Inspecting the Aging Sailboat (The International Marine Sailboat Library)

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". . . the perfect place to begin, or continue, your education."
--Sailing

Whether you are shopping for a used fiberglass boat or prioritizing maintenance tasks on the one you already own, this book saves money--and perhaps even disaster. With clear step-by-step drawings and instructions, Don Casey explains how to recognize problems--both surface and hidden--and how to separate cosmetic flaws from serious faults.

What Customers Say About Inspecting the Aging Sailboat (The International Marine Sailboat Library):

Are those cracks just cosmetic or is there internal damage to the hull. This book provides a good overview of what is and what is not important when looking for a used sailboat. It is not an entertaining read but its short chapters get right to the heart of the matter. Is there just a crack on the bow or does that cause damage elsewhere in the vessel. If you can't answer these questions, you better read this book.

Inspecting the Aging Sailboat (The International Marine Sailboat Library)This is an outstanding reference for initial inspection of an older sailboat. It allows you to determine whether it is worth it to spend the money on a marine survey. Once we actually buy a boat, it will also be a good reference for keeping up with maintenance so as to repair small issues before they become expensive problems.

This allowed me to do my own cursory review to determine if a boat warranted further consideration. Getting an inspection is costly. This books allows you to rule some boats out on your own.

Don Casey writes in a very understandable style and the text is full of helpful illustrations. This book gives you a lot of ideas of what to look for when you're first starting to shop. A survey is expensive, and if you can identify a lemon before you get to that point, you'll save yourself 10 times the cost of this book in time, heartache and money. And if you're not getting a survey, it may save you even more.

It covers everything you need to understand before making the purchase of an aging sailboat. I'm not interested in spending the kind of money that many spend on their sailboats. I'm in the market for an older sailboat. I'm looking forward to using the information herein very soon. This necessitates buying an older boat. This book is full of just the kinds of information that someone needs to make that purchase without regretting it. It is full of diagrams and illustrations that really provide an insight into what the book is saying. I highly recommend this book to anyone in the market for a used fiberglass sailboat.