The Impractical Boat Owner (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London, 2017
- Softcover
- New

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Paperback. This is a book with no practical purpose whatsoever. As any fan of Daves would probably guess, a book by him wont make you a better sailor, and it wont provide any instruction on boat maintenance. But it will entertain his light but observational writings tap the rich well of all those things that sailors know but few dare admit. The Impractical Boat Owner is a collection of Daves columns for Practical Boat Owner magazine, expanded for the book, and with additional 'Lessons Not Learned' hints and tips boxes, all accompanied by Jake Kavanagh's wonderful cartoons. Taking us from Daves first flounderings afloat to more recent, er, flounderings afloat, themes covered include:- first attempts at sailing - how not to sail singlehanded- mysteries of maintenance- how not to sail with a dog- the impenetrable mysteries of navigation and weather- how not to raceThe Impractical Boatowner is an antidote to all thats written about expensive shiny new yachts, self-improvement, the quest for qualifications and practical skills. The most impractical nautical book you'll ever buy, from one of Britain's most-popular marine writers. What it lacks in serious advice it makes up for in pure entertainment--this book will make you laugh. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
Seller Inventory # 9781472944849
- Title
- The Impractical Boat Owner (Paperback)
- Author
- Dave Selby
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London
- Publication year
- 2017
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1472944844
- ISBN 13
- 9781472944849
The Impractical Boat Owner is the remedy that cures our modern overdose of writing about expensive shiny new sailboats, sailing self-improvement, the quest for the best charter, and practical boating skills. It is a book with no practical purpose whatsoever. It won't make you a better sailor, and it won't provide any instructions on boat maintenance. But it will entertain: Selby's light but observational writings tap the rich well of all those things that sailors know but few dare admit.
The Impractical Boat Owner pairs Dave Selby's immensely popular columns from Practical Boat Owner with additional “Lessons Not Learned”-in easily accessible hints and tips boxes-accompanied by Jake Kavangh's wonderful color cartoons. Taking us from Selby's first flounder-ings afloat to more recent, er, flounderings afloat, themes covered include:
- First attempts at sailing
- How not to sail single-handed
- Mysteries of boat maintenance
- How not to sail with a dog
- The impenetrable mysteries of navigation and weather
- How not to race
Careful, though, you might just find a useful piece of advice, or two, in all the laughs and flounderings.
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