Practical Mariners Book of Knowledge

Between these covers is the essence of centuries of seafaring experience, distilled into a concise, alphabetically organized reference for sailors and powerboaters. You’ll find rules of thumb for hull thickness, rope size and strength, bottom paint coverage, estimating distances, making a rum punch, and many more tips. This is either the most useful boating book ever designed to entertain or the most entertaining book ever designed to be useful. Contains 420 sea-tested rules of thumb for almost every boating situation. Softcover.