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Author : Boat Partners LLC
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780970890603
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (96 download)
Download or read book The Boat Buyer's Companion - For Cruising Boats written by Boat Partners LLC and published by . This book was released on 2001-04-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Roger Barnes
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472994280
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)
Download or read book The Dinghy Cruising Companion 2nd edition written by Roger Barnes and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-05-26 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'You will venture into the fringes of the wilderness with the minimum of simple gear, to live with it on its own terms. You will know that one of the sure ways to contentment in this life is a small boat, a fair wind, and a new coast to explore.' Dinghy cruising is a wonderful way to experience nature and new coastlines at close quarters and low cost. Sailing where larger boats cannot reach and sleeping under canvas onboard or ashore, this is boating taken right back to the basics, and all the better for that. This guide, updated and expanded for its second edition, is invaluable for all aspiring or already-enthusiastic dinghy cruisers, showing how to get started and how to expand your horizons. The information and advice is interwoven with wonderfully evocative stories of the author's adventures afloat, from idyllic weeks pottering around secluded rivers and coastlines to hair-raising voyages to remote islands. The text covers: finding a good boat; fitting out for daysailing; boatcraft under engine and oar; mooring and anchoring; preparing for open water; out at sea; coastal navigation; dinghy homemaking; keeping comfortable and safe. And for this new edition, an account of the author's first capsize, new material on electronics and clothing, and more information on boat designs. Illustrated throughout with inspirational colour photos and helpful illustrations, this book shows just why small boats are the perfect passport to remote and beautiful places.
Author : Gene Hamilton
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071817069
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (718 download)
Download or read book Coastal Cruising Under Power written by Gene Hamilton and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2006-04-07 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coastal Cruising Under Power is your ultimate companion for exploring the coastal waters of North America with confidence in your powerboat. This beautifully illustrated guide provides countless tips on anchoring, piloting, weather, and more, along with in-depth, step-by-step instructions on numerous specific skills and techniques.
Author : Practical Sailor Editors
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781879620414
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (24 download)
Download or read book Practical Boat Buying written by Practical Sailor Editors and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Practical Sailor
Publisher : Belvoir Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780961313906
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (139 download)
Download or read book Practical Boat Buying written by Practical Sailor and published by Belvoir Publications. This book was released on 1984 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Kretschmer
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493083384
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)
Download or read book The Best Used Boat Notebook written by John Kretschmer and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-11-14 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the used boat market growing and becoming more complex, here is the book that all boat buyers have been waiting for: John Kretschmer's Used Boat Notebook has long been one of the most popular features in Sailing Magazine where Kretschmer provides a hard hitting, detailed review of a well-known boat each month. In this new collection, Kretschmer dedicates each chapter to an individual boat, providing the same fine details and updated information that made his magazine column a success. The thoroughly researched reviews of the 40 most popular boats include owner insights, a guide to common problems and suggestions on where to find parts, advice and support. There are plenty of books that offer general information on what to look for in an offshore boat, but only this book focuses on the specifics a prospective buyer is looking for.
Author : Ed McKnew
Publisher : International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
ISBN 13 : 9780071473569
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (735 download)
Download or read book The Boat Buyer's Guide to Sportfishing Boats written by Ed McKnew and published by International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press. This book was released on 2006-04-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get the best boat for your buck Now you can access the same inside information yacht brokers and boat dealers have relied on for nearly twenty years. The Boat Buyer's Guide to Sportfishing Boats lets you compare more than 600 new and used models, making it the most authoritative and useful guide available. With photos, floorplans, performance specifications, production updates, and price comparisions, it puts the world of boats at your fingertips. Nothing else in print or online comes close when you want to find the best boat for your buck. Photos and floorplans of each boat Sizes, weights, and tankage and powering options Standard and optional features, hard-to-find performance data, distinctive characteristics, and production updates and changes Price for each model year since 1980
Author : Daniel Spurr
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071778772
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (717 download)
Download or read book Your First Sailboat written by Daniel Spurr and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2004-07-02 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Comprehensive Sailing Start-Up Resource Can a keelboat tip over? Can I take a centerboard boat onto open water? How can I determine what boat I want? Once I do, what’s a fair price to pay for it? Should I buy it new or used? How can I tell the difference between a used boat and one that’s used up? Now that I have it, how can I start sailing quickly and safely? Your First Sailboat is the first book to answer all your questions about selecting, buying, maintaining, and using your first boat. This user-friendly guide covers issues that other books ignore, including how to choose between a trailer sailer, daysailer, raceboat, cruiser, or multihull; what hull material is best for your first boat; whether to buy new or used; where to shop; how to judge quality and condition; where to keep your new boat; and what to do about gear, loans, insurance, and annual maintenance. Special features of this all-in-one handbook include: A descriptive buying guide to 75 recommended sailboats of all types and sizes, from daysailers to racers, cruisers, and multihulls A decision tree to guide you to your ideal starter boat Complete instructions on how to care for and sail your boat as well as how to acquire it Straightforward and fun, Your First Sailboat gives you just what you need to stop asking questions and start sailing. Everything else is optional. Save time. Save money. This book omits everything you don’t need to know.
