Vagnon Maritime Bookstore
Vagnon is a privileged partner of Picksea. Indeed, our experts contribute to the writing and the realization of the famous codes to prepare the boat licences but also to many technical books like the "Plaisance et Réglementation", l'"Abécédaire du plaisancier" ou encore le "Guide de la navigation hauturière". You will find in the Vagnon maritime bookshop many books to improve or learn the techniques for many nautical activities: light sailing, cruising, fishing, kayaking, diving...
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<h2>Astronomical navigation : François Meyrier</h2>
<p><span>Even if today's electronic devices are very reliable, it is still essential (and sometimes compulsory) to know the techniques of positioning with the help of a sextant, a watch, a calculator and the ephemeris. In this manual you will find the basic principles of navigation based on the observation of the Sun, planets and stars. </span></p>
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<h2>Make your first sailing trips a success</h2>
<p>This beginner's sailing manual covers all the essential basics for your first outings. You will find safety, the organization of life on board and the crew, basic maneuvers, the fundamentals of navigation, the weather...</p>
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<h2>Code Vagnon Pleasure Craft Licence inland waterways option</h2>
<p>For more than thirty years, this code has been the instrument of your success in the examination for the pleasure craft licence, inland waterways option, and the precious advisor for safe navigation.</p>
<h2>Find out everything about the inland waterways option on our website</h2>
<p>You can find on Picksea.com everything related to the inland waterways licence, such as the Inland Waterways Licence Test published by the prestigious brand Vagnon, or the DVD associated with the inland waterways option.</p>
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<h2>The Vagnon code for the French Radiotelephone Operator's Certificate</h2>
<p>The Radiotelephone Operator's Certificate validates a navigator's ability to use the VHF, both from the point of view of technical functions and calling procedures. The possession of this certificate is mandatory to use a VHF when navigating outside French territorial waters.</p>
<h2>Find all the maritime radiotelephony on Picksea.com</h2>
<p>You can find on our website everything related to marine radiotelephony and in particular a wide range of <a href="https://www.picksea.com/en/53-vhf-and-walkie-talkie">VHF</a> and <a href="https://www.picksea.com/en/82-emergency-beacon">distress beacons</a>.</p>
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<h2>Bass fishing with bait and lures</h2>
<p>Of a very pragmatic approach, this guide written by a young but already great specialist known by the media, goes to the essential and presents a detailed chapter on the hope (habitat, reproduction, food, behavior...) and all the techniques of fishing (of the edge or in boat). You will also find the presentation of the material to be used as well as the regulation concerning the practice of this fishing.</p>
<p>Widely illustrated with photos and diagrams, this manual will help you understand everything you need to know to practice this emblematic fishery.</p>
<h2>Picksea specialist of the sea, its seabed, and fishing!</h2>
<p>Picksea has established itself as a leader in nautical equipment but also in documentation, with specialized books according to your desires and passions. Diving, boating, boating licenses, or fishing.</p>
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<h2>Sea fishing coaching: prepare, train and progress!</h2>
<p>Coaching sea fishing of <strong>Vagnon</strong> is a very visual guide thanks to its illustrations. With a relaxed approach, it will help you learn and progress during your sea fishing excursions.</p>
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<h2>The practical sailing sheets to equip yourself, prepare, manoeuvre and sail!</h2>
<p>This manual <strong>Vagnon</strong> includes 65 illustrated sheets to guide the "sailor" and help him or her progress in the discovery and practice of sailing.</p>
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<h2>The foil: flying on the water, it's a guide to launch yourself and surpass yourself!</h2>
<p style="text-align:justify;">In this book Le foil : voler sur l'eau by <strong>Vagnon</strong>You will find a program to launch and surpass yourself in foil on light supports (windsurf, surf, dinghy, catamaran). <span>Today, the practice of foiling is revolutionizing navigation and nautical leisure. A strong interest for this new trend is linked to the gliding sensations it provides. </span>It includes advice, tips and good tips on equipment, "playgrounds", first steps, basic notions, mastering learning... As well as testimonies of amateur and professional practitioners.</p>
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<h2>Coaching to prepare, train and progress</h2>
