Complete, step-by-step instructions for building schooners, galleons, clipper ships, more. Includes scale plans for 1846 clipper ship Sea Witch. Excellent guide for both the novice and the practiced woodworker - from the first steps in selecting proper materials to final task of painting the model. Over 150 photographs.

The New York Times–bestselling author delivers "an exciting, poignant and passionate romance that promises to begin a memorable series" (Romantic Times, 4 1/2 Stars).
Karen Ranney's series debut spins the intriguing story of a beautiful widow and a devilishly handsome shipbuilder . . .
Seven years have passed since Glynis MacIain made the foolish mistake of declaring her love to Lennox Cameron, only...

While working in New York City's World War II shipyards, Rosie Doyle Keefe investigates the murder of her foreman, who was killed right after she rebuffed his advances, with the help of police lieutenant Jack Riordan.

On May 31, 1911, thousands of excited people crammed into a shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland. They were there to watch the empty hull of RMS Titanic enter the water for the very first time. Proud workers hugged their children as they pointed at the massive ship they had helped build. In just 62 seconds, the giant ocean liner was floating for the very first time. It was the largest human-made object the world had ever seen! Creating the Ship of...

"How do you make something bigger and heavier than a human float? Science! From the earliest ships carved out of wood, to giant cruise ships that are like floating cities, there's a lot to learn about ships. What keeps ships from sinking and how do people put them all together? This existing book takes readers right into the ship building process and shows how everything comes together. With full-color photographs documenting this step-by-step journey,...

"Describes the experiences of building, working on, sailing on, and discovering the Titanic from the perspectives of those who did it"--

Disappointed when his parents go off to climb Mount Kilimanjaro and leave him behind with his Great Aunt Hortense, young Walter encounters mystery and intrigue when he meets Old Zeb, a shipbuilder with a secret dream.

"Introduces the reader to seafaring"--

From Library Journal: At first glance, this book might seem like an effort to capitalize on fairly shallow sensationalism, i.e., the tragic sinking of the Titanic, the "largest moving man-made object the world had ever seen." However, the 100-plus fascinating images and the narrative's careful focus soon dispel that fear. Green presents the intricate details of the design and construction of the ship-from hull dimensions to Grand Staircase-with four...

Tells the stories of some of the major and minor shipwrecks that have occurred on the Great Lakes, including the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, and the capsizing of the excursion liner Eastland on the Chicago River.