How To Buy a Cruising Boat Chapter 33 of 48
A Sail Away Offshore Cruising Boat For Less Than US$100,000—Part 1
Meet the Author
Contents of Currently Open Book
- The Right Way to Buy a Boat…And The Wrong Way
- Is It a Need or a Want?
- Five Ways That Bad Boats Happen
- Sail Area: Overlap, Multihulls, And Racing Rules
- Learn From The Designers
- 8 Tips For a Good Voyaging Boat Interior Arrangement
- There’s No Excuse For Pounding
- Of Cockpits, Wheelhouses And Engine Rooms
- Are Refits Worth It?
- Refits—The Radical Option
- Refit#1—A Trans-Atlantic Boat For Less Than US$100,000
- Refit #2—A Good Boat Made Ocean-Ready
- Refit #3, Giving a Tough Old Ocean Greyhound a New Purpose
- Things I’ve Learned From Three Refits That Will Help You
- Buying a Cruising Boat—Five Tips for The Half-Assed Option
- Pitfalls to Avoid When Buying a New Voyaging Boat
- Cyclical Loading: Why Offshore Sailing Is So Hard On A Boat
- Cycle Loading—8 Tips for Boat and Gear Purchases
- Characteristics of Boat Building Materials
- Impact Resistance—How Hull Materials Respond to Impacts
- Impact Resistance—Two Collision Scenarios
- Hull Materials, Which Is Best?
- The Five Most Important Things We Need to Check When Buying a Boat
- 6 Warnings About Buying Fibreglass Boats
- Buying a Fibreglass Boat—Hiring a Surveyor and Managing the Survey
- What We Need to Know About Moisture Meters and Wet Fibreglass Laminate
- Buying a Boat—Never Say Never
- You May Need a Bigger Boat Than You Think
- The Three Biggest Lies Yacht Brokers Tell
- Q&A, What’s the Maximum Sailboat Size For a Couple?
- At What Age should You Stop Sailing And Buy a Motorboat?
- A Motorsailer For Offshore Voyaging?
- A Sail Away Offshore Cruising Boat For Less Than US$100,000—Part 1
- A Sail Away Offshore Cruising Boat For Less Than US$100,000—Part 2, Decks, Hulls and SS Fittings
- A Sail Away Offshore Cruising Boat For Less Than US$100,000—Part 3, Rudders and Keels
- A Sail Away Offshore Cruising Boat For Less Than US$100,000—Part 4, Steel, Wood, Aluminum or Ferro, and Summary
- A Sail Away Offshore Cruising Boat For Less Than US$100,000—It’s a Lot About You
- Planning and Budgeting a Refit—Boat Parameters
- Planning and Budgeting a Refit—Upfront Costs
- Planning and Budgeting a Refit—Rudders, Part 1, The Problem Defined
- Planning and Budgeting a Refit—Rudders, Part 2, The Solution
- Planning and Budgeting a Refit—Keels, Part 1, Types I Do And Don’t Like
- Planning and Budgeting a Refit—Keels, Part 2, Non Destructive Testing of Bolts
- Planning and Budgeting a Refit—Keels, Part 3, Torquing Keel Bolts
- Planning and Budgeting a Refit—Keels, Part 4, Keel Removal and Inspection
- Planning and Budgeting a Refit—The Engine
- US$30,000 Starter Cruiser—Part 1, How We Shopped For Our First Cruising Sailboat
- US$30,000 Starter Cruiser—Part 2, The Boat We Bought
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