Spurr's Guide to Upgrading Your Cruising Sailboat Hardcover - 2006

From the rear cover

Is your boat ready to go cruising?

Just about every sailboat--used and new--can make a good cruiser, but only if the hull-deck structure, rig, and systems meet certain standards. Spurr's Guide to Upgrading Your Cruising Sailboat tells you what those standards are, and gives you all the help you need to refurbish and upgrade every structure, surface, fitting, and system on your boat--stem to stern, project by project.

This all-in-one guide leads you step by step to a seaworthy, crew-friendly boat with top-notch cruising performance. Not only will you learn what to look for when you buy a new or used boat, you'll also learn how to reinforce your boat's hull and structural components, redesign and replace rigging, upgrade electrical systems, and much more. Special features include:

• A detailed survey of 70 used and new fiberglass sailboats best suited to offshore sailing
Gear and equipment recommendations by brand name
• Construction details and other essential features of a strong, safe cruising boat
How to make critical repairs to the deck, hull, bulkheads, blisters, and portlights

Daniel Spurr is editor-at-large of Professional Boatbuilder magazine and the author of seven sailing books. He has been senior editor of Cruising World magazine and for twelve years was the editor of Practical Sailor. He has owned and upgraded eight sailboats.

"Just the right ticket for those of us who have discovered the boat we own is not the ideal cruising vessel."--Sailing

"An extraordinary approach to refurbishing and structurally upgrading an older fiberglass sailboat for offshore cruising. Excellent illustrations."--Good Old Boat

"A must-have book. The electrical and instrument chapters are outstanding."--Southern Boating

"This long-awaited book bridges the gap between the theoretical and the practical aspects of sailboat design, construction, and renovation."-Robert Perry, yacht designer