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HCC Library
February 2017

 
  The HCC Library

The HCC Purser, Kent Walters, has completed the exhausting annual inventory of the HCC library, and the list of materials available is shown below. The HCC Librarian is Boatswain Paul Woodcock, who is the custodian of the vast collection. If you wish to borrow any of these books or videos, contact Paul and he will arrange to pull them from the shelves and bring them to a meeting to place in your custody.  Or you can work out with him some alternative way for him to hand off the books or videos to you. 

Books

  1. Basic Canoeing… skills and tools
  2. Canoeing… A trailside series guide
  3. Eskimo Rolling  
  4. Kayaking… A trailside series guide
  5. Paddle America… Guide to trips and outfitters in all 50 states
  6. Playboating .Moves and training
  7. Sea Kayaking… Long-distance touring (J. Dowd)
  8. Sea Kayaking… Basic essentials (M. Wyatt)
  9. Sea Kayaking… Essentials… equipment, strokes, etc. (J. Hanson)
  10. Sea Kayaker’s Pocket Guide
  11. Sea Kayaking… Nigel Foster’s Secrets from the Pro
  12. The Bombproof Roll and Beyond….balance and boat control
  13. The Complete Wilderness Paddler
  14. The Essential Whitewater Kayaker… a complete course
  15. Whitewater Handbook… Canoe and kayak
  16. Whitewater Handbook… AMC Third Edition… Canoe and Kayak
  17. Canoeist’s—Scenarios for Serious Canoeists (C. Jacobson)
  18. Canoe Country—Wildlife Field Guide (Mark Stensaas)
  19. Canoe Country—Camping (M. Furtman)
  20. Skiff Song—Documentary (Annie Holmes)
  21. The Happy Isles of Oceania—Paddling the Pacific (Paul Theroux)

Videos

No.

Format

Emphasis

Description

Comments

 1

 

DVD

Canoe

Pivot Point (Basic strokes—30 min.)
Whitewater Bound (Comprehensive skills—All Levels—2 Hrs.)
Quick Start (Basic info and skills—20 min.)

 

 2

DVD

Canoe

L.L. Bean---Guide to Canoeing (Info/skills, Solo/Tandem—All Levels---1:41)

2 copies

 3

 

VHS

Canoe

Pivot Point (Basics—30 min.)

 

 4

 

VHS

Canoe

Quick Start Your Canoe (Basic info and skills—20 min.)

 

 5

 

VHS

Canoe

Rollin With Nolan (Solo canoe. Advanced. Great whitewater footage)

 

 6

 

VHS

Canoe

Whitewater Bound (Basic canoe strokes)

 

 7

 

DVD

Kayak

Decide to Return (Sea kayaking safety---11min.)

 

 8

DVD

Kayak

Kayak Handling (Basics)
Quick Start Your Kayak (Basics)
Kayak Basics

 

 9

 

DVD

Kayak

Quick Start Your Kayak (Basics)
Kayak Handling (Basics)
Kayak Basics

 

10

 

DVD

Kayak

Slalom Technique (Advanced)
Citizens Racers Workshop (Advanced)

 

11

 

DVD

Kayak

Texas Whitewater (Adv. Whitewater footage--#1)

 

12

 

DVD

Kayak

Texas Whitewater (Adv. Whitewater footage--#2)

 

13

 

VHS

Kayak

Kayak Handling (Basics)

 

14

 

VHS

Kayak

Quick Start Your Kayak (Basics) Copy #1

 

15

 

VHS

Kayak

Quick Start Your Kayak (Basics) Copy #2

 

16

 

VHS

Kayak

Citizens Racer Workshop (Advanced. Whitewater)

 

17

 

VHS

Kayak

Slalom Technique (Advanced. Stroke Drills)

 

18

 

VHS

Kayak

World Cup ‘89

 

19

 

DVD

Kayak

Go Paddle (Fundamentals—Beginner/Intermediate---33 min.)

 

20

 

DVD-

Mixed

Rollin Nolan (Advance Canoe. Whitewater)
Kayak Basics (Rolls and Strokes)
Quick Start Your Kayak (Good Basic)

 

21

 

DVD

Mixed

Smart Start For Paddlers—ACA (Canoe and Kayak Basics)
Quick Start (Basics)

 

22

 

DVD

Mixed

Whitewater Primer (Advanced Kayak)
Rollin With Nolan (Advanced Solo Canoe. Whitewater)

 

23

 

DVD

 

The Forgotten Skills: Camping

 

24

 

VHS

 

Wenonah Canoe Repair

 

25

 

VHS

Canoe

Bob Foote’s The Open Canoe Roll

 

 


 
        
HCC Librarian and
Dewey Decimal expert,
 Paul Woodcock