<p>This manual Coaching light sail of <strong>Vagnon</strong> proposes a learning method thanks to a very visual, well explained and easy to understand guide to progress in light sailing. In three major stages: getting ready (the right moves), training (taking your first steps) and progressing (becoming an expert), you'll become an expert on the subject!</p>
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<h2>Regatta coaching to prepare, train and progress</h2>
<p>This manual Coaching regatta of <strong>Vagnon</strong> proposes a learning method thanks to a very visual, well explained and easy to understand guide to progress during regattas. In three major stages: getting ready (the right gestures), training (taking your first steps) and progressing (becoming an expert), you will know how to define the type of race you want to practice, choose your equipment, your boat and your course, learn the essential rules, refine your tactics and strategy by following the weather and currents, improve your driving and manoeuvres...</p>
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<h2>Sailing well with the weather offshore and in port: driving, manoeuvring and adjusting</h2>
<p>Sailing well with the weather offshore and in port <strong>Vagnon</strong> is a guide that brings together all the manoeuvres and conduct in port and at sea that are essential for good sailing in the weather.</p>
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<h2>The boater's memo: a practical memo of the ABCs of navigation</h2>
<p style="text-align:justify;">The boater's memo of the edition <strong>Vagnon</strong> is a practical and very visual memo which makes it easy to understand and remember. The aim of this memo is to guide you through the stages of a successful trip at sea. Harbour manoeuvres, signs, lights, markings, radio messages, accidents, safety rules: everything is explained to help you adopt the right gestures to avoid endangering your own life and that of your crew.</p>
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<h2>The indispensable logbook</h2>
<p><span>A practical board book at a low price!</span></p>
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<h2>Make your fishing trips a success</h2>
<p><span>This manual explains everything you need to know to start fishing on foot and to improve your practice! You will learn to recognize the species, the techniques, the necessary equipment ...</span></p>
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<h2>Improve your sailing skills with this manual!</h2>
<p>This sailing manual offers a coaching program adapted to all generations of "sailors", to acquire and master the skills of sailing. You will find several headings: getting ready, training, improving.</p>
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<h2>From the lazarette to the plate: how to organize your kitchen on board?</h2>
<p style="text-align:justify;">From Shack to Plate is a manual of the <strong>Vagnon</strong> which helps you to organize your kitchen on board your boat with topics such as equipment, furnishings, provisioning as well as easy and tasty recipe ideas.</p>
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<h2>The guide to living well on board to deal with all situations</h2>
<p style="text-align:justify;">The guide to living well on board <strong>Vagnon</strong> offers technical advice (how to optimize your space and equip yourself well) but also psychological advice to avoid crisis situations and to live well on board with your crew or alone. You will find themes such as equipment and material, managing emotions, stress, solitude, fear...</p>
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<h2>The essentials of offshore sailing: everything you need to know to sail or motor on the high seas!</h2><p style="text-align:justify;">The essential of the deep-sea navigation of <strong>Vagnon</strong> includes the essentials of the regulations (navigation zones, registration, permits), safety (responsibilities of the skipper, equipment, first aid, VHF), day and night navigation, but also eco-actions!</p><h2>Features of the manual The Essential of Offshore Navigation</h2>
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<h2>Réussir sa sortie en mer: preparing, sailing and above all progressing!</h2>
<h2><span style="color:#ff0000;">Written and designed by the experts at Picksea!</span></h2>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Successful Sea Trips is an illustrated guide from the <strong>Vagnon</strong> which accompanies the sailor in all the stages of his sea trip. You will find a<span> unwound <strong>step by step</strong> which follows the chronology of a sea trip (before, during, after) with important themes such as managing the unexpected or sailing at night.</span></p>
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<h2 style="text-align:justify;">Vagnon Surfing Coaching</h2>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Are you ready to take the plunge and start surfing? You surf but you need to evolve in your learning ? Here is a simple and easy method, organized in three essential steps.</p>