Author : Ed McKnew
Publisher : International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
ISBN 13 : 9780071473552
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (735 download)
Download or read book The Boat Buyer's Guide to Trailerable Cruisers and Runabouts written by Ed McKnew and published by International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press. This book was released on 2006-04-24 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get the best boat for your buck Now you can access the same inside information yacht brokers and boat dealers have relied on for nearly twenty years. The Boat Buyer's Guide to Trailerable Cruisers and Runabouts lets you compare more than 600 new and used models, making it the most authoritative and useful guide available. With photos, floorplans, performance specifications, production updates, and price comparisions, it puts the world of boats at your fingertips. Nothing else in print or online comes close when you want to find the best boat for your buck. Photos and floorplans of each boat Sizes, weights, and tankage and powering options Standard and optional features, hard-to-find performance data, distinctive characteristics, and production updates and changes Price for each model year since 1990
Author : Chuck Gustafson
Publisher : Quill
ISBN 13 : 9780688109875
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (98 download)
Download or read book How to Buy the Best Sailboat written by Chuck Gustafson and published by Quill. This book was released on 1991 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The leading guide to the maze of boats, builders, and brokers that confronts every prospective sailboat buyer. This comprehensive manual covers every aspect of the boat-buying process, from material, design, negotiations, moorage, and insurance to the advantages and disadvantages of various rigging plans, hull designs, and other equipment. 85 photographs; 29 illustrations.
Author : Don Casey
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393046533
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (465 download)
Download or read book Dragged Aboard written by Don Casey and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1998 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Being a compendium of useful facts, diverse knowledge, and uncommon wisdom, including much reassurance for the fearful and dubious, toward staying safe and happy while preserving domestic tranquility, during a month, a year, or a lifetime of cruising aboard small sailboats."--Cover.
Author : Ed McKnew
Publisher : International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
ISBN 13 : 9780071473545
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (735 download)
Download or read book The Boat Buyer's Guide to Motor Yachts and Trawlers written by Ed McKnew and published by International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press. This book was released on 2006-04-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get the best boat for your buck Now you can access the same inside information yacht brokers and boat dealers have relied on for nearly twenty years. The Boat Buyer's Guide to Motor Yachts and Trawlers lets you compare more than 600 new and used models, making it the most authoritative and useful guide available. With photos, floorplans, performance specifications, production updates, and price comparisions, it puts the world of boats at your fingertips. Nothing else in print or online comes close when you want to find the best boat for your buck. Photos and floorplans of each boat Sizes, weights, and tankage and powering options Standard and optional features, hard-to-find performance data, distinctive characteristics, and production updates and changes Price for each model year since 1980
Author : Joy Smith
Publisher : Sheridan House, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781574090833
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (98 download)
Download or read book The Perfect First Mate written by Joy Smith and published by Sheridan House, Inc.. This book was released on 1999 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joy Smith is a correspondent for The Ensign and a contributor to SAIL, Latitudes and Attitudes, and other boating periodicals.
Author : Samuel Barrington
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781508512110
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (121 download)
Download or read book How to Buy a Sailboat written by Samuel Barrington and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-02-17 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to buy a sailboat (Revised in 2018) So you've decided to buy your first boat. Congratulations! Two third of the earth's surface is covered by water, which means you'll soon be able to visit many more places with your new boat than with your car. You're about to discover how to successfully buy a sailboat and how to avoid many common, costly mistakes. The biggest reason that many people never become boat owners is not because of the cost involved but, rather, because of fear of the unknown. They fear that they will make a mistake, buy the wrong boat, pay too much, end up having an accident, or will simply be overwhelmed with boat maintenance or some other imagined problem. Samuel Barrington shares his sailboat buying experience, giving the reader a detailed step-by-step guide, ensuring no questions remain unanswered. Here Is A Preview Of What You'll Learn... How to select the right sailboat How to do thorough research Inspecting a sailboat The purchase process Much, much more! Purchase your copy today! Take action today and save thousands of dollars in costly boat buying mistakes by purchasing this book for a limited time for only $7.99! Tags: boating, sailboat, boating books, sailboat buying, boat buying, how to buy a sailboat, avoid boat buying mistakes, boat buying process, sailboat purchase, boat purchase, how to purchase a sailboat
Author : Kimberly Brown
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781070534152
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (341 download)
