The Well-Managed Sailboat: Equipping, Organizing and Maintaining Your Cruising Boat
Year: 1992 Language: English Author: George Day Genre: Handbook Publisher: William Morrow and Company, Inc Edition: First ISBN: 0-688-10665 Format: PDF & EPUB & DOC Quality: Scanned pages Pages count: 228 Description: Filled with hundreds of ideas for buying, equipping, and maintaining a cruising boat, here is the one-stop guide for the serious sailor. Whether your dreams are for an ocean voyage off exotic shores or for a weekend jaunt down the coast, this book is filled with hundreds of ideas on tailoring a sail boat to your specific needs and cruising aspirations. Practical information on the care and repair of boats is combined with first hand product tests of various on-board systems by a seasoned sailor who, himself, has equipped his boat with the gear he writes about. Over seventy five illustrations clarify the finer points of deck layout, storage, and setting up comfortable living quarters belowdecks. Included are sections on: • Handling sails • Anchoring techniques • Autopilots and wind vanes ,, • Homemadevs. off-the-shelf gear • Alternative sources of energy • Dealing with boatyards • Trip planning for an extended voyage • And much more! In addition, TheWell-Managed Sailboat will help sailors preserve a boat as investment by pointing out what features enhance value and what features will potentially detract from the asking price when the time comes to sell. Additional info: "George Day is a very impressive sailor who could well qualify as the 'voice of experience.' In The Well-Managed Sailboat, he mixes the theoretical with the practical-the grand lessons learned during 40,000 miles of open-ocean cruising with the details of day-to-day sailing. He explains what works and what doesn't. He actually names names. This is a must-have volume for any sailor's bookshelf." -DAN FALES Motor Boating & Sailing
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The Well-Managed Sailboat: Equipping, Organizing and Maintaining Your Cruising Boat
Year: 1992
Language: English
Author: George Day
Genre: Handbook
Publisher: William Morrow and Company, Inc
Edition: First
ISBN: 0-688-10665
Format: PDF & EPUB & DOC
Quality: Scanned pages
Pages count: 228
Description: Filled with hundreds of ideas for buying, equipping, and maintaining a cruising boat, here is the one-stop guide for the serious sailor. Whether your dreams are for an ocean voyage off exotic shores or for a weekend jaunt down the coast, this book is filled with hundreds of ideas on tailoring a sail boat to your specific needs and cruising aspirations.
Practical information on the care and repair of boats is combined with first hand product tests of various on-board systems by a seasoned sailor who, himself, has equipped his boat with the gear he writes about. Over seventy five illustrations clarify the finer points of deck layout, storage, and setting up comfortable living quarters belowdecks. Included are sections on:
• Handling sails
• Anchoring techniques
• Autopilots and wind vanes ,,
• Homemadevs. off-the-shelf gear
• Alternative sources of energy
• Dealing with boatyards
• Trip planning for an extended voyage
• And much more!
In addition, TheWell-Managed Sailboat will help sailors preserve a boat as investment by pointing out what features enhance value and what features will potentially detract from the asking price when the time comes to sell.
Additional info: "George Day is a very impressive sailor who could well qualify as the 'voice of experience.' In The Well-Managed Sailboat, he mixes the theoretical with the practical-the grand lessons learned during 40,000 miles of open-ocean cruising with the details of day-to-day sailing. He explains what works and what doesn't. He actually names names. This is a must-have volume for any sailor's bookshelf." -DAN FALES
Motor Boating & Sailing
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