100 Fast & Easy Boat Improvements

by Don Casey

Book Overview

"Loaded with genuinely good ideas." --Dockside From the acclaimed author of This Old Boat comes a unique collection of do-it-yourself projects that any boat owner can complete over the course of a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0070134022
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Intl Marine Pub
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 0.5" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Great Book!

This is a great book to read during the winter, when you haven't been sailing for months. It's full of ideas you'll never actually employ, but it's definitely worth checking out from the library. The companionway speakers have been on my project list for a long time. I'm never going to do it, but it's a great idea and I'd love to have them. Even the guy at West Marine thought it was a good idea.

Great ideas - good investment

This is a book for sailboats. My T26 was built in '77, so this book has a lot to offer. The ideas are quite varied, so I'll never use all or even a small portion of them. But just with one idea that I never thought of, the book has paid for itself. Having an older boat that I'm willing to make modifications to, many of the improvements listed are answers to those questions I have about "What can I do to make ____ better?" Like making better use of the space available for what I need, instead of how it was intended. The ideas are lightweight, easy to implement and inexpensive. You have to be comfortable using common tools. This is a DIY guide, not a chandlery shopper's guide.

Another fine Casey "How-To..."

Don Casey has firmly established himself as an effective communicator of all things nautical...particularly in the do-it-yourself category. This is an enjoyable little volume which contains a number of projects designed to improve the safety and liveability of the sailboat. The excellent and clear illustrations make the written descriptions easy to follow. The International Marine Sailboat Library has a number of these useful how-to books (several by Casey) which belong on nearly any sailor's bookshelf.