<ul style="text-align:justify;"><li>Prepare for the right gestures to master the weather tools and the evolution of the forecasts, choose your surf spot, face the waves in a good physical condition and serenely.</li>
<li>Train with the different basic manoeuvres, from the first "foam" to the ducking technique, including paddling on the open sea, the take-off, the bottom-turn, and the roller.</li>
<li>Progress by experimenting with advanced maneuvers such as the late take-off, carving, tail-slide, cut-back, re-entry, floater, and sliding inside the tube, the queen of surfing.</li>
</ul><p style="text-align:justify;">And to go further, find out everything you need to know about surfing practices, equipment and material, regulations and priority rules, surfing ethics and eco-actions. Dare to go for it! Surf the wave!</p>
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<h2>Logbook to write everything down!</h2>
<p><span>This premium version logbook <strong>Vagnon</strong> includes a cardboard cover with elastic band and a pocket to store your documents. It also contains a textbook, pages of notes and drawings as well as a lot of practical information (useful addresses, signals, rules of the road and helm, VHF, rescue and emergencies, RIPAM, etc.).</span></p>
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<h2>The Vagnon manual for first aid at sea</h2>
<p>As first aid training at sea is essential, this practical manual will be very useful to you. Written by an author who is a specialist in the subject and himself an experienced trainer, you will find a pedagogical guide to a training course that is compulsory for racing and essential to the safety of sailors.</p>
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<h2>How to fit out your boat by Vagnon</h2>
<p style="text-align:justify;">The proper fitting out of a boat is essential, as the success of a voyage (especially if it is a long one) depends largely on the comfort on board and the organisation of daily life in a suitable, pleasant and functional environment. But managing to fit out a boat properly is not so simple: choice of materials, construction of made-to-measure furniture, tips to resist all the hazards of life at sea.... This book will guide you through the fitting out of your boat with the help of numerous photographs and well thought-out educational workshops.</p>
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<h2><span style="font-family:'novecento_wide_medium', sans-serif;font-size:16px;">How to repair and renovate your wooden boat with Vagnon epoxy</span></h2>
<p>This book presents everything you need to know to repair and renovate your wooden boat, whether classic, moulded or plywood, using epoxy resin. Contents:</p>
<ul><li>Inspection of the boat</li>
<li>The basic techniques</li>
<li>Dry rots</li>
<li>Repair of a structural member</li>
<li>Repair of wooden hulls and decks</li>
<li>The fittings</li>
<li>Protective and maintenance coatings</li>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><span>The Vagnon of boating at sea is the Bible of the motor sailor! This book gathers all the knowledge in manoeuvres, navigation, safety, regulations, etc... which will help you to improve your nautical skills.</span></p>
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<h2>Make your freshwater fishing trips a success</h2>
<p><span>Discover the diversity of freshwater environments and the main species of fish that inhabit them; learn and master the fishing techniques of the various large families of fish over the seasons thanks to targeted set-ups and appropriate equipment and bait; learn about the organisation of fishing and its regulations for responsible fishing... </span></p>
<p><span>You will find: descriptive sheets of more than 40 species of fish; illustrated assemblies and animations; tips and advice; the different types of fishing.</span></p>
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<h2>Make your sea fishing trips a success</h2>
<p><span>This manual is written by Guillaume Fourrier, holder of 19 fishing records. He explains to us <span>all the modern techniques of sea fishing, the necessary equipment and the assemblies through diagrams and photographs. </span></span></p>
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<h2>Learn to cook at sea like a chef!</h2>
<p><span>This cooking guide explains how to set up a boat kitchen, but it also contains a multitude of generous recipe ideas that will delight your taste buds, such as c<span>grilled coconut rabe, barbecued lobster but also the<span>soft spinach flanks, fried potatoes. In short, there is something for everyone! </span></span></span></p>
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<h2>Learn more about fishing on foot!</h2>
<p><span>Fishing on foot is a very popular activity. But don't be surprised by its apparent ease: to be effective and respect the environment, the fisherman must be able to identify the species, know their habitat and the appropriate fishing techniques. Fortunately, this practical and educational manual is here to help you!</span></p>
