Product Description

Anyone dreaming about owning an affordable sailboat will be attracted by this book, which provides small boat sailors and first-time boat buyers with a good introduction to trailer-sailing. The author shows how cruising on a small but properly equipped boat that can be kept at home and towed to the water behind the family car is a satisfying and not very costly exercise. The book has been updated and expanded to include several new models and a new chapter on safe and smart trailering and ramp launching. Jerry Cardwell was an enthusiastic sailor for over 20 years, always in sailboats under 30 feet. Dieter Loibner is a well-known yachting journalist, a small boat sailor and author.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #276895 in Books
• Published on: 2007-04-01
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .69" h x 6.00" w x 8.94" l, .90 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

Review
Learn how to evaluate boats in the 22- to 26-foot range and what equipment and what accessories will enable them to sail BIG, and allow you to get the most enjoyment from least investment. This is the third edition, updated and expanded to include newer models to the small boat market. (Latitudes & Attitudes )

The author of this book has the easy job of convincing you that a small sailboat is cheap and easy to maintain, especially if you can live with a secondhand boat. This book is a well-detailed training manual for boat buying...This book also contains a list of first-aid needs, a list of tool-kit needs, and instructions on caring for your trailer. (The Ensign )

Trailersailing is often an affordable way to get into cruising. This book will help you evaluate boats in the 22- to 26-foot range and covers equipment and accessories for this size range that will make your sailing adventures more enjoyable. Includes a chapter on buying used boats. (Cruising World )

Jerry Cardwell took the title of his book Sailing Big on a Small Sailboat from his first law of sailing big: You can sail big on a small sailboat far more easily and for much less money that you can sail small on a big sailboat. Buyers and sailors learn to evaluate boats ranging 22 to 26 feet, including Catalina, Hunter and McGregor, and to select the boat and accessories for the most enjoyment from the smallest investment. The entries are complemented by both black-and-white photos and line drawings. The third edition of the book, revised by Dieter Loibner, has been expanded to include several new models, including the Com-Pac, Etap, Rhodes and the Santana. Also included is a chapter on safe and smart trailering and ramp launching. Jerry Cardwell sailed for more than 20 years, always in sailboats under 30 feet, and authored several books, including the first two editions of Sailing Big in a Small Sailboat. Dieter Loibner is a small-boat sailor, author of The Folkboat Story and Sailing editor for Soundings. (Soundings: An Interdisciplinary Journal )

About the Author
Gary Schwarzman is a writer and sailing enthusiast.