“An invaluable resource. [Vigor's] practical wisdom gives you the know-how and confidence to prepare your boat for the sea.”–Cruising World. Here is the book that answer the sailor’s fundamental question–”Can my boat take me offshore safely?”–then shows how to make it happen.
From the Back Cover
All sailors want to believe their boats can go anywhere and stand up to anything. Who knows when you might get caught by bad weather? It’s enough to worry about your own responses without worrying about the safety of your boat. The Seaworthy Offshore Sailboat explains feature by feature how you can refit your boat for worry-free bluewater voyaging. Take the unique diagnostic questionnaire to determine whether your boat is capa
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The Seaworthy Offshore Sailboat
This was an excellently written, very informative book. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in blue water sailing. Easy to understand, even for we novices.
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A Wonderful and Very Helpful Book
Although ostensibly about identifying the many the features neccesary to have in a blue water capable sailboat (which it does very comprehensively), this book is as much about the…
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A mediocre performance
This isn’t a Bad book; it’s just that it’s not a good one either. It’s typical of the sort of thing that yachting journalists crank out to make money.
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Very helpful when shopping for a bluewater sailboat
With a bookshelf of excellent books on cruising, this became my primary source while shopping for a bluewater boat. (I had already digested his Twenty Small Boats . . .
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Alll of what you need to know
This book is well written and covers everything you need to know for an off shore voyager. I believe it is a must read for before a first time offshore journey.
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Have some doubts
I’m not 100% sure of the value of the book, most of the concepts are well known and of little importance for my point of view. In some arguments it lacks of depht…
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The Seaworthy Offshore Sailboat
This book presents the detail descriptions of what makes a boat seaworthy. This is immediately followed by suggestions on what to improve and methods to go about doing so.
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Buy it, period.
This is an outrageously thorough, understandable, complete, easy to understand book. It will give you more knowledge about things to look for in buying or outfitting a boat, more…