"Walt Gleckler has achieved the impossible by bringing together in one manageable volume all one needs to know (and do!) to realize every armchair sailor's dream: to go cruising. In the half century since Eric Hiscock's Cruising Under Sail was published, scores of authors have written how-to books on cruising, but few have dealt with this vast subject so clearly and imaginatively as Walt Gleckler. An instant classic!"
Nigel Calder - author of Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual.
"This is the most comprehensive primer on preparing for long-term cruising that I have seen. It is full of hard-won knowledge that is presented in bite-sized digestible chunks. The book will be a great resource for beginning cruisers, and a useful checklist and reference for the experienced."