Sailing Big on a Small Sailboat, 3E
By Jerry Cardwell
Revised and Updated by Dieter Loibner
240 pp. b/w photos and line drawings. 2007. Paperback. $19.95
ISBN 1 57409 247 2
978 1 57409 247 9
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Anyone dreaming about owning an affordable sailboat will love this comprehensive introduction to trailer-sailing, which proves that cruising on a small boat — one that can be kept at home and towed behind the family car — is a satisfying and relatively inexpensive endeavor. Sailors and would-be boat buyers will learn to evaluate and equip boats in the 22- to 26-foot range with an emphasis on careful planning and getting maximum enjoyment out of minimum investment.
This new edition has been updated to include several new models and a chapter on buying used boats.
“Jerry Cardwell believes that small trailerable sailboats can take sailors on big adventures. He believes that with a little imagination and suitable preparation, a small trailerable sailboat can be as much a magic carpet as any full-sized cruising boat. He argues that the little boat can be the same sort of self-contained world as the larger vessel, that with the right frame of mind the small boat cruise can be as exciting as a passage to Tahiti. I think he's right…This book can resurrect dreams and that's worthwhile.” —MidGulf Sailing
“For anyone planning to buy a new or used boat, this book provides detailed training at a reasonable price.” —The ENSIGN
“plenty of down-to-earth advice…” —Travel Books Worldwide
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Contents:
- The Possibilities
- Sails and Motors
- Topsides
- Belowdecks
- The Challenges
- The Necessities
- The Amenities
- Buying Used: Sailing Big and Saving Big
- Epilogue
- Appendices
- Notes and Credits
- Index
About the Author:
Jerry Cardwell was an enthusiastic sailor for over 20 years, always in sailboats under 30 feet long. An academic and the author of several books on the social sciences, he completed the revisions for this manuscript in 1996, before dying of a heart attack.