Boating In Canada HC DJ 2nd

Boating In Canada

Practical Piloting and Seamanship - Second Edition

ISBN: 0802018173

By Garth Griffiths. University of Toronto Press. Printed in Canada. Reprint 1973. Hardcover, red/orange cloth binding with black lettering/decoration on cover and spine.

Measures 11 3/8 x 8 3/4 with 324 pages printed on coated paper.

Contains: frontispiece, illustrations throughout, glossary, index, speed table, licence numbers of Canadian Ports. Has a pocket on the inside back cover that contains a letter codes and signals chart. The contents indicate there should be a safety afloat tip sheet but it is not in the pocket. The dustjacket is unclipped.

The author, who is very well qualified, has presented clearly and simply this step by step manual to handling a boat properly. Parallels the course given by the Canadian Power Squadrons.

Contents:

Fundamentals

Elements of seamanship

Piloting

Reference section


The dustjacket has wear/tears. Not an ex-library, no inscriptions. The cover has some very pale spotting, the reverse side of the dustjacket has a dampstain. The cover and pages are intact and in otherwise good condition