The Modern Cruising Sailboat: A Complete Guide to its Design Construction and Outfitting

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A comprehensive guide to help you identify and equip the boat that best suits your needs Well-known boating writer Charles Doane unravelsthe complexity of cruising sailboat design and explains the fundamentals and the ramifications of each design decision. In easy-to-understand terms Doane explains theoreticalaspects of design pragmatic issues like keel shapeand berth configuration pros and cons of variousconstruction methods and materials outfitting propulsion rigging and much more.