<p><span>Thanks to illustrated summary sheets, discover more than 60 species of shellfish, crustaceans, cephalopods and various fish, as well as the essentials on the regulations and the right harvesting tools.</span></p>
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<h2>Fishermen, stay up to date!</h2>
<p><span>With the Almanac de la pêche en eau douce et en mer, discover seasonal activities: techniques and objects from yesterday and today, tasty anecdotes, tips and tricks from experts, points on regulations, good fishing spots, ecological advice, focus on fish. Not forgetting: quizzes, gourmet recipes, unusual news, portraits of fishermen...</span></p>
<p>You can browse through the pages by clicking on this link: <span style="color:#3366ff;"><a href="https://issuu.com/feuilletagefleurus/docs/9791027102174_ext" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span style="color:#3366ff;">https://issuu.com/feuilletagefleurus/docs/9791027102174_ext</span></a></span></p>
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<h2>All the basics to get started</h2>
<p><span>The dinghy is the ideal boat for beginners, especially for children. This very clear and practical guide, largely illustrated, is there to accompany them in their learning. It covers all the essential notions: where to sail, how to choose your boat, how to take your first steps on the water and on the boat, how to leave and return, how to take care of the weather, how to manage your safety...</span></p>
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<h2>Learn how to trim and adjust your sails</h2>
<p><span>Knowing how to trim and adjust your sails according to the boat, the wind, the course, the weather, the risks... It's not easy! And yet, there are very few publications on the subject. This small practical manual is here to provide the reader with all the essential information to know. This book is aimed at experienced sailors.</span></p>
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<h2>Learn more about marine navigation with the Vagnon de navigation</h2>
<p><span>Maritime navigation requires a vast knowledge of the sea, ships and sailors. You will learn about <span>the contribution of the most recent technologies but also on the digital turn taken by the field of navigation. <span>This educational book has been written for the students of the Naval School. It is also intended for sailors and industrialists. It provides them with knowledge of the maritime environment and exposes the techniques and logic necessary to conduct a serene navigation.</span></span></span></p>
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<h2>Learn how to tie a knot with the Coffret des noeux marins</h2>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Skill and precision are necessary to make different knots from the easiest to the most complicated. Follow the steps and drawings in the manual to learn how to make more than 50 fun sailor knots and go to sea with peace of mind!</p>
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<h2>Exercises to manage your navigation</h2>
<p><span>With this navigation exercise manual you will know how to read and interpret a nautical chart, take a bearing and take stock, read and interpret a nautical chart, draw the graph of water heights of a tide, all with pedagogical texts and many practical exercises, it allows you to train before going to sea!</span></p>
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<h2>All boat fishing with bait and lures</h2>
<p>This clear and extensively illustrated manual presents all the <strong>fishing methods</strong> and the appropriate equipment. Each species of fish is presented in the form of a practical sheet as well as the <strong>bait and lures</strong> for the captured ones. It will also help you choose the right boat and the right onboard electronics for your needs.</p>
<h2>Picksea specialist of the sea, its seabed, and fishing!</h2>
<p>Picksea has established itself as a leader in the <strong>nautical equipment</strong> but also in the documentation, with specialized works according to your passions and your desires. Diving, boating, boating licenses, or fishing are some of the topics covered.</p>
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<h2>The Vagnon guide to bait fishing</h2>
<p>This clear and practical book offers all the necessary keys to master the <strong>bait fishing</strong>It is practiced more or less intensively or expertly by thousands of enthusiasts. From the simple amateur to the <strong>experienced fisherman w</strong>ith the help of the advice, information and techniques provided in the manual, all of which are amply illustrated, everyone will find something to their liking.</p>
<p>Author, <strong>Guillaume Fourrier d</strong>espite his young age, he is a particularly experienced and well-known fisherman. His catches, fished in the four corners of the world, were on several occasions approved as French or world records.</p>
