REDFeather Book Collections

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The Merchant Marine is composed of all the commercial ships of a country and the personnel that man them. The American Merchant Seaman's Manual has been the primary seamanship text and reference book for the American Merchant Marine for more...

$19.95

Built on the shores of the Delaware Bay in 1925, Sequoia is a Trumpy-designed 104-foot wooden motor yacht that has hosted eight U.S. presidents and has become a Chesapeake Bay icon. Giles M. Kelly served as the yacht’s skipper from...

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Shiphandling with Tugs, Second Edition is the most comprehensive text available for the mariner who wants to learn how to safely and effectively operate tugs in assisting ships to and from their berths in ports and anchorages. Captain Jeffrey Slesinger...

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The standard manual to prepare for the Coast Guard examinations. The Cornell Manual was first published in 1984 to replace CG-176, a small handbook issued by the U.S. Coast Guard. Over the last two decades it has become a standard...

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The Merchant Marine is composed of all the commercial ships of a country and the personnel that man them. The American Merchant Seaman's Manual has been the primary seamanship text and reference book for the American Merchant Marine for more...

$19.95

The New Hawsepipe takes the mystery out of all Coast Guard and STCW 95 requirements. Striving to climb through the ranks to Merchant Marine? Let The New Hawespipe be your travel mate. This companion reference guide will take you step-by-step...

$35.95

For generations, vessels built on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay have been famous among seafaring peoples of Europe and America. In Maryland and Virginia, the two states which confine the bay, the master shipwrights have always been experimental designers...

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The most important field marks of more than 500 species of the Chesapeake Bay are shown in 350 superb pen-and-ink drawings. This book has become the definitive field guide to the Chesapeake. Flora and fauna descriptions are arranged according to...

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A photographic look at the the wild horses on Assateague Island in Maryland and Virginia over a ten-year period. In 1965, twenty-one ponies were released into the northern portion of Assateague Island, within the Assateague Island National Seashore spanning across...

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A look at the 200 species of shorebirds, seabirds, and marsh birds that attract bird-watchers to the Eastern Shore of Virginia.  The seventy-mile chain of largely uninhabited islands along the Eastern Shore of Virginia is one of the last remaining...

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Step into the locker rooms, the playing fields, and the owners’ offices with sportswriter John F. Steadman as he relates the fascinating tale of football in Baltimore. In scores of animated first-person accounts, the author tells it like it was:...

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Applied Naval Architecture describes in detail what naval architects do, and how they do it, to all students and practitioners involved in the business of merchant ships and shipping, except for professional naval architects themselves. This book will appeal to...

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When it comes to learning about history, simple things can sometimes tell us as much about life during a particular time as great happenings. In the midst of the horrific battles of the Civil War, simple but significant events were...

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Rudow’s Guide to Fishing the Chesapeake is the most comprehensive handbook for anglers on all of the Chesapeake’s waters from main-stem bay to tributaries and tidal creeks. Detailed charts feature over 550 boating hot spots and 35 public shoreline fishing...

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Over 280 of Aubrey Bodine’s photographs chronicle nearly every aspect of Maryland life from 1924 to 1970.  “Photography in the United States was a big thrill, but I always get a bigger thrill when I make a picture of a...

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This book is a compilation of all the formulae that a mariner is commonly called upon to use but the exact workings of which he has perhaps forgotten. For each subject category, the author states the basic parameters in narrative...

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When fourteen-year-old Anna Shepherd receives mysterious messages, she knows they are from her twin brother, Toby, who left two weeks earlier aboard an oyster dredge boat. The messages are only the beginning. A strange letter written in a foreign language...

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Due to a strong industry need, many academies and technical schools now offer courses on refrigeration and air-conditioning. Marine Refrigeration and Air Conditioning introduces this complicated subject in a detailed, straightforward manner. Mechanical refrigeration is used onboard in many ways,...

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In Chesapeake 1-2-3, companion book to Chesapeake ABC, the bay comes alive for preschoolers and toddlers learning to count. Pages and scenes grow more crowded as readers approach "ten," then see all the numbers once again. One girl went out...

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Stability and Trim for the Ship’s Officer has been completely updated after twenty-two years. Aboard today’s vessels, technology and computers abound as ship’s gear. The once long and tedious calculations for stability, trim, and hull strength are now done in...

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Keeping a ship safe and secure occurs through the investment of time and effort by both the Vessel Security Officer and the crew. Some of the topics covered in this volume include training, drills, exercises, and recordkeeping; threat assessment and...