CA Burgee  Library Listing

Borrow Books Online

These pages list a selection of books from the library collection. At present, listings are given for the more popular classifications. The titles below are all available for loan by CA members, except where marked as confined on the library catalogue. Reference only material, such as that in the Cruise Planning section has not been listed.
The loan periods are as follows:

Books - 4 weeks (maximum of 4 per member)
Videos - 2 weeks (maximum of 1 per member)
2 week loan pilots - 2 weeks (maximum of 1 per member)

You do not need to visit the library to borrow books or videos. You can make requests to the Library by fax, telephone, or post, and books can be posted out to you. There is no charge for this service, although we ask members to refund postage costs when returning the books.

To order online to borrow books, fill in and submit the request form here.

Clicking on one of the subjects below will take you to a full list of titles in that classification.

C Ship Building

C1 Boat Building; General

C1.1 Boat Building; GRP Ferrocement

C1.2 Boat Building; Wooden

C1.3 Boat Building; Metal

C1.4 Boat Building; Technique

C1.5 Boat Building; Motor Boats

C1.6 Ship Building; Historical

C1.7 Historical; Miscellany

C2 Yacht Design

C2.1 Motor Boat Design

C2.2 Boat Conversions

C2.3 Multihulls and others

C2.4 Miscellaneous Designs

C3 Gear Fittings and Electrics

C4 Engines, Fuels and Propellers

C5 Rigs and Rigging

C6 Sails and Canvas

C7 Naval Architecture

C8 Model Ship Building

C9 Fitting Out and Maintenance

 

D Seamanship

D1 Seamanship

D1.1 Seamanship Manuals

D1.2 Safety at Sea

D1.3 Sailing Organisations and Yacht Clubs

D1.4 Blue Water Sailing

D1.5 Seamanship Tips and Miscellaneous

D1.6 Motor Cruising

D1.7 Seamanship Books pre-1940

D2 Yachting Manuals

D2.1 Types of Boats

D2.2 Yachting Books pre-1940

D2.3 How To Sail

D2.4 Boat Buying pre-1970

D2.5 Buying, Surveying post-1970

D3 Signals and Communications

D4 Flags, Heraldry and Figureheads

D5 Knots, Splices and Cordage

D6 Victuals

D7 Medical First Aid

 

E Navigation

E1 - Navigation; Historical

E1.1 - Navigation; Miscellaneous

E1.2 - Navigation Techniques

E1.3 - Navigation Manuals

E1.4 - Oceanwide Navigation

E1.5 - Coastwise Navigation

E2 - Hydrography

E3 - Nautical Instruments

E4 - Pilotage Historical

E4.1 - Coastal Guides pre-1970

E4.2 - Inland Waterways

E4.3 - Coastal Guides; Great Britain

E4.4 - Coastal Guides; Europe

E4.5 - Coastal Guides; Mediterranean

E4.6 - Coastal Guides; Rest of the World

E5 - Cartography

E6 - Charts, Atlases and Maps pre-1900

E7 - Charts, Atlases and Maps post-1900

 

J Cruises and Cruising

J1 Cruising

J2 Circumnavigation

J3 Cruises; UK waters, post-1950

J3.1 Cruises; UK waters, 1900-1950

J3.2 Cruises; UK waters, pre-1900

J4 Cruises; Arctic and Antarctic

J4.1 Cruises; Pacific Ocean

J4.2 Cruises; Caribbean Sea

J4.3 - Cruises; Atlantic Ocean

J4.4 - Cruises; North Sea, Inland Europe and France

J4.5 - Cruises; Baltic Sea

J4.6 - Cruises; Mediterranean Sea

J4.7 - Cruises; Red Sea and Indian Ocean

J4.8 - Cruises; Chinese and Japanese

J4.9 - Cruises; Australian Waters

J5 - Cruises; Other, post-1950

J5.1 - Cruises; Other, 1900-1950

J5.2 - Cruises; Other, pre-1900

J5.3 - Cruises; Roving Commissions

 

V Video

V A - Reference

V B - Natural Science

V C - Ship Building

V D - Seamanship

V E - Navigation

V G - Maritime History

V J - Cruises and Cruising

V K - Sport

V M - Biography

V O - Geography and Social History

V Q - Chart Room

 

R CD-ROM Embroynic Collection