Choosing for Cruising: How to Select and Equip the Perfect Cruising Yacht - Hardcover

Roberts-Goodson, Bruce

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1574090372 ISBN 13: 9781574090376

Publisher: Sheridan House, 1998

Synopsis

As anyone who has sailed knows, not every sailing boat makes a good cruising boat. Designs and equipment that may be sufficient for sailing close to shore could fail with disastrous results when faced with the rigors of blue water voyaging. Bruce Roberts-Goodson, who has over 30 years experience designing cruising boats, will guide you through the maze of decisions to be made when choosing the perfect cruising boat for your own particular needs.

About this title

About the Author:

Bruce Roberts-Goodson is an internationally renowned boat designer with over 20,000 boats to his credit. He contributes articles on boat construction and design to nautical magazines throughout the world and is the author of numerous books, including Spray, also available from Sheridan House.

Review:

Advice on selecting a boat to suit your needs is backed by the author's 30 years of designing cruising boats and is drawn from the experience of hundreds of sailors. Begin by being honest with yourself about where you intend to cruise, he advises, then examine the benefits and drawbacks of various designs and equipment presented in the book. Solid information for sound decision-making. (Cruising World)

Bruce Roberts-Goodson is an internationally renowned boat designer with more than 20,000 boats to his credit. His career in yacht design began at Westlawn Institute of Marine Technology, in Stamford Conn. More than 50,000 plans have been sold from his designs worldwide.

As most sailors know, not every sailing boat makes a good cruising boat. In Choosing for Cruising, the author guides you through the maze of decisions to be made when choosing the perfect cruising boat for your particular needs. The author examines every aspect of a cruising boat's design and equipment from a professional's point of view and discusses the benefits and drawbacks of each.

This book, much like an unsparing checklist, covers everything from planning to choosing the hull. Appendices include equalizing batteries, recommended reading and equipment manufacturers.

After reading this book, you will be thoroughly prepared to choose a safe, comfortable and well-equipped boat. (The Ensign)

The elements of a modern cruising sailboat, system by system, with advice on what to look for and recommendations on what to choose given the type of cruising you want to do. (Wooden Boat)

About this edition

• Publisher: Sheridan House
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1574090372
• ISBN 13: 9781574090376
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192