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London Goes to Sea: Restoring and Sailing an Old Boat on a Budget (Paperback)
by Peter J. Baumgartner (Author) "We roll into the marina parking lot late in the morning with sailing gear stacked high in the back of the station wagon..." (more)
Key Phrases: sensible cruising, knot meter, cruising sailboat, Cape Dory, Buzzards Bay, New Bedford (more...)
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Many cruising sailors will be able to identify with the events related here. The author rescued a 27ft. Cape Dory sloop, restored and rerigged it over four years and renamed it London. Log entries from generally unremarkable cruises are expanded to provide the sailing narrative of vacation trips in New England waters. He candidly relates his mistakes and how he extricated himself from a grounding at night, air leaks into his fuel injector and frozen seacocks.

With Thoreau-like enthusiasm for natural solitude and quiet anchorages, the author shares his delight in simple cruising, and his ingenuity in maintaining his 20-year-old boat on a modest budget. --Cruising, Winter 2004

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In telling his story, Peter Baumgartner speaks for many sailors. There is no major drama no sinkings, world-circling voyages, or perfect storms. Nevertheless there is minor drama aplenty as the boat goes adrift or is grounded or the engine fails...
Peter has accomplished what only a small fraction of sailors take on: he has brought an older, neglected sailboat back from an eventual death. Peter invested mechanical talent and elbow grease. His reward was an affordable, beautiful, and fully functional cruising sailboat. His achievements and those of others should be celebrated.
It is in recording and celebrating this accomplishment that Peter speaks for other sailors. They considered their achievements to be inconsequential. Peter celebrated his by writing a book about his boat and her restoration. And once she was floating, Peter celebrated the pleasure which comes from living simply while cruising in a sailboat. He enjoys leaving land-based stresses behind and reminds others of the reasons for investing time and talent in an older boat. In doing so, he encourages those who would do likewise to find and fix a fixer-upper sailboat.
Because he writes beautifully, shares his personal insights, and is so remarkably self-aware, Peter Baumgartner takes his readers with him on a voyage of boat ownership and the fulfillment of a dream. It is a tale well told. --Karen Larson, editor of Good Old Boat

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Product Details
  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Sheridan House (April 1, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1574091751
  • ISBN-13: 978-1574091755
  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars 5 customer reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #909,500 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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Inside This Book (learn more)
First Sentence:
We roll into the marina parking lot late in the morning with sailing gear stacked high in the back of the station wagon. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sensible cruising, knot meter, cruising sailboat, depth meter, depth finder, scrub pad, cruising guide, alcohol stove, anchor light, foot pump
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cape Dory, Buzzards Bay, New Bedford, Coast Guard, New England, Boston Harbor, Old Reliable, Cape Cod Canal, Gulf of Maine, Vineyard Sound, Block Island, Isles of Shoals, Town River, Moby Dick, New Hampshire, Biddeford Pool, Captain Joe, Gulf Stream, Kettle Cove, Key West, United States, West Island, Boston Light, Cape Ann, Elizabeth Islands
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