Boating Adventure

The original cast of the famed Swallows and Amazons series is sailing under the stars and the command of Captain Flint in the South China Sea when Gibbet, their pet monkey, grabs the captain's cigar and drops it in the fuel tank. In minutes, the ship is ablaze (and doomed), and our seven luckless protagonists are adrift in two small boats. They make their way to land, only to find themselves the captives of one of the last remaining pirates operating off the China Coast.

Click and his friends are going on a canoe trip—but they keep making mistakes! First, they sink the canoe after they over pack it and then they forget to pack the oars. Do they know how to steer the boat? Will the friends make their trip?

A novella of contemporary maritime adventure. After a commercial fishing accident sinks his boat and claims the life of his best friend, Capt. John Raynes escapes his troubles by taking a job delivering an old tug. But the job turns out to be more than meets the eye. And it may have something to do with his friend's death. This novella is also available in an anthology titled, Beneath Cold Seas and Four Other Sea Stories, by the same author.

For anyone who loves sailing and adventure, Arthur Ransome's classic Swallows and Amazons series stands alone. Originally published over a half-century ago, the twelve books are still eagerly read by children and adults alike – by all those captivated by the world of adventure and imagination. Such longevity is not only due to Ransome’s unparalleled gift of storytelling, but also his championing of qualities such as independence and initiative; virtues that appeal to every generation, whether young or old.

He might be bored in his forced tropical exile, but the brunette marching down the dock is trouble he doesn't need. And she’s coming for him. Being stuck on Fat Dog Island is better than being dead. Still, Bodie Flynn misses the life he left behind. Now his research into bizarre energy shifts plaguing the Caribbean has hit a wall. It isn’t until a firecracker named Lex shows up, demanding his help to find a missing whale, that he realizes her data could be the lead he needs. And he isn’t above using the beautiful heiress to get it. Animal telepath Lex Durand saw the impossible: one of...

Imagine spending 24 hours a day with your spouse in 31 not-so-square feet for years, crossing the Pacific Ocean on two gallons of fuel, and tossing spaghetti marinara around your living room then cleaning it up while bouncing like ice in a martini shaker. Tightwads on the Loose tells the story of Wendy and Garth, lured to sea by the promise of adventure. They buy a 31-foot boat that fits their budget better than it fits Garth's large frame and set sail on an open-ended voyage, never imagining they'd be gone seven years or cover 34,000 miles at the pace of a fast walk.

This 148-day journey began on Darcy Gaechter’s 35th birthday. She sold her successful outdoor adventure business, upsetting her partner and boyfriend of 12 years and getting them both fired in the process. The emotional waters that would fester and erupt on the ensuing journey were often more challenging to navigate than the mighty river itself. With blistering lips and irradiated fingernails, Darcy would tackle raging Class Five whitewater for 25 days straight, barely surviving a dynamite-filled canyon being prepared for a new hydroelectric plant.

After battling the tempestuous sea, four men in a boat finally spy land. But will the process of getting to the land be their undoing? Based upon Crane’s experience of surviving a shipwreck when traveling to Cuba, The Open Boat is an excellent example of literary Naturalism. H.G. Wells considered it “the crown of all [Crane’s] work”.

A short story about the life and death travails of three sea urchin fishermen on the coast of Maine.

King Henry is dead and everyone is delighted – but his little son is a dangerous king. Ships I can manage, but humans, now that’s different. Tell young Lucy to stay in the kitchen and do what she’s told! Big ships and little ships but it’s not all plain sailing. Go and get killed for a man you don’t even like? LUCY DRAGONFLY takes its readers into new worlds . Harry comes home from ice and frozen seas, minus two fingers but safe from bears, and finds just as much trouble in Canterbury, where new ways of thinking are clashing together like icebergs. He is pitched into a difficult ...

