CD ROM (Computer)

CD2 - Do It Yourself  Magazine MANAGING POWER ON BOARD Batteries are the core of your boats power system. Proper battery selection, sizing and installation to met your electrical loads on board, reliable charging techniques, and accurate monitoring devices, ensure maximum performance and extends battery life. (Windows PC or Apple)

CD3 - Do It Yourself Magazine PLUMBING 101 Everything you need to know to inspect, maintain, repair and troubleshoot plumbing systems onboard your boat, and improve or replace the present system with the right components when necessary. Covers topics on freshwater plumbing, waste systems, and below deck systems. (Windows PC or Apple)

CD4 - Do It Yourself Magazine DC ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS The complete guide to expanding, upgrading, surveying and troubleshooting your boat’s DC electrical system. Follows American Boat & Yacht Council (ABYC) standards. (Windows PC or Apple)

CD5 - Do It Yourself Magazine MARINE PAINTING & REFINISHING NEW The complete guide to painting and refinishing hulls, topsides, decks, brightwork, bilges and underwater running gear with marine coatings. Choosing the right products, careful surface preparation and attentive application are the essentials of a successful, enduring and beautiful finish. (Windows PC or Apple)

CD6 - Do It Yourself Magazine SAILBOAT RIGGING NEW A practical guide to deck layouts, equipment repairs, performance upgrades, rig tuning, sail controls and steering systems. This updated version includes many articles not found on the previous version including: mainsail controls, pedestal repair, steering maintenance, step-by-step maintenance. (Windows PC or Apple)

CD7 - Sailrite Learn Sail Maintenance Volume I Sailrite introduces an interactive video on CD-ROM to teach sail repair and maintenance. (Windows PC)

CD8 -  Sailrite Learn Sail Maintenance Volume II Sailrite introduces an interactive video on CD-Rom to teach sail repair and maintenance. (Windows PC)

CD9 - Sailrite Building a Cruising Spinnaker Sailrite introduces an interactive video on CD-Rom to help with the assembly of a cruising spinnaker kit. It's surprisingly easy with a precut kit and this visual aid! (Windows PC)

CD10 - Sailrite Building a Spinnaker Sock Sailrite introduces an interactive video on CD-Rom to help with building and using a spinnaker sock. (Windows PC)

CD11 - Sailrite Making a Boat Cover Sailrite introduces an interactive video on CD-Rom to help with making a full boat cover. (Windows PC)

CD12 - Sailrite Make Your Own Boat Cushions Sailrite introduces an interactive video on making your own boat cushions. An excellent aid! The CDs are interactive (menu driven) so you can go directly to the specific topic you want to view. (Windows PC)

CD13 - Sailrite Making Your Own Bimini Instructional multimedia program on making a bimini for a boat.   Based on Sailrite bimini kit. (Windows PC)

CD14 - Knot Tying: Splicing Three Strand Line Learn to splice three strand line with this easy to use CD-ROM interactive reference. (Windows PC)

CD15 - Knot Tying: Advanced Knotting   Learn to tie twenty advanced knots with this easy to use CD-ROM interactive reference. (Windows PC)

CD16 - Coast Pilots for West Coast of North America Coast Pilots for Alaska to Costa Rica and Hawaii.

CD17 - Marine Publications #1 – Includes: American Practical Navigator – Bowditch; Coast Pilots 1-9; Light Lists 1-7; Nautical Chart Symbols Chart #1, Nautical Chart Users manual; Radar Navigation Pub 1310; Radio Navigation Aids Pub 117; International Code of Signals Pub 102

CD18 - Multimedia Learn to Sail Volume 1  Windows PC Multimedia Basic sailing Instruction program includes sound, video, pictures and graphics. Requires Windows based computer.

CD19 - Sailing Directions British Columbia Canada Pub #154  Sailing Directions publication number 154 in Microsoft Word Format

CD20 - Sailing Directions Enroute, Planning Guides or Coast Pilots for Pacific Ocean,, Southwest Asia, North American West coast Alaska and Hawaii. Documents in Adobe PDF Format

CD21 - United States Coast Pilots 1-9 The United States Coast Pilot consists of a series of nautical books that cover a variety of information important to navigators of coastal and intracoastal waters and the Great Lakes. Issued in nine volumes, they contain supplemental information that is difficult to portray on a nautical chart. Documents in Adobe PDF format.

DVD1 - Learn To Sail Olympic sailor, noted author and founder of the world-renowned Off-Shore Sailing School, Steve Colgate takes TV and film stars Audrey Landers and Sam Jones through a complete basic-to-intermediate sailing course. Aboard a 27 foot Soling, they learn all of the language, tips and techniques that will make you a seasoned sailor in no time. 100 min.

DVD2 - Sailing In Heavy Weather Go offshore aboard a 40ft. sailboat for an exciting look at heavy weather sailing techniques and tactics. Join Warren Luhrs, Steve Dashew, John Neal and other top sailors as they talk about steering in large seas, heavy air sail trim, personal protection and storm tactics. 68 min.

DVD3 - Sailing With Confidence A great new learn to sail program designed to give those with little or no sailing experience the knowledge and skills needed to sail with confidence. Expert instructor Bud Foulke covers the basics of "getting started," intermediate "helmsmanship and maneuvers" and advanced "heavy weather sailing and flying spinnakers." 90 min.

