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, bottom paint coverage, estimating distances, when to hoist and lower flags, predicting weather, which colors are unlucky, rope size and strength, anchoring rights, making a rum punch, and a lot more. This is either the most useful boating book ever designed to entertain or the most entertaining book ever designed to be useful. Open it to any page and browse awhile. You'll see.

Learn the essentials of seamanship from one of the world’s premier boating organizations

Developed and refined through 35 years of Coast Guard Auxiliary training courses, Boating Skills and Seamanship is your perfect introduction to recreational boating's fundamentals. Great for beginning and intermediate powerboaters alike, it offers you the basics of choosing, equipping, and handling a small to midsize powerboat.
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Keep your infant safe and secure on the water with the Stearns Infant Classic Boating Vest. This life jacket fits infants weighing less than 30 pounds. Constructed of durable nylon with 1" webbing and open sides for comfort, the Boating Vest features a leg strap to ensure that the vest stays on your baby, even in the water. A convenient grab handle provides an extra measure of security. This personal flotation device is Coast-Guard approved.

A vivid exploration of one of the most beloved Renoir paintings in the world, “done with a flourish worthy of Renoir himself” (USA Today)

With her richly textured novels, Susan Vreeland has offered pioneering portraits of artists’ lives. Now, as she did in Girl in Hyacinth Blue, Vreeland once again focuses on a single painting—Auguste Renoir’s instantly recognizable masterpiece, which depicts a gathering of Renoir’s real friends enjoying a summer Sunday on a café terrace along the Seine. Narrated by Renoir and seven of the models, the novel illuminates the gusto, hedonism, and art of the era. With a gorgeous palette of vibrant, captivating characters, Vreeland paints their lives, loves, losses, and triumphs so vividly that “the painting literally comes alive” (The Boston Globe).

This e-book provides safety information when on a watercraft. It includes recognizing and preventing hypothermia, open water safety, boating at its best, death by stupid, and your own boating safety checklist.

They'll be safe and secure on the water with the Stearns Youth Watersport Classic Life Jacket. This life jacket fits youth weighing 50-90 pounds. It's constructed of durable nylon over PE foam, with 1" webbing and closed sides. Coast-Guard approved as a Type 3 personal flotation device.

Power Boating For Dummies is a guide to power boating for both new and experienced boaters. It advises readers of necessary boating supplies, safety concerns and equipment, accessories, and includes locations of boating facilities, and how to safely pilot the ship.

Keep your child safe and secure on the water with the Stearns Child's Classic Boating Vest. This life jacket fits kids weighing 30-50 pounds. Constructed of durable nylon with 1" webbing and open sides for comfort, the Boating Vest features a leg strap to ensure that the vest stays on your child, even in the water. This personal flotation device is Coast-Guard approved.

A vivid exploration of one of the most beloved Renoir paintings in the world, “done with a flourish worthy of Renoir himself” (USA Today)

With her richly textured novels, Susan Vreeland has offered pioneering portraits of artists’ lives. Now, as she did in Girl in Hyacinth Blue, Vreeland once again focuses on a single painting—Auguste Renoir’s instantly recognizable masterpiece, which depicts a gathering of Renoir’s real friends enjoying a summer Sunday on a café terrace along the Seine. Narrated by Renoir and seven of the models, the novel illuminates the gusto, hedonism, and art of the era. With a gorgeous palette of vibrant, captivating characters, Vreeland paints their lives, loves, losses, and triumphs so vividly that “the painting literally comes alive” (The Boston Globe).