Did the “human” race just get stronger? He thought last summer was behind him for good, but when ex-astronaut Brock Finlander finds a secret code etched into a mutant crab shell, he calls a top marine biologist to make sense of it. His daughter. When she discovers that the animal was genetically bioengineered, Brock needs answers. But when he discovers that the secret code originated at NASA, he enlists the help of a renegade hacker to get inside and find the truth. When the truth you find is too powerful to understand, what do you do? They uncover a dark force so powerful it won’t be...

If you want to get to know eleven-year-old Samantha Ali-O’Connor, you need to know three things: One, she isn’t the only one of her siblings who is adopted, but she is the only one whose name isn't inspired by the ocean. Two, she and Harbor always compete with each other to be the best Oldest Sibling—and just about everything else. And three, she is determined to prove she's a real Ali-O'Connor by taking over the family business, repairing and chartering boats. Except there's a Capital-P Problem: Her mothers have been Serious Whispering about selling the business before summer's end!

A laugh-out-loud pirate adventure, perfect for listening to at home, in the car, at bedtime - or any time at all! The Troll longs for a juicy goat to eat - but he's stuck with boring old fish for supper. Bother! Meanwhile, Hank Chief and his pirate crew love fish, but without a decent recipe their slimy, soggy dinner is even worse. If only they could find their buried treasure and pay for a ship's cook, but it seems they've sailed to the wrong island. Again.

Offshore and Offshore Islands. Cassie Lisstick's first command of the sail training vessel Lady Bea turns to disaster. Yevgeny Meinzac, the man she most fears, has taken her hostage on her own ship. Can the sailor in the night, the man who has seen only a glimpse of her, rescue Cassie from the insane love of Yevgeny? Or will she alone have to face the demon in her life on the open, empty seas, sailing further and further from home? This volume contains both books in the Offshore series: Offshore and Offshore Islands.

The story is told beginning with the vision and desire to sail on the ocean, through the training and education, buying a boat, gaining experience, and finally embarking on a 1000nm journey to bring the boat home, singlehanded. An immersive nonfiction adventure story, Becoming a Sailor captures the scene as one would experience it. Becoming a Sailor also goes into technical detail about the repairs and additions to Sobrius, a 1972 Dufour Arpege, as well as the techniques the author had to learn in order to sail singlehanded on multiday passages.

The submarine was now down, inside the watery canyon, and picking up speed. Out of the corner of his eye, Tim saw something dark, and sinister sweep by.....The five Wright cousins have a submarine, and they know how to use it! But the deeper they go, the more mysterious Lake Pinecone becomes. Something is wrecking boats on the lake, and it’s downright scary. Will they find the secret, before it’s too late? It’s “up periscope” and “man the torpedoes”, as the fun-loving Wright cousins dive into this fun new adventure.

Annabelle Doll, Tiffany Funcraft, and their families are whisked out to sea when the Palmers accidentally place them in a box destined for charity donation. And it turns out they're not alone - there are plenty of other doll people on the ship, too. After traveling thousands of miles, will they be able to find their way home?

On November 23, 1942, German U-Boats torpedoed the British ship Benlomond, and it sank in the Atlantic in two minutes. The sole survivor was a second steward named Poon Lim, who, with no knowledge of the sea, managed to stay alive for 133 days on a small wooden raft.

Some call it a myth. Others call it a legend. As far as Kannon McCarthy is concerned, it's a theory waiting to be proven right. According to the slew of fact- and fiction-based data on the subject, the lost city of Atlantis was once a thriving metropolis. Kannon McCarthy has spent years gaining the necessary backing and funding to launch an intensive investigation that will show the naysayers that the Atlantean Theory is firmly rooted in truth. Unfortunately, there are multiple roadblocks in his way. He just hasn't met them yet. Fans of The Life of Pi and lost world fantasy/adventure ...

April 1912: Runaway aristocrats Poppy and Daisy Melville sign on as stewardesses for the Titanic’s maiden voyage. After their harrowing rescue by the Carpathia, they are forbidden from disembarking in New York and sent back to England with the other survivors of the Titanic’s crew.