The Illustrated Dictionary of Boating Terms: 2000 Essential Terms for Sailors and Power Boaters
Language: English
Published by WW Norton & Co, 1998
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This is a guide to the language of boating and the sea. Here are the defined terms that today's sailors rely on to make their way safely across the waters of the world.
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- Title
- The Illustrated Dictionary of Boating Terms: 2000 Essential Terms for Sailors and Power Boaters
- Author
- John Rousmaniere
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Publication year
- 1998
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0393046494
- ISBN 13
- 9780393046496
From America's leading sailing authority, the first lively, authoritative guide to the language of boating and the sea.
From "abaft" to "Zulu," including terms as new as "bowrider" and as old as "starboard," here is the language of pleasure boating―clearly defined terms that today's sailors and powerboaters rely on to make their way safely and happily upon America's waters. Families of related terms are grouped together in special sections.- QUIZ: What do the following phrases mean: head up, harden up, come up, round up, freshen your wind, sharpen up, sharpen your wind, heat it up?
- ANSWER: The same thing: "steer closer to the wind."
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