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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 797.124 EAN: 9781574092479 ISBN: 1574092472 Label: Sheridan House Manufacturer: Sheridan House Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 240 Publication Date: March 16, 2007 Publisher: Sheridan House Sales Rank: 29366 Studio: Sheridan House
Product Description: Anyone dreaming about owning an affordable sailboat will love this comprehensive introduction to trailer-sailing, which proves that cruising on a small boat one that can be kept at home and towed behind the family car is a satisfying and relatively inexpensive endeavor. Sailors and would-be boat buyers will learn to evaluate and equip boats in the 22- to 26-foot range with an emphasis on careful planning and getting maximum enjoyment out of minimum investment.
This new second edition has been updated to include several new models and a chapter on buying used boats.
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Disappointingly shallow
Only the first few pages of this book contain anything of value--a discussion of the virtues of going small vs. large. And even that is nothing that can't be found online with a few good searches. The few reviews he includes are of boats many people wouldn't consider "small." After that, it's pure filler, stuff you can find anywhere. Bummer.
Rating: - I wish...
I wish that they had written about more boats...
The categories discussed in the book are all fine, and if this is the only book you are buying it is very well written, but more discussion of actual boats that fit the bill would have been more instructive as to the pluses and minuses of each individual boat.
Otherwise, a nice update.
Rating: - Small book with big ideas.
This is the third edition of this book the material seems up to date circa 2007. If you are looking at small boats and have not purchased yet this book will be very helpful. If you own a small boat this book will suggest many good ideas for upgrading your boat. I like the organization of this book excellent TOC page; good index. Chapters are well organized and clearly written with summaries at the end of each chapter. Length =240 pages. 9 Chapters. Covers used boat buying and trailers as well. If you are looking at the purchase of a trailer sailer this is a good guide. If you already have your ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent Information!
When I ordered this I was expecting something completely different, on its arrival I put it on the night stand where eventually I picked it up again. Since then I have read through this now countless times looking at details that I missed the first time through! Well written for the novice to intermediate sailor looking for their first or second sailboat.
I would highly recommend this to anyone in the market for their first or second boat, excellent information..
Rating: - A first-rate primer
Now in a new third edition revised and updated by yachting journalist Dieter Loibner, Sailing Big on a Small Sailboat is 20-year sailing veteran Jerry Cardwell's guide to owning and enjoying cruises on an affordable small sailboat according to the basic principle, "You can sail big on a small sailboat far more easily and for much less money than you can sail small on a big sailboat." Chapters offer a basic primer of all aspects of a modest sailboat; how to deal with sailing dangers from physical injury to heavy weather to crew overboard to broken rigging or rudder; what absolute necessities to ... Read More
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