Explores the inner workings of ships through detailed technical illustrations and text.
Fatigue Design of Marine Structures provides students and designers with a theoretical and practical background for fatigue design of marine structures including sailing ships, offshore structures for oil and gas production, and other welded structures subject to dynamic loading…
Takes a detailed look inside a British warship of the Napoleonic age, providing facts about the ship and the people aboard it.
"First published in 1975, Robert Beebe's Voyaging under power revolutionized long-distance cruising, encouraging powerboaters to enjoy what was once exclusive to sailboats and their crews: crossing oceans to exotic, interesting and beautiful places in comfort with a minimum of p…
"First published in 1975, Robert Beebe?s Voyaging Under Power revolutionized long-distance cruising, encouraging powerboaters to enjoy what was once exclusive to sailboats and their crews: crossing oceans to exotic, interesting, and beautiful places in comfort with a minimum of …
Designers understand the marine vehicle; human factors professionals understand how a particular environment affects people. Yet neither has a practical understanding of the other's field. This book intends to bridge the communications gap, and helps enhance the design and opera…
Spans five thousand years of the ocean's history to tell the stories of the courageous individuals who sailed the seas for trade, to conquer new lands, and to explore the unknown, from the early Polynesians to the first circumnavigations by the Portuguese and the British.