by S Henkel

Adjustment, towing, launching, maintenance, repair. How to choose the right style and type of trailer, best accessories, best vehicle, troubleshooting, electrics, wheel bearings, sway and stability.

160pp, US publication

An essential guide to 1,700 UK slipways and launch sites. Each listing includes cost, type of ramp, access to the site, surface type of the upper and lower areas, facilities, hazards and directions to the site.

Colour. Maps

by Bruce Smith

Trailer Boats magazine, the leading authority on trailering boats, presents this comprehensive guide to help you gain confidence, develop skill, and avoid boat-ramp and highway mishaps. The book includes easy-to-follow, heavily illustrated instructions on driving, backing, launching, retrieving, and tying down your boat; trailer maintenance; and selecting tow vehicles, hitches, trailers, and towing accessories.

Paperback, 168pp

By Bill McDonald

Guide to launching sites for trailed craft up to 22 feet, on the Channel and Brittany coasts of France, the Loires and Western Rivers. Over 400 sites available to visiting sailors, sea anglers or powercraft user. Each site entry contains info on location and access, type of slipway, nearby facilities, etc.

210x148mm 128pp, paperback

By Diana van der Klugt

All you need to know about slipways for launching small boats - whether power or sail - at over 700 selected sites around the British Coast. Also included are sites on the Norfolk Broads, The English Lake District, some Scottish Lochs and a selection of inland lakes.

Each entry includes information on the type of site and its suitability for particular types of craft and activity.

216x135mm 288pp paperback, 6th edition 2006.

by Diana Hunter

A new expanded edition of this guide to launching sites for small boats on the Inland Waterways of Britain. Each entry includes information on the type of site and its suitability for particular types of craft, availability, nearby facilities including car and trailer parking, fuel and chandlery; restrictions in force, such as speed limits and prohibition of certain activities, e.g. waterskiing; approximate charge for use of the site and directions to the site.

112pp, paperback