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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 797
EAN: 9780920256282
Edition: Complete
ISBN: 0920256287
Label: W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 606
Publication Date: June 01, 1994
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Studio: W. W. Norton & Company
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Editorial Review:
Book Description:
The Boat Improvement Manual: After 10 printings and 70,000 hardback copies sold, this nautical classic is finally available in trade paperback. Ferenc Mate, author of such nautical bestsellers as From a Bare Hull, Shipshape and The World's Best Sailboats, shows how you can turn almost any sailboat into a safe, practical and beautiful yacht. The over 200 small, do-it-yourself projects, all charmingly illustrated by Candace Mate, range from cockpit-grates and miniature fireplaces to sun-awnings and skylights. The combined volumes cover both the interior and exterior with chapters dedicated to the galley, chart table, stowage, engine room, cockpit, safety gear, ground tackle, sails and canvas. Mate's writing, always authoritative, unfailingly humorous, is engaging and a joy to read. This is a major work that should be in every ship's library. 606 pages; 426 photos and illustrations.
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
Finely illustrated with nice drawings, the book is good both for amateur boatbuilders and professionals, and surely is based upon a long experience. Boats being narrow inside, space is to be exploited in the best way, while outer parts are to be fitted to resist to sea and sun. This book is really easy to understand and very useful even for wooden house buildes.
Rating:  -
Too poor, nothing new, mostly unpractical, useless advices. Cannot improve any boat that way. Do-it-yourself for oldies, true rigor & tradition are elsewhere.
Sergio Dall'Omo
nautical senior editor
Il Gazzettino
Italy
Rating: -
Mate's profusely illustrated volume will help you fit out your blue water cruiser to suit your needs. Interspersed with his unique humor are plans for hundreds of projects from major to mundane. If you are building or refitting a sailing yacht, you must read this essential reference. If you've purchased a finished boat this book will help you fix the armchair-sailor design flaws too often present in modern craft. You need this book!
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