Optimizing Your Cruising Sailboat: 101 Ways to Make Your Sailboat Better: Roberts, John: 9780071341141: Book: Sports & Recreation: eCampus.com

Developed for cruising sailboat owners with 24- to 45-foot fiberglass boats, John Roberts' projects: *improve comfort, handling, seaworthiness, performance, and dockside appeal *show how to add attractive features such as a deck washdownsystem, a backstay self-leving radar mount, and more

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 Make Your Boat Better: The Practical Alternative

2 Make Your Boat More Comfortable

Livability; Seakindliness; Security

3 Make Your Boat Easier to Handle

Anchoring; Docking; Fuel System; Headsails; Removable Inner Forestays; Lifting; Mainsails; Piloting; Sail Handling; Steering; Taking on Fuel and Water

4 Make Your Boat More Seaworthy

Guarding 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 Propeller

5 Make Your Boat Sail Faster

Taking Off Weight; Below the Waterline; Above the Waterline

6 Make Your Boat Look Better

Dressing Up Your Boat; Making Your Boat Saltier; Making Your Boat Look More Substantial

Appendix--Marine Vendors

Metric Conversion Table

Index




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