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THE WARM DRY BOAT
- By Roger McAfee
ISBN 0-9686853-4-X - 8.5"x11" - 123
pages - perfect bound - soft cover. Illustrated.
This book deals, in detail, with how to keep a boat warm and
dry. It also deals with techniques to help win the constant
battle against mold and mildew. Design, construction and maintenance
features that help keep a boat dry are discussed as are factors
leading to good ventilation. Various heating and cooking appliances,
and their burners, are reviewed, and the production of hot
water on board is discussed. Techniques of cooling without
air conditioning are examined.
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THE STEEL HULL -
By Roger McAfee
ISBN 0-9686853-6-6 - 8.5"x11" - 148
pages - spiral bound - soft cover. Illustrated.
This book discusses the nature of steel and it’s use
as a boat building material and compares steel with aluminum
and copper nickel. The writer also discusses corrosion protection
and painting. It is the only book on the market that deals,
in detail, with methods of steel hull repair including patching
and plate insert methods. Other sections include safety, financial
and social considerations, how to buy right and tools required
- from screw drivers to grinders and welders.
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FORT ROSS - The
Ship In The Shadow - By Roger McAfee
ISBN 0-9686853-8-2 - 8.5"x11" - 127
pages - perfect bound - soft cover. Illustrated.
Fort Ross, designed by William James Roue, the famed designer
of the Bluenose, was built in 1938 for Hudson’s Bay
Company Arctic service. Fort Ross was heavily built in wood
and the book contains archival construction and structural
photos, never before published. In 1969, the author, with
a group of other young adventurers, brought the vessel from
Halifax, through Panama to Vancouver. Subsequent research
indicates that Fort Ross was likely the first vessel to circumnavigate
North America. This book is about the history of the vessel
and the author’s trip.
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THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE
ON TEN DOLLARS A DAY - By George Hone
ISBN 0-9686853-5-8 - 8.5"x11"- 138
pages - perfect bound - soft cover. Illustrated.
This book chronicles the adventure of three ordinary men who,
in a 27' steel motor sailer, became only the fourth crew in
history to complete the Northwest Passage in a single season.
Theirs was the first private Canadian vessel to do so. The
vessel was the smallest to accomplish that feat and they did
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