Year: 1999 Language: english Author: Vigor J. Genre: Guide Publisher: Paradise Cay Publications ISBN: 0-939837-32-3 Format: PDF Quality: Scanned pages Pages count: 148 Description: Through boat reviews and advertisements, sailors are bombarded with product information about new boats in sailing magazines. They can tour new boats to their hearts’ content at boat shows. And they can compare these vessels in annual directories of sailing manufacturers and distributors. Eager vendors will readily send sales literature on request. But what of those of us who have elected to sail those boats euphemistically referred to as “gently used” or “previously sailed?” These boats, of course, are affordable, often well-equipped, and typically in “sailaway condition” without extensive commissioning. So how do you make comparisons and determine which of these boats is right for you? John Vigor has selected 20 from a vast field of older sailboats and offers comprehensive reviews and rating scales for comparison. His criteria for selection were that the boat must be seaworthy enough to go offshore and small enough to be easily handled by two. The boats he selected range from 20 to 32 feet. Lin and Larry Pardey, who have circumnavigated twice in sailboats less than 30 feet in length, argue that small and simple boats are better for voyaging couples. They have noted that large vessels are often the cause of abandoned cruising dreams. They’re too expensive and thus steal too much from the cruising fund. Their larger sails and ground tackle are often too hard to manage for a cruising couple without the assistance of additional crewmembers or power devices that can fail at the most critical moment. Larger, more complicated, sailboats have more systems that break, testing the skills of even the handiest. Their advice in sum is to go small, go simple, and go with the confidence that comes of handling it yourself. In this book, John Vigor offers sailors a collection of 20 boats capable of taking you anywhere — perhaps not in the comfort and style touted by new boat product literature — but safely and with dignity. John has raced, crossed oceans, and cruised coasts. His views are fresh and insightful. He has the credentials to know a boat for what it is. Readers will be rewarded with valuable information that is more timeless than trendy. Lurking behind it all is John’s wry humor that steps in at just the right moment to remind us that logic has its limits and owning and sailing these vessels is meant to be fun. If we are patient, today’s new boats will become older boats. When the best small ones have proved themselves by crossing oceans safely and in style, John may select from among these and write another book.
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Twenty Small Sailboats to Take You Anywhere
Language: english
Author: Vigor J.
Genre: Guide
Publisher: Paradise Cay Publications
ISBN: 0-939837-32-3
Format: PDF
Quality: Scanned pages
Pages count: 148
Description: Through boat reviews and advertisements, sailors are bombarded with product information about new boats in sailing magazines. They can tour new boats to their hearts’ content at boat shows. And they can compare these vessels in annual directories of sailing manufacturers and distributors. Eager vendors will readily send sales literature on request.
But what of those of us who have elected to sail those boats euphemistically referred to as “gently used” or “previously sailed?” These boats, of course, are affordable, often well-equipped, and typically in “sailaway condition” without extensive commissioning. So how do you make comparisons and determine which of these boats is right for you?
John Vigor has selected 20 from a vast field of older sailboats and offers comprehensive reviews and rating scales for comparison. His criteria for selection were that the boat must be seaworthy enough to go offshore and small enough to be easily handled by two. The boats he selected range from 20 to 32 feet.
Lin and Larry Pardey, who have circumnavigated twice in sailboats less than 30 feet in length, argue that small and simple boats are better for voyaging couples. They have noted that large vessels are often the cause of abandoned cruising dreams. They’re too expensive and thus steal too much from the cruising fund. Their larger sails and ground tackle are often too hard to manage for a cruising couple without the assistance of additional crewmembers or power devices that can fail at the most critical moment. Larger, more complicated, sailboats have more systems that break, testing the skills of even the handiest. Their advice in sum is to go small, go simple, and go with the confidence that comes of handling it yourself.
In this book, John Vigor offers sailors a collection of 20 boats capable of taking you anywhere — perhaps not in the comfort and style touted by new boat product literature — but safely and with dignity. John has raced, crossed oceans, and cruised coasts. His views are fresh and insightful. He has the credentials to know a boat for what it is. Readers will be rewarded with valuable information that is more timeless than trendy. Lurking behind it all is John’s wry humor that steps in at just the right moment to remind us that logic has its limits and owning and sailing these vessels is meant to be fun.
If we are patient, today’s new boats will become older boats. When the best small ones have proved themselves by crossing oceans safely and in style, John may select from among these and write another book.
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