Handbook of Trailer Sailing

by Robert Forrest Burgess

Gives advice on selecting small sailboats that can be transported by trailer, discusses the fundamentals of sailing, and tells how to plan cruises and outfit a boat. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0070089817
• ISBN13: 9780070089815
• Release Date: June 1992
• Publisher: International Marine Publishing
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

One of my favorite books for trailer sailing

This is one of the first books I bought on sailing, and it's still one of my favorites (I have read dozens and dozens by now). It is aimed squarely at the trailer sailor, someone who is going to take a 16-25 boat, go to a launch and go off for the day or the weekend. Details ways to make all of this more enjoyable and more comfortable. Does not go into much detail on how to sail, there are other books that do that much better. But for advice for small boating, I think it's great.

Not bad, but not the best.......

There are others that I have gotten more from, but I've already read them. This did add to my knowledge, especially as I am planning a Keys trip myself. This was the most useful part for me. Good winter reading!

An excellent reference for the trailer sailor

This is the third highest rated book in our Ensenada 20 library, just below "Frugal Yachting", which is just below "The Complete Sailor".I would strongly recommend any would-be sailor whose considering to take the plunge, to get all three, read them cover to cover, and keep them close at hand always.The Handbook of Trailer Sailing provides rafts of information that would otherwise be difficult to aquire for those who are considering purchasing a trailerable sailboat.While it could provide more depth on the trailering aspect, it compensates with lots of real life experience in all the places a trailer sailor may end up going.

An excellent "how to have fun on a small sailboat" book.

If you have, or are considering buying or borrowing, a sailboat, then this book is for you. While the focus of the book is on trailerable boats up to about 28 feet, many of the activities suggested are fun with a boat of any size. But again, the key here is how to wring the maximum enjoyment out of a boat that most people can actually afford. Mr. Burgess has had plenty of experience with this. He shares those experiences eloquently and with an eye for frugality. In fact, this book is a much better reference for sailing on a budget than "Frugal Yachting". This latter title focuses heavily upon boat selection. In "Handbook of Trailer Sailing" Mr. Burgess will tell you how to enjoy your boat no matter what the size. Best of all, he tells you how to inexpensively enjoy all of the activities which are possible from a small sailboat, not just how to sail cheaply. Whether you sail, want to sail, or just are curious as to what sailing has to offer, then you will enjoy this book.