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Vaughan, Roger.
Fastnet: One Man's Voyage.
New York: Seaview Books, 1980. 1st edition. 184 pages. Map. Photographs.
Very good hardcover in Very good dust jacket. ISBN 0872235874. #16194.
$7.50
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Von Kohorn, Ralph Steven.
Columbia Cruises North: Circumnavigating the North.
Whatamonga Bay, New Zealand: Cape Catley, 1979. 1st Edition. 166 pages. Index.
Color and black-and-white photographs. Maps. Endpaper maps. Signed by the
author 'For Louise and Jack With sincere thanks and appreciation - Love Jill
and Ralph'.
'The sequel to Columbia Cruises South, this book completes the circumnavigation
of New Zealand, in a figure eight, by the motor yacht Columbia and her
explorer-crew.' - Front dust jacket. Very good hardcover in Very good dust
jacket. ISBN 0908561083. #23756. $20
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Waters, Don.
Gypsy Waters Cruises South.
New York: Sheridan House, 1938. 287 pages. Photographs. Endpaper Maps.
Good pictorial hardcover, spine darkened and spine ends slightly frayed. Former
owner's name along on front flyleaf. #28177. $7.50
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Weld, Philip S.
Moxie: The American Challenge.
Foreword by William F. Buckley, Jr. Boston: Little, Brown, 1981. 1st edition.
x, 245 pages. Photographs. Maps. Endpaper plans.
The yacht Moxie's participation in The Observer Transatlantic Singlehanded
Sailing Race. Very good hardcover in worn, rubbed and frayed dust jacket.
ISBN 0316929298. #15606. $7.50
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Wells, F. DeWitt.
The Last Cruise of the Shanghai: Being the Story of the
Teakwood Boat over the Viking Trail.
Illustrations by Philip Kappel. New York: Minton, Balch, 1925. 1st edition. 244
pages. Illustrations. Frontispiece. Diagram. Endpaper maps.
Very good hardcover binding. #11907. $10
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White, G. W. Blunt.
White Mist to Rio: The 1953 South Atlantic Ocean Race.
Mystic, Connecticut: Marine Historical Association, 1953. Small 4to
(medium-large book). 22 pages. Photographs. Marine Historical Association, 25.
The skipper's account of the 1200-mile ocean race from Buenos Aires, Argentina,
to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in the yawl 'White Mist'. Very good stiff wrappers
(soft cover). #26821. $7.50
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Wibberley, Leonard.
Hound of the Sea.
New York: Ives Washburn, 1969. 152 pages. Endpaper maps. Ocean racing a Morgan
34.
Very good cloth-covered hardcover in good dust jacket. #12968. $7.50
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Wibberley, Leonard.
The Shannon Sailors: A Voyage to the Heart of Ireland.
New York: Morrow, 1972. 1st edition. 157 pages.
Very good hardcover in good dust jacket. #12969. $12.50
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Wilkinson, Tim.
Hold a Minute.
London: Allen & Unwin, 1970. 2d edition. 187 pages. Photographs.
A businessman and his fashion-model wife live and carry cargo in a pair of
boats on England's canals. Very good hardcover in good dust jacket.
ISBN 0043860044. #12970. $20
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Willis, William.
The Gods Were Kind: An Epic 6700 Mile Voyage Alone across the
Pacific.
New York: Dutton, 1955. 1st edition. 252 pages. Photographs. Plans. Maps.
Illustrations. Color frontispiece. Published London, Hutchinson, 1955, as The
Epic Voyage of the Seven Little Sisters, a 6700-mile Voyage Alone across the
Pacific.
Good hardcover in slightly worn and frayed dust jacket, slightly chipped at top
of spine. #11965. $12.50
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Winter, L. B.
We Who Adventure: Cruises in British Waters.
London: Oxford University Press, 1956. 188 pages. Photographs. Maps.
Very good hardcover in Very good dust jacket. #13237. $22.50
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Wynne, Barry.
The Man Who Refused to Die: Teehu Makimare's 2000 Mile Drift in
an Open Boat across the South Seas.
Foreword by Keith Holyoake. New York: Dutton, 1966. 1st edition. 158 pages.
Photographs. Illustrations. Maps.
Good hardcover in good dust jacket. #27771. $12.50
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Yacht Racing Association of Long
Island Sound.
Yacht Racing Association of Long Island Sound. Year Book. 1931.
New York: Yacht Racing Association of Long Island Sound, 1931. 12mo (small
book). 164 pages. Illustrations. Folding table.
Good hardcover, covers worn and rubbed. #27545. $50
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Yacht Racing Association of Long
Island Sound.
Yacht Racing Association of Long Island Sound. Year Book. 1961.
New York: Yacht Racing Association of Long Island Sound, 1961. 12mo (small
book). 111 pages. Photographs. Cover title: Long Island Sound YRA.
Very good stiff wrappers (soft cover). #27547. $25
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Yachting Club of America, Inc.
American Yacht Register: Documented Vessels, 1965. A
compilation of names and descriptions of yachts documented by the U.S.
government; names and addresses of owners of documented yachts with official
numbers and yacht names; American yacht clubs and yachting associations, [etc],
U.S. Custom ports issuing Marine documents; yachts obtaining first documents,
[etc].
Palm Beach, Florida: Yachting Club of America, 1965. Small 4to (medium-large
book). 403 pages.
Very good hardcover. #27468. $22.50
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Yachting Club of America, Inc.
Who's Who in Yachting 1966. A reference index of biographical
sketches of noteworthy owners of yachts and yacht descriptions.
Palm Beach, Florida: Yachting Club of America, 1966. 1st edition. Small 4to
(medium-large book). 197 pages.
Very good hardcover. #27560. $17.50
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