Product Description

When it comes to upgrades, renovations and repairs, there is always something to be done on a sailboat. Unfortunately, many do-it-yourself books assume that readers have specialized training and equipment, discouraging most boatowners from performing thes

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1885363 in Books
• Published on: 1999-01-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 208 pages

Sailing Inland & Offshore, August 1999
This is a wonderful book as it is written for the amateur who has no special training in many of the areas discussed. It is also concise and clearly written, and is accompanied by myriad of drawings. As such it is an ideal guide for those who have neither an unlimited array of power tools, nor the skills to use those tools well. Starting with an introduction to nuts and bolts, adhesives and glues, and tools of the trade, the reader is led step-by-step through more than 20 substantial projects.

The following are just some of the subjects covered: Control lines to the cockpit; covers, dodgers and biminis; Converting to refrigeration; Bilge pumps; beneath the settee; galley upgrades; a leather steering wheel cover; insulating the engine compartment.

The book is littered with hints and tips under the heading "Rule of Thumb," and while some may be simple and well known rules of thumb, if nothing else they reinforce the simplicity with which one can obtain good results for a variety of jobs.

Anyone who is maintaining and upgrading their own boat, would be well advised to read this wonderful book.

Charleston Daily News, January 2001
"... an instructive and thoroughly-accessible guide to 20 substantial projects."

About the Author
Stephen J. Fishman owns and operates a marine repair and maintenance company on the US Gulf Coast.