Sailboat Hull and Deck Repair (IM Sailboat Library) (AF)

Casey, Don

ISBN 10: 0070133697 / ISBN 13: 9780070133693

Published by International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press, Camden. Maine, 1996

About this Item

A very clean copy. Don Casey?s Sailboat Hull and Deck Repair is a clear, practical manual designed for boat owners who want to understand and carry out repairs on fiberglass hulls and decks. Casey explains how to diagnose leaks, seal joints, re?bed hardware, replace portlights, repair cracks and holes, restore gloss, and renew nonskid surfaces. The book is heavily illustrated and written in Casey?s reassuring, step?by?step style, making it accessible to both new and experienced sailors. As part of the IM Sailboat Library series, it has become a standard reference for hands?on maintenance and small?scale restoration work.

Seller Inventory # 051428

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sailboat Hull and Deck Repair (IM Sailboat Library) (AF)
• Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press, Camden. Maine
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0070133697
• ISBN 13: 9780070133693
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Nautical
  • Transport
  • Non Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

A fiberglass hull's seamless nature leads many boatowners to conclude that repair must be difficult. Wrong. Here, clearly and abundantly illustrated, is all you need to know to seal joints, bed hardware, replace portlights, locate leaks, fix cracks and even holes, restore your hull's gloss, renew nonskid decks, and much more. You'll wonder what you were worried about.

About the Author

Don Casey credits the around-the-world voyage of Robin Lee Graham, featured in National Geographic in the late 1960s, with opening his eyes to the world beyond the shoreline. After graduation from the University of Texas he moved to south Florida, where he began to spend virtually all his leisure time messing about in boats.

In 1983 he abandoned a career in banking to devote more time to cruising and writing. His work combining these two passions soon began to appear in many popular sailing and boating magazines. In 1986 he co-authored Sensible Cruising: The Thoreau Approach, an immediate best-seller and the book responsible for pushing many would-be cruisers over the horizon. He is also author of This Old Boat, a universally praised guide that has led thousands of boatowners through the process of turning a rundown production boat into a first-class yacht, and of Sailboat Refinishing, Sailboat Hull & Deck Repair, Canvaswork & Sail Repair, and Inspecting the Aging Sailboat, all part of the International Marine Sailboat Library. He continues to evaluate old and new products and methods, often trying them on his own 30-year-old, much-modified, Allied Seawind.

When not writing or off cruising, he can be found sailing on Florida's Biscayne Bay.