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Wiley Nautical appeals to sailors online

by Sail-World Cruising on 26 Jul 2011
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Well known marine publisher Wiley Nautical, who publish books for all levels of seamanship covering navigation, rigging, knots, crewing and much more, is going all out to increase its appeal to sailors online, with many different offers.

Instead of browsing your favourite bookstore, they are offering their

Seamanship Sampler:

Download your copy of their Seamanship sampler featuring sample chapters from our top nautical titles, 200 Skipper’s Tips, The Skipper’s Pocketbook and The Crew’s Pocketbook.

Or you could win an iPad 2:

Are you a grizzled, salt-flecked master of the high seas? Or should you sell the boat and buy a lilo on a string for your own safety? Test your sailing knowledge in our online quiz and win an iPad 2

Then for aspiring sailors, even if you never want to race, you can:

Be Your Own Tactics Coach. This is a brand new book which lifts the lid on the strategies used by the world’s best racing tacticians.

To test whether it really works, read a sample chapter by http://www.wileynautical.com/view/0/beyourowntacticscoach.html#Download_sample_pages_from_Be_Your_Own_Tactics_Coach!clicking_here.

So if you are in the mood to buy online, you can find all these and more at http://www.wileynautical.com!Wiley_Nautical - just another option for the cruising sailor...
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