Download or read book Sailboat Buying Guide For Cruisers written by Kimberly Brown and published by . This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sailboat Guying Guide For Cruisers. What's the scoop?! We want you to get the right boat for the right value so that you can make your sailboat and sailing dream come true. And we're hoping that during the course of your sailboat buying journey, that we can help to entertain, educate, inspire and eventually connect with you at a beautiful tropical anchorage. Note: if your plans are to sail to the Arctic we'll have to skip the idea of physically meeting. We don't do cold...This is who we are...If you haven't bumped into us before - My family consists of my husband Simon (British), my daughter, Sienna (age 9 at the time of writing) and me - I'm Kim (American). In 2013 my family and I sold all our possessions, purchased our sailboat Britican (British and American put together) and headed out to sea. The rat race wasn't working for us so we decided to find another way to live.We've been sailing around the world ever since. So far we've sailed over 30,000 miles and that includes circumnavigating the Mediterranean, crossing the Atlantic Ocean (took 18 days), enjoying our way up the Caribbean Islands, taking a break from sailing (but not the boat) in Charleston, South Carolina and we've most recently sailed back down the Caribbean island chain all the way to Trinidad and Tobago. And 'no' we did not have loads of sailing experience before we left land.So let me tell you why I wrote this guide for you...The sailing community is full of great people. The people who work in the sailing industry (boat brokers, sailing service professionals, marina managers, etc.), however, are often disingenuous, corrupt people. New and old sailors are getting ripped off all the time. And the place where they get ripped off the most is when they purchase a boat. So, a big issue that new sailboat owners have to contend with is paying way too much for a boat and/or getting a boat that isn't in the condition as advertised or expected. The next biggest issue is information overload. There's so much information nowadays that it's hard to figure out what you need to know and when you need to know it. That goes for buying a sailboat and transitioning into the cruising lifestyle. Buying a sailboat is NOT like buying a car or a house. In both those cases, the consumer is far more protected. And changing lifestyles from land to sea is not something that most people have done before. There's a massive learning curve on both accounts!That being stated, this guide will outline ten steps to buying a boat for the purposes of cruising long term (6 months +). This guide will help you to clarify your thought process, avoid making mistakes and it will certainly help to save you money. Ultimately it will you'll provide you with a clearer perspective about some of the issues involved with buying a boat and transitioning to a life on the sea.10 Steps To Buying A SailboatStep 1: Understand Your Big PictureStep 2: Prioritizing Your Requirements For The Right BoatStep 3: Understand Boat Ownership Costs Step 4: Study Different Sailboats & Cruisers (from home)Step 5: Go Sailing & Gain Experience Step 6: Find Potential Boats To BuyStep 7: Create A Strategy On Boats To Buy & View ThemStep 8: Sea Trial & SurveyStep 9: Negotiating The Terms Of SaleStep 10: Buy The Boat
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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1132 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Boating written by and published by . This book was released on 1971-01 with total page 1132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Todd Duff
Publisher : Seaworthy Publications Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781948494540
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (945 download)
Download or read book Bargain Boats and Budget Cruising written by Todd Duff and published by Seaworthy Publications Incorporated. This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ""Bargain Boats and Budget Cruising" is about how the ordinary person, one who does not have a trust fund or hundreds of thousands of dollars saved up, can still embark and see the world, or live-aboard a sailing vessel for extended periods in beautiful places without waiting for years and years to save up enough money before they can start, or without the need to work for decades to "retire" afloat. This book is for those who wish to go now; who want to live this exciting lifestyle immediately, rather than waiting any longer; dreaming of waving palm trees while standing on a distant shore. Or worse, trapped in a city in the middle of a continent working a job they hate, to pay for the house or apartment they need to work that job and pay for the vehicle they need to get to that job, plus insurance, utilities, and the myriad other annoyances that can hinder experiencing an incredibly simple, healthy, exciting, and fulfilling life. In "Bargain Boats and Budget Cruising," accredited Marine Surveyor and long-time cruiser, Todd Duff, provides lessons learned from 40+ years of experience buying, selling, surveying, outfitting older sailboats, and taking them cruising the world. This book is not only a guide for making the long-term cruising lifestyle a reality but also a resource on what to look for when searching for that perfect bargain boat to take you away. These pages are packed with valuable information on how to avoid common mistakes and provide the reader with the tools needed to help make wise decisions in the boat-buying process. You'll find lots of details on the best places to find super buys on cruising boats, ways to zero in on that ideal vessel, negotiate for the best value, and how to outfit it for world cruising without going broke in the process. It is a primer on how the average man or woman can achieve the freedom of sailing the world's oceans on a minimal budget. "Bargain Boats and Budget Cruising" is a one-stop guide to making the increasingly popular lifestyle of world cruising available and possible RIGHT NOW, without the need to save for decades to make that happen. In this book you will find: Reviews of over 40 outstanding cruising designs. Why go world cruising and who is really doing it? What's it like out there? Where are the real bargains to be found? Keys to negotiating for the best value on a boat. What dangers and pitfalls to be aware of and how to avoid them"--
