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Photographs and text provide information about boats and ships, looking at different types of sailing vessels from throughout history, investigating their different parts, and discussing how and why they work.

Examines how boats and ships have transported people and cargo through the ages and how they are designed and used today.

A reference guide to boat handling and seamanship, covering boating basics, safety, anchoring, tides and currents, piloting and navigation, electronic equipment, boating customs and organizations, and other topics; and including illustrations and examples, and a glossary.

On dust jacket: The definitive guide to sailing--from piloting and navigation aids to pleasure cruising and heavy weather sailing--based on ... the sailing program of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis.

Describes many of the ways people move themselves and goods around on rivers, lakes, canals, and oceans.

Recounts the lives and the adventures of the great English sea captains from Devon, as they explored the oceans, and changed their country to a nation that looked oceanward for its destiny.

Traces the history of water travel from early boats to the modern ships of the twenty-first century, and provides information about people and inventions that contributed to water travel progress.

Traces early maritime history from the Egyptians to Captain Cook, discusses how sails were developed to use the wind, describes clipper ships, steamships, ocean liners, working ships, inland waterways, and canals, and examines safety at sea and the future of ships.