Optimize your cruising sailboat : 101 ways to make your sailboat better

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Optimize your cruising sailboat : 101 ways to make your sailboat better

John Roberts

International Marine/McGraw-Hill, c2000

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Optimize your cruising sailboat : a hundred and one ways to make your sailboat better

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Description

A guide for improving a cruising sailboat and tailoring it to the owner's preferences. Its central feature is an interactive questionnaire which clarifies for the reader the nature of priority improvements and points to the appropriate spot in solution chapters.

Table of Contents

  • AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 Make Your Boat Better: The Practical Alternative2 Make Your Boat More ComfortableLivability
  • Seakindliness
  • Security3 Make Your Boat Easier to HandleAnchoring
  • Docking
  • Fuel System
  • Headsails
  • Removable Inner Forestays
  • Lifting
  • Mainsails
  • Piloting
  • Sail Handling
  • Steering
  • Taking on Fuel and Water4 Make Your Boat More SeaworthyGuarding against Collision
  • Keeping Crew on the Boat
  • Keeping Crew Safe below Deck
  • Keeping the Ocean outside the Boat
  • Preparing for Foul Weather
  • Protecting Rig and Propeller5 Make Your Boat Sail FasterTaking Off Weight
  • Below the Waterline
  • Above the Waterline6 Make Your Boat Look BetterDressing Up Your Boat
  • Making Your Boat Saltier
  • Making Your Boat Look More SubstantialAppendix--Marine VendorsMetric Conversion TableIndex

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