<h2>Picksea specialist of the sea, its seabed, and fishing!</h2>
<p><strong>Picksea.com</strong> has established itself as a leader in nautical equipment but also in documentation, with specialized books according to your desires and your passions. Diving, boating, boating permits, or fishing.</p>
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<h2>Underwater hunting is a true art</h2>
<p><strong>Pascal Catry</strong>a high level competitor and <strong>Jean Attard</strong>and the editor-in-chief of Apnea Magazine, offer a simple, practical and highly illustrated guide for all Apnea enthusiasts. <strong>submarine hunting</strong>. This guide will be of interest to those who want to discover underwater hunting without the benefit of advice from a senior, but also to those who would like to go further in a nascent passion and who lack certain technical bases, often essential to practice safely.</p>
<p>Without a doubt, the reference book for all underwater hunting enthusiasts and future enthusiasts.</p>
<h2>Picksea specialist of the sea and its seabed!</h2>
<p>Picksea has established itself as a leader in nautical equipment but also in documentation, with specialized books according to your desires and passions. Diving, boating, or even boating licenses.</p>
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<h2>How to choose your second-hand boat : Albert Brel</h2>
<p>The aim of this book by Albert BREL is to provide boaters with all the advice they need to acquire a second-hand boat, whether sailing or motor. The advice is given according to the budget and the sailing program.</p>
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<ul><li>To make the choice of<span>The boat's performance depends on the sailing program, the sailing areas, the parking mode and the hull.</span></li>
<li><span><span>Building materials.</span></span></li>
<li><span><span>To examine the vessel afloat</span></span></li>
<li><span><span>To do the dry dock examination</span></span></li>
<li><span><span>The purchase of the boat </span></span></li>
<li><span><span>Do-it-yourself repairs</span></span></li>
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<p><span>All the basic rules you need to know to sail and powerboat properly</span></p>
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<h2>Prepare your Atlantic crossing</h2>
<p><span>This is a very practical guide for experienced boaters wishing to cross the Atlantic. You will find planning, meteorology and oceanography... A unique book on the market, which adventurous sailors are eagerly awaiting! It also includes examples of routes to the West Indies.</span></p>
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<h2>A beginner sailor? Sail safely!</h2>
<p>Taking to the sea, the first times, when you are a beginner, is not so simple. <span>With this book, published in partnership with the SNSM, the novice yachtsman will have all the keys to ensure his safety on board in the event of a major problem. In this manual, all the major themes are covered: man overboard, fire, collision, grounding, water ingress, evacuation.</span></p>
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<h2>Exercises to prepare for the offshore licence</h2>
<p>This exercise book allows candidates to practice on exam subjects in accordance with the training program. This workbook is a must for anyone who wants to pass the offshore licence and be ready on D-day!</p>
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<h2>Marine Accident Memo</h2>
<p>This very practical memo aims to remind you of the essential actions to take in the event of accidents at sea.</p>
<p>You will find: how to prevent a maritime accident but also how to react and save.</p>
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<h2>The radio message memo</h2>
<p>This very practical memo aims to remind you of all the information you need to know for a safety, emergency or distress call.</p>
<p>You will find distress, emergency and safety messages.</p>
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<h2>Memo of Lights & Ship's Marks</h2>
<p>This handy memo is intended to provide a complete overview of ship's lights and marks. It contains day marks, ship's lights and privileges.</p>
<p>You will learn: how to recognize the lights and marks of the boats but also how to interpret them</p>
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<h2>The first aid memo on board</h2>
<p>This very practical memo aims to remind you how to act in risky situations, to know everything about first aid to help victims of accidents on board a boat.</p>
<p>You will find the essential steps of first aid: protect, alert, act and treat</p>
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<h2>The on-board safety memo</h2>
<p>This very practical memo aims to remind you of the often complex regulatory environment of water sports, and the basic principles for calm and responsible navigation.</p>
<p>You will find the obligations of the skipper, the equipment, the maintenance but also the good gestures.</p>
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