Things I Wish I'd Known Before I Started Sailing

By John Vigor
Illustrated by Tom Payne
Foreword by Don Casey

208 pp. 12 b&w cartoons. 2005. Paperback. $17.95
ISBN 1 57409 211 1




There are many frustrated sailors out there and with the baby boomers starting to retire many finally have the freedom to indulge their sailing dreams. This book is intended to guide them. Aimed at sailboat owners of all kinds, this reference book contains 200 entries packed with solid practical advice and valuable tips. The reference format offers the reader opportunities to open the book at any page and browse endlessly. Cartoons by SAIL magazine cartoonist Tom Payne enliven the text.  A comprehensive appendix covers some 50 technical topics.

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About the Author:
John Vigor is the former managing editor of Sea Magazine and the copy editor for Good Old Boat Magazine. He has contributed numerous articles and photos to Cruising World, Sail, Yachting World, Good Old Boat, Practical Boat Owner, and many other maritime publications. He has written ten books on boating subjects, ranging from children’s adventure to reference books to a travel/adventure memoir. As a newspaper journalist, he has worked on three continents and written a daily humor column for large metro dailies for nearly 20 years. He lives with his family in Bellingham, Washington.


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