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The Modern Cruising Sailboat: A Complete Guide to Its Design, Construction, and Outfitting

The Modern Cruising Sailboat: A Complete Guide to Its Design, Construction, and Outfitting - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Charles J. DoanePublish date:2009-12-01Pages:400
Language:EnglishPublisher:International Marine PublishingISBN-13:9780071478106ISBN-10:71478108UPC:9780071478106Book Category:Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:Water SportsBook Topic:SailingSize:11.08 x 8.90 x 1.36 inchesWeight:2.7536Product ID:SC120Q71GA

A comprehensive guide to help you identify and equip the boat that best suits your needs

Well-known boating writer Charles Doane unravelsthe complexity of cruising sailboat design and explains the fundamentals and the ramifications of each design decision. In easy-to-understand terms, Doane explains theoreticalaspects of design, pragmatic issues like keel shapeand berth configuration, pros and cons of variousconstruction methods and materials, outfitting, propulsion, rigging and much more.

Language:EnglishPublisher:International Marine PublishingISBN-13:9780071478106ISBN-10:71478108UPC:9780071478106Book Category:Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:Water SportsBook Topic:SailingSize:11.08 x 8.90 x 1.36 inchesWeight:2.7536Product ID:SC120Q71GA
Charlie Doane, former senior editor of SAIL, is currently that magazine's editor at large. He has also worked on staff at Cruising World, and Offshore magazines, and written dozens of freelance articles for Blue Water Sailing, Ocean Navigator, Boatworks, and Yachting Monthly. The author of dozens of technical features and boat tests, he has served as a judge in SAIL's Top Ten competition. He lived aboard a cruising boat for two years, has sailed 30,000 offshore miles (including five transatlantic crossings) and innumerable coastal miles, and possesses a wide range of experience that includes skippering deliveries and captained charters, bareboats, and crewing. He has edited manuscripts for International Marine and was the revising author for a successful cruising book for Sheridan House
Publisher: International Marine Publishing

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