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
International Marine/McGraw-Hill, c2004
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Optimize your cruising sailboat : a hundred and one ways to make your sailboat better
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Description
This book includes 100 ways to transform the sailboat you settled for into the one you dream about! Comfort versus performance, seaworthiness versus accommodations, ease of sailing versus appearance - let's face it, you just can't have it all. Or can you? In "Optimize Your Cruising Sailboat," experienced cruising sailor and author John Roberts draws upon his extensive research among sailmakers, riggers, boat designers, boatbuilders, and, of course, other sailors to describe methods for improving virtually every aspect of your sailing experience."Optimize Your Cruising Sailboat" features hundreds of crystal-clear illustrations along with step-by-step instructions on how to complete more than 100 boat improvement projects ranging from quick, inexpensive improvements, like creating a pass-through porthole between galley and cockpit, to more elaborate projects, such as installing a backup headstay. "Optimize Your Cruising Sailboat" is the total-solutions guide for cruising sailboat owners.
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
by "Nielsen BookData"
