Motor boats: books - history, types and construction

Vintage Outboard Motorboat Racing: An Illustrated History 1927–1959

Rev your engines for this outboard motorboat racing story covering the early years of the sport when water daredevils thrilled spectators across the country. Covers famous drivers like Marshall Eldridge, Fred Jacoby, Paul Wearly, Clint Ferguson, Hilda Mueller, Loretta Turnbull, Dick Neal, Frank Vincent, Bill Tenney, Gar Wood, Jr., and many more.

Race boats built by Jacoby, Neal, De Silva and Century are featured in historic photos, as well as the famous Johnson and Evinrude opposed firing racing engine built in the 1930s, and master mechanics like Walt Blankenstein, Dean Draper and Stan McDonald who kept them running long past their prime.
Take a walk along the shorelines of America's waterways and see what it was like to race small outboard boats during a Golden Age. Illustrated with archival photographs from the Rosenfeld Collection located at Mystic Seaport, along with over 200 historic images from private collections.

Reeds Superyacht Manual (3rd Edition)

"Reeds Superyacht Manual", published in association with Bluewater Training, is the first and the best reference manual for everyone involved with yachts large and small, under sail or power, from deckhands to skippers and owners.

There is extensive coverage for leisure and professional yachtsmen including:
- key information for all required courses at all levels from STCW crew basic training through RYA Yachtmaster Offshore to MCA Officer of the Watch (Yacht)
- comprehensive treatment of: safety, sea survival, first aid, fire fighting, navigation, seamanship, meteorology, marine radio and general ship knowledge
- additional section on marine law including international and flag state requirements
- easy guide to the Collision Regulations as well as their full text

Well illustrated and user-friendly, this is the complete reference for all those involved with private or commercial yachts worldwide.

The World Water Speed Record - The Fast and the Forgotten

The quest for the Water Speed Record is one of the most dangerous, least forgiving and most unheralded of endeavours. Defined by the fatal crash of Donald Campbell in 1967 on Lake Coniston, it lacks some of the glamour of the land speed record, yet hundreds have made attempts over the years - many with spectacular and sometimes tragic results.

The first official record of 74 mph was set in 1920 in a boat elegantly called Miss America. Fifty-eight years later, the Spirit of Australia skimmed across the surface at over 317 mph, a speed still unsurpassed.
That small 243 mph increase in just under six decades pays little testament to the trials and tribulations endured by the likes of Campbell Snr and Jnr, Segrave, Don and Warby.

Whereas the land speed record has been beaten time and again by surprisingly large margins, the water version has been tougher and more pronounced, only being increased by percentages.

This book captures the burning desire and incredible single-mindedness that is needed to take on the elements and propel a craft across water faster than anyone before ... and for what glory?

Les plus beaux super yachts du monde

Les super yachts représentent le summum du luxe, du confort et d'une liberté sans limites. Matériaux choisis, concepts raffinés d'organisation de l'espace, lignes élancées et élégantes, ils offrent tout cela dans le respect dû à l'eau, au vent et à la météo.

Cet ouvrage très illustré présente les dernières tendances maritimes avec une sélection de 40 yachts à moteur, tous lancés ces toutes dernières années. Des images de très grande qualité illustrent ces bateaux fabriqués selon les techniques traditionnelles des chantiers navals, aussi bien que les visions avant-gardistes de designers célèbres et d'audacieux nouveaux venus. L'ensemble va des éco-yachts modernes aux bateaux de sport multifonction et aux méga-yachts de luxe.
Les plus beaux yachts du monde est une invitation à découvrir et explorer les rêves et perspectives maritimes du XXIe siècle.

Autoboote - Wie das Automobil zum Motorboot wurde 1865 - 1945

Zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts erschloss die noch junge Automobilindustrie einen weiteren aufregenden Markt: die Fortbewegung auf dem Wasser. Autoboote hießen die mit Frontmotor ausgestatteten Gefährte, die ab 1900 durch spektakuläre Rennen auf der Seine und vor Monaco schnell populär wurden - um nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg ebenso schnell wieder in Vergessenheit zu geraten.

Berühmte Hersteller waren für den Boom mitverantwortlich: in Deutschland etwa BMW, Daimler, DKW, Ford und Maybach. In Autobooten finden sich aber auch Motoren von Alfa Romeo, Austin, Chrysler, Duesenberg, Fiat, Hispano-Suiza, Isotta-Fraschini, Napier, Packard, Peugeot, Renault und vielen mehr.

Carsten Klink und Leif Rohwedder widmen dieses liebevoll gestaltete und mit ausschließlich zeitgenössischen und größtenteils unveröffentlichten Abbildungen illustrierte Buch der Entstehungs- und Blütezeit der Autoboote 1865 bis 1945.