The Illustrated Dictionary of Boating Terms: 2,000 Essential Terms for Sailors and Powerboaters - Hardcover

Rousmaniere, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393046494 ISBN 13: 9780393046496

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 1998

Synopsis

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."

About this title

About the Author:

John Rousmaniere has sailed in over 35,000 miles of offshore voyaging and racing. He crewed on the 48-foot Toscana in the fateful Fastnet Race of 1979.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0393046494
• ISBN 13: 9780393046496
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 176