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A handy guide to boating organizations and reference materials for your nautical library. Includes book reviews and recommendations, magazines, websites and links to boating organizations.
Boating Books - Which Do You Recommend as Gifts?
Tell us which boating books you recommend as gifts.
Best Gifts for Boaters - Books and Magazines
Give the gift for boaters that will never grow old - books and magazines. When you give books and magazine as gifts for boaters, you guarantee a gift that will keep on giving year after year.
Top 5 Boating Magazines
Boating magazines are a fun way to get new information about boating, read the latest boat reviews, and pick up handy boating and boat maintenance tips. Subscribe to one of these top five boating magazines to stay in the boating know all year long.
Coast Guard Navigation Rules Book Review
The official Coast Guard Navigation Rules, Inland and International. Keep this book aboard your boat as a handy reference for the sailing and steering rules, lights and shapes and sound signals essential for safely navigating the waterways.
Chapman Piloting and Seamanship 65th Edition
Boating books help boaters to increase their knowledge of boating, and there is no better book than Chapman Piloting and Seamanship. If you buy one boating book, this should be it.
Coast Guard Boating Safety Division
The official Coast Guard boating safety site. Review safety tips, news, recalls, defects, and laws and regulations you should know.
Coast Guard Auxiliary
The Coast Guard Auxiliary conducts vessel safety checks, harbor patrols, safe boating courses, and more.
U.S. Power Squadron
The U.S. Power Squadron is a non-profit organization of 45,000 members dedicated to boating safety and enjoyment. They offer vessel safety checks, teach boating courses, and plan social opportunities such as races, competitions, and picnics.
Bowditch - Online
Also known as the American Practical Navigator, "Bowditch" is the navigation book of choice for mariners. This online format is published by IRBS as an alternative to the 8 lb. print format.

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