DVD4 - COASTAL PILOTING - Equivalent to 6-week USPS or USCG Aux. evening course. Compass Correcting (T-V-M-D-C), Bow Bearings, Running Fixes, Speed-Time-Distance, Current Diagrams, more. 120 minutes

DVD5 - Boat Maintenance – 93 minutes This video on Boat Maintenance applies to both Powerboats and Sailboats and pays for itself the first time you use it to fix the marine head that your girlfriend, boyfriend, parent, guest or child stuffs up. Even shows how to replace the worn out impeller or diaphragm water pump parts, plus much, much more..

DVD6 - Paradise Found – Sailing the BVI Gary Jobson and Sunsail video about chartering in the British Vergin Islands.

DVD7 - Discover Sailing: The Ultimate Adventure  Sail America Organization created this introduction to the sport of sailing for free distribution at sailboat shows.

DVD8 - The Annapolis Book of Seamanship-Vol 1 - Cruising Under Sail This is an instructional DVD based on the book. John Rousmaniere demonstrates seamanship skills in a clear, easy to follow way. The series includes detailed explanations, action replays and close up photography that all combine to make these programs extremely easy to follow.

DVD9 - The Annapolis Book of Seamanship-Vol. 2: Heavy Weather Sailing.  This is an instructional DVD based on the book. John Rousmaniere demonstrates Heavy Weather seamanship skills in a clear, easy to follow way.

DVD10 - The Annapolis Book of Seamanship-Vol. 3: Safety At Sea.  This is an instructional DVD based on the book. John Rousmaniere covers safety at sea skills in a clear, easy to follow way.

DVD11 -The Annapolis Book of Seamanship-Vol. 4: Sailboat Navigation.  This is an instructional DVD based on the book. John Rousmaniere demonstrates navigaton skills in a clear, easy to follow way.

DVD12 - The Annapolis Book of Seamanship-Vol. 5: Sailing & Racing Daysailors.  This is an instructional DVD based on the book. John Rousmaniere demonstrates racing skills in a clear, easy to follow way.

DVD13 - Spinnaker Sailing  Top racer and sailmaker Tom Whidden shows how to handle spinnakers and cruising chutes when sailing downwind.This hour-long DVD demonstrates basic spinnaker handling techniques, including packing, launching, gybing and trimming. Tom also gives pointers to various crew positions when handling spinnakers and uses a model sailboat to show the effects of changing the height and angle if the spinnaker pole.

DVD14 - Storm Tactics  Lin and Larry Pardey DVD on storm tactics based on Cape Horn rounding. Good coverage of "Heaving-too" on all types of vessels and using a parachute anchor to ride out heavy winds.

DVD15 – Raster Nautical Charts of US  This is a DVD ROM "Data disk" with NOAA Raster Nautical Charts of US undated to Aug 2006. Includes a chart viewing program. Required Windows based computer with DVD reading drive. Not readable on regular CD only drive.

BOOKS

Book1 - Hints and advice on Rigging and Tuning of your Selden Mast Well written by Selden Mast Manufacturing company this 81 page booklet covers all aspects of rigging and tuning a sailboat rig. Simple and clear coverage with lots of diagrams.

Book2 – H.M.S Surprise by Patrick O’Brian Third in the Aubrey-Maturin adventures, set in Indian subcontinent and East India Company ships.

Book3 – Post Captain by Patrick O’Brian Second in the Aubrey-Maturin adventures, Jack Aubrey is interned in France.

Book4 – Lieutenant Hornblower by C.S. Forester Second in the Hornblower series.

Book5 – The Boat Who Wouldn’t Float by Farley Mowat A humorous adventure of man against the sea or was it man against boat.

Book6 – Somewheres East of Suez by Tristan Jones Third book in series about Tristan Jones circumnavigation on a trimaran in mid 1980s. This book covers Thailand to Istanbul.

Book7 – A Steady Trade, A Boyhood at Sea by Tristan Jones Book covers Tristan Jones childhood and early days of sail-in-trade before World War II.

Book8 – Northeast Boaters Almanac 2003 edition Information on harbors and waterways from New Jersey to Maine. A lot of information on facilities in ports.

Book9 – Canvaswork & Sail Repair by Don Casey Published by The International Marine Sailboat Library.

Book10 – 100 Fast & Easy Boat Improvement by Don Casey Published by The International Marine Sailboat Library.

Book11 – Boat Improvements for the Practical Sailor by Stephen Fishman Published by Sheridan House this book contains clear, illustrated projects to make simple improvements to a boat.

Book12 – The Big Book of Boat Canvas by Karin Lipe A complete guide to fabric work on boats.

Book13 – Mauch’s Sailboat Guide Volume 1 by Jan Mauch Layout and specifications on 350 sailboats by 80 manufacturers

Members may request, by e-mail, a copy of the Index to Volume 3 which list all boats covered by each volume from the Librarian

Book14 – Mauch’s Sailboat Guide Volume 2 by Jan Mauch Layout and specifications on over 400 more sailboats by 90 manufacturers

Members may request, by e-mail, a copy of the Index to Volume 3 which list all boats covered by each volume from the Librarian

Book15 – Mauch’s Sailboat Guide Volume 3 by Jan Mauch Layout and specifications on over 400 more sailboats by 10 0 manufacturers

Members may request, by e-mail, a copy of the Index to Volume 3 which list all boats covered by each volume from the Librarian

Book16 – The Complete Book of Laser Sailing by Dick Tillman Guide to history, types, sailing and racing laser sailboats

Book17 – The Complete Guide to Publicity by Joe Marconi All aspects of planning and executing a publicity campaign.

Book18 – Fund raising for non profit groups by Joyce Young and Ken Wyman How to get money from corporations, foundations and government.