This book tells the stories of more than 750 craft, almost without exception privately owned, built by professional and non-professional boat builders and launched from the banks of the Tamar River. Racing abilities and tales of extended cruises are on record along with outstanding racing successes in Tasmanian coastal and Bass Strait waters. Inevitably there is also recorded for a few their loss through foundering or other sad circumstance. In addition there are items of historical interest about the River itself, together with old and pertinent papers, and photographs depicting varying sa... View More...
Australian Boating Manual by Captain Dick Gandy 5th Edition, released in 2015, has been updated for Maritime Training Package of 2013 and is almost twice the size of 1st edition. THE 5TH EDITION HAS BEEN UPDATED FOR.....COMMONWEALTH NAVIGATION ACT 2012 (Regulations for domestic vessels), MARITIME TRAINING PACKAGE 2013, PASSAGE PLANNING, WORK HEALTH & SAFETY (WHS) LEGISLATION 2012, MASTREP (Replacing AUSREP)VESSEL SECURITY SYSTEM,Z-DRIVE & VOITH-SCHNEIDER PROPULSION SYSTEMS, JOYSTICK PILOT SYSTEM, INCREASED STABILITY CONTENT, ALL CHAPTERS UPDATED WHERE NECESSARY. CHAPTER 1 BUYING & INSUR... View More...
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