Prehistoric foragers, conquistadors, missionaries, adventurers, hunters, and rugged agriculturalists parade across the histories of these little-known islands on the horizon of twenty-first century Southern California. This chain of eight islands is home to a biodiversity unrivaled anywhere on Eart...

Like the instant classic The Last American Man, Fearless is the story of a remarkable individual who accepts no personal limits—including fear. Freya Hoffmeister, a forty-six-year-old former sky diver, gymnast, marksman, and Miss Germany contestant, left her twelve-year-old son behind to paddle alon...

25 oz. black, vermiculite impregnated fiberglass. Heavy duty sparks, spatter, slag, 1200°F melt temperature flat surfaces, 1700°F vertical plane. .06" thick. Sizes 3'x 3'. WARNING: This product can expose you to chemicals which is [are] known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defe...

Sextants are used to measure angular heights of celestial bodies above the horizon to find the latitude and longitude of the observer. They can also be used on land with artificial horizons. Sextants can also be used to find the correct Universal Time by measuring the angular distance between the mo...

From Cat Island South to the Turks & Caicos~Dominican Republic North Coast Completely updated version of the Pavlidis Bahamas Guides New Full-color Aerial Photos and Charts Cat Island Conception Island Rum Cay San Salvador Long Island The Jumentos and Ragged Island The Crooked Island Distr...

AWG 2/0 Red Battery Interconnect Cable - 18 Inches Why use larger cable? Very high current flows in the cables that connect an inverter to the batteries, even in a Low-Voltage power system. Household appliances can draw over 100 amps and motors may draw up to 500 amps. Larger cables allow the invert...

Written by locals, Fodor's travel guides have been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for 80 years. Whether a traveler's style is living large at a trend-setting resort or chilling on a secluded island with an icy cold beer in hand, the Bahamas has something for every taste, from all-...

This 14th edition (2016-2017) has been split into two guides, The Cruising Guide to the Northern Leeward Islands and The Cruising Guide to the Southern Leeward Islands. The Cruising Guide to the Northern Leeward Islands covers the islands of Anguilla, St. Martin & Sint Maarten, St. Barts, Saba, Stat...

Gunkholing in the San Juan Islands

Few of us will ever get to Antarctica. The bitter cold and three months a year without sunlight makes the sixth continent virtually uninhabitable for humans. Yet marine biologist James B. McClintock has spent three decades studying the frozen land in order to understand better the world that lies be...

Brand new for 2015-2016, with more Virgin Island photography and full color detailed anchorage charts, these guides have been indispensable companions for sailors and visitors to these islands since 1982. Includes a free newly designed 17 x 27 inch color planning chart, with aerial photos of some of...

In August 1979, 303 yachts began the 600-mile Fastnet Race from the Isle of Wight off the southwest coast of England to Fastnet Rock off the Irish coast and back. It began in fine weather, then suddenly became a terrifying ordeal. A Force 10, sixty-knot storm swept across the North Atlantic with a s...