If you want to learn how to program, this is the book for you. Most texts on programming offer dry, boring examples that are difficult to follow. In this book, a wide variety of interesting and relevant subjects are explored using a problem-solving methodology that develops logical thinking skills w...

Covers the techniques, procedures, and quick decision-making needed to sail a vessel alone on short trips or long voyages

In an average year roughly 30 million men will go fishing. In this exciting, fast moving book readers are invited to journey alongside Captain Dan Keating as he travels around the world and back in time to discover that the ultimate catch is closer than we realize. The book weaves Dan s wild fishing...

Everglades City to Pensacola Including the GIWW, Caloosahatchee River, Okeechobee Waterway, Tampa Bay and the Panhandle Boater-biased, independent, full-page reviews with ratings and rates for 161 marinas that welcome visiting boats. Every facility has been personally reviewed, often several times,...

Basic Stamp is the brand name of a chip that is widely used in the prototyping of microcontrollers - the "brains" of electronic devices. The development of such embedded system devices is the fastest-growing chip sector. This book teaches the principles and processes of microcontroller development b...

One of the most complete guides ever written to this popular cruising area, 256 pages, 129 photos, 56 sketch charts, street maps, GPS waypoints and course lines to aid in navigation, covering Biscayne Bay, Hawk Channel, the shallow inside route, including the area from Miami to Key West and on to th...

Kayak fishing is one of the fastest growing sports in North America, thanks to the kayak's ease of use and the access it offers anglers to new and otherwise inaccessible waters - and The Ultimate Guide to Kayak Fishing is the most comprehensive book on the sport. Captain Scott Null and Joel McBride...

Developed by the United States Power Squadrons, the world's largest private, nonprofit boating organization, Marine Amateur Radio is a complete guide to the use of ham radio for two-way and network communications among boats and between boats and shore stations. Briefly, succinctly, and clearly, thi...

Tired of replacing those worn out bearings...on a highway?Tired of seeing those rusty trailer hubs rust all over your rims? Time to take the pain out of trailering!Bearings and Hub Cavity 100 percent Pregreased!Grease Seal and Bearings are Preassembled!Most roadside trailer breakdowns occur because...

"The purpose of this field manual is to provide a standardized source document for Army-wide reference on 'map reading' and 'land navigation'. This manual applies to every soldier in the Army regardless of service branch, MOS, or rank. This manual also contains both doctrine and training guidance on...

This book concentrates on how RobotBASIC programs can interface with a wide variety of off-the-shelf hardware. Many options will be explored including both serial and parallel ports and how a separate microcontroller can be used to handle the low-level I/O operations. You will even see how vision, s...

SimNet Cable 10MSimNet (Simrad Intelligent Marine Network) is a unique marine electronics network system. Over the last 5 years, it has proven to be one of the most reliable and easy to use networks in the marine industry. SimNet is easy to install with thin cables and small plugs.