooden boat building, but if you're not already a... |  Ultrasimple Boat BuildingBest Price: $14.40 Great boat for really simple very small boats. This is an excellent reference book for someone... |  Introduction to Paddling: Canoeing Basics for Lakes and RiversBest Price: $2.52 In the 26 pages (between Foreword and Glossary) there is an awful lot of good explanation on... |  Quiet Water New York, 2nd: Canoe & Kayak Guide (AMC Quiet Water Series)Best Price: $11.93 Definitely a nice book overall, with thorough descriptions of calm bodies of water in New York... |  Strip Built Canoe: How to build a beautiful, lightweight, cedar strip canoeBest Price: $18.99 Strip Built Canoe by Randy Folsom is a fantastic book especially if you have never built a cedar... |
 Kayak Routes of the Pacific Northwest Coast: From Northern Oregon to British Columbia's North Coast (Kayak Routes of the Pacific Northwest Coast)Best Price: $7.98 A really nice book for people who are new in sea kayaking. Have lots of information like... |  Kayak: The Animated Manual of Intermediate and Advanced Whitewater TechniqueBest Price: $4.99 This is a great book on kayaking. William Nealy does a great job of explaining basic and... |  The New Kayak Shop: More Elegant Wooden Kayaks Anyone Can BuildBest Price: $12.01 This book did not meet my expectations. It does offer good wood working advice, and basic... |  The Complete Book of Sea Kayaking, 5thBest Price: $7.95 A very good introduction to basic and advanced techniques by an author with tremendous seas... |  Paddle Your Own Kayak: An Illustrated Guide to the Art of KayakingBest Price: $21.92 Outstanding reviews for the authors' Paddle Your Own Canoe : "This is the best book... |
 Whitewater Paddling: Strokes & Concepts (Jackson, Eric, Kayaking With Eric Jackson.)Best Price: $11.71 This book places a strong emphasis on technical perfection. Which is rarely found in todays... |  Quiet Water New Jersey, 2nd: Canoe and Kayak Guide (AMC Quiet Water Series)Best Price: $8.85 I bought Kathy Kenley's book as a novice paddler who needed guidance to explore the lakes of... |  Whitewater Kayaking: The Ultimate GuideBest Price: $14.99 The second edition with its colour illustrations and colour coding of the chapters, makes it an... |  Sea Kayaking: Rough WatersBest Price: $12.43 As a dedicated sea kayaker, I found this book to be an excellent addition to my library on sea... |  Kayak: The New Frontier: The Animated Manual of Intermediate and Advanced Whitewater TechniqueBest Price: $8.48 What a great book, the drawings are wonderful to see what to do when kayaking. |
 Fundamentals of Kayak Navigation, 4th: Master the Traditional Skills and the Latest Technologies (How to Paddle Series)Best Price: $11.07 Burch's legendary book is full of information, but really is not a book I consult to renew my... |  A Canoeing & Kayaking Guide to Georgia (Canoeing & Kayaking Guides - Menasha)Best Price: $10.09 Very good information about put in/take out places. Directions good. All necessay information on... |  Simple Kayak NavigationBest Price: $6.25 Well-written, in a humourous style, this little book contains a wealth of information for the... |  Exploring Martha's Vineyard by Bike, Foot, and Kayak, 2ndBest Price: $7.49 A DETAILED MUST HAVE GUIDE FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO EXPLORE THE VINEYARD'S WATERS, PATHS, AND... |  How Boat Things WorkBest Price: $10.79 As we have gone through the process of bare boat chartering certification, I have always gotten... |
 Basic Kayaking: All the skills and gear you need to get started (Stackpole Basics)Best Price: $3.98 I agree that this book seems to be mistitled. If it had been more appropriately titled... |  Sea Kayak Rescue, 2nd: The Definitive Guide to Modern Reentry and Recovery Techniques (How to Paddle Series)Best Price: $8.82 Although nothing beats taking a course and constantly practicing your re-entry techniques, this... |  Canoe and Kayak Routes of Northwest Oregon: Including Southwest WashingtonBest Price: $10.71 I live near the Columbia River, and when I bought my new Equinox Kayak (from Eddyline) I went... |  Soggy Sneakers: A Paddler's Guide to Oregon RiversBest Price: $12.88 Soggy Sneakers has been in print since the early 1980's - and it has stood the test of time... |  The Only Kayak: A Journey into the Heart of AlaskaBest Price: $6.00 this book is interesting and informative. I have been to Glacier Bay National park where this... |
 Paddling Montana, 2nd (Regional Paddling Series)Best Price: $10.33 As the book points out there are many critical putins, takeouts, channels and obstacles to miss... |  Sea Kayaking Maryland's Chesapeake Bay: Day Trips on the Tidal Tributaries and Coastlines of the Western and Eastern ShoreBest Price: $11.22 Sea Kayaking Maryland's Chesapeake Bay: Day Trips on the Tidal Tributaries and Coastlines of the... | |||
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