BOOKS HF RADIO E-MAIL FOR “IDI-YACHTS” By Captain Marti Brown This book includes information on everything you need to send and receive email through an HF (ham and/or marine single sideband) radio. The author simplifies the equipment selection process, equipment setup, service provider selection, software setup and all of the steps involved in sending and receiving e-mail through your HF radio. Downloading weather reports, animated GRIB weather forecasts, FTP servers and troubleshooting are also covered. A CD accompanying this book has over 100 informational articles, software programs and data sounds. Photographs and diagrams in the book help identify what the author is talking about. As an example, a good photo of a pin configuration on the proper plug to be used in a connection. The layman can work with this book. Seaworthy Publications. www.seaworthy.com $29.95.
FIGHTING FINISH, THE VOLVO OCEAN RACE, ROUND THE WORLD 2001-2002 Text by Gary Jobson
volved, are in this book. Text by Gary Jobson covers the race in all its legs and then covers the history of round-the-world racing since the first one in 1973. It well covers the Volvo ocean race in pictures and words. Anyone who loves sailing or photography, will love this book. As a gift, any sailor would appreciate it if they haven’t already bought it. Nomad Press. www.nomadpress.net. $44.95
CRUISING WITH YOUR FOUR-FOOTED FRIENDS THE BASICS OF BOAT TRAVEL WITH YOUR CAT OR DOG By Diana Jessie “Dedicated to Rudder and Tiller.” Anyone who names their pets Rudder and Tiller must have a special outlook and a good sense of humor. This boat is about a lot of pets-of the dog and cat variety. If you are traveling with your hamster or other type pet, you’ll have to find another book. A lot of pet pictures that bring lots of smiles make you want to go out and buy a pet for your boat, and yourself, of course. This book covers the whole world of boats and pets. Chapters include when to get a pet for your boat (better as a puppy or kitten?), feeding and care, dealing with the “poop and pee,” first aid, safety, and foreign travel. There are even chapters on “pet etiquette” and “pet fashions,” but don’t let the latter title fool you. One of the things discussed is a PFD for your pet, not what color the pet wants, or if it’s in fashion. The chapter on foreign travel covers such topics as quarantine and the legalities of bringing pets to other countries. A good book written by a lover of pets. Seaworthy Publications. www.seaworthy.com. $19.95.
This is a beautiful book. Pictures in this book cannot be described in words. They must be seen. Some of the best shots of boats under sail ever printed grace this book. Some of the shots are of sailing moments that are hard to capture in photography, but they were by the photographers who contributed to this book. Shots of sailing under calm, extreme cold, and extreme weather, along with pictures of the many people in26
February 2004
Southwinds
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