The One-Minute Guide to the Nautical Rules of the Road - Charlie Wing

The One-Minute Guide to the Nautical Rules of the Road

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
160 Seiten
2006 | 2nd edition
International Marine Publishing Co (Verlag)
978-0-07-147923-3 (ISBN)
28,65 inkl. MwSt
A guide to international and US boating rules which includes the full text of the original rules, and rule-by-rule translations of these rules. It also includes a "One-Minute Guide Decision Tree" and a brief overview of the rules' intent to give you an idea of what to do in any common situation.
Your quick-access guide to international andU.S. boating rules

The U.S. Coast Guard requires every boat morethan 39-feet long to carry a copy of the nauticalrules of the road onboard. Here’s one that is convenientand handy enough for quick reference on thewater. This bestselling guide includes the full text of the original rules, and Charlie Wing’s clear, rule-by-rule translations make them easy to follow. It also includes a "One-Minute Guide Decision Tree" and a brief overview of the rules’ intent to give you a good idea of what to do in any common situation.

Charlie Wing received his Ph.D. in oceanography from MIT, where he later worked as a research scientist. Since then his career has been explaining how things work--teaching physics at Bowdoin College, founding America’s first two do-it-yourself house-building schools (the Shelter Institute and Cornerstone), hosting a PBS series on energy conservation, and writing a dozen top-selling books on home building, home maintenance, and remodeling. Wing lived aboard a cruising sailboat for six years, during which time he wrote the first edition of this book on a solar-powered Macintosh computer. He is the author of four other IM books.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 16.9.2006
Zusatzinfo 25 Illustrations
Verlagsort Rockport, ME
Sprache englisch
Maße 188 x 234 mm
Gewicht 290 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Sport Segeln / Tauchen / Wassersport
Schulbuch / Wörterbuch Lexikon / Chroniken
ISBN-10 0-07-147923-6 / 0071479236
ISBN-13 978-0-07-147923-3 / 9780071479233
Zustand Neuware
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