Improve Your Own Boat/Projects and Tips for the Practical Boat Owner [Hardcover]

Ian Nicolson (Author)

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Nicolson is famous for his thorough, pragmatic approach to boat building and preventive maintenance. This is not a reworking of his earlier book, Build Your Own Boat , but a detailed look at many major and minor repairs/improvements that boat owners can undertake to make their crafts more seaworthy and/or functional. Included are tips on improving performance by modifying sails, rigging, hulls; and information on fitting extra bunks or making the present ones more useful, on making a cockpit table, on installing ventilators, rigging ladders, etc. Nicolson's advice is cautious; he urges owners to take the extra time and expense to do the job correctly and in a way that enhances the beauty of the boat. A solid, worthwhile book for serious boat owners. Recommended for public libraries. John Kenny, San Francisco P.L.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 241 pages
• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc (June 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0393033104
• ISBN-13: 978-0393033106
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 7.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,821,846 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A GEM, June 2, 2011

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This review is from: Improve Your Own Boat/Projects and Tips for the Practical Boat Owner (Hardcover)

This book, along with many others written by the Scotsman, Ian Nicolson, is right at the top of my favorite boat maintenance/restoration/customization book list. He is thorough, imaginative, funny, (in a dry sort of way)and an experienced sailor and boatman. I have five of his books and I go to them frequently when I want to get clear instructions on how to make a change. (His pen and ink illustrations are terrific.) I plan to buy all of them when I come across them. Along with Daniel Spurr's Boatbook, Upgrading the Cruising Sailboat, and Marya and Paul Butler's book, Upgrading Your Small Boat for Cruising,(also excellent), you will surely find complete and well thought-out instructions for anything one could dream up to do to a sailboat to make it "bluewater cruise worthy".