How to Sail on a Budget by Alastair Buchan

How to Sail on a Budget by Alastair Buchan

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This new Sailmate title looks at the major areas of expenditure and examines the range of options available to keep the costs of boating under control - and therefore keep owners still sailing/motorboating. A must for enjoying it while managing your budget.

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How to Sail on a Budget by Alastair Buchan

Not every potential or existing boatowner wants to spend every last penny getting or staying afloat. Alastair Buchan brings a wealth of first hand experience of where sensible economies can be made in order to cap costs and as a result extend your cruising options. He looks at the major areas of expenditure, such as boat purchase, mooring fees, navigation equipment, electronics, antifouling, maintenance, dinghies, outboard engines, safety gear etc. and examines the range of options available to keep costs under control - and therefore keep owners still on the water. The book contains tables of comparisons (in price ranges) and suggests a variety of practical ways of reducing expenditure without curtailing enjoyment! This is a unique guide which will be welcomed by potential and existing boat owners alike.
' This is a unique guide that will be welcomed by potential and existing boat owners alike ' Yachting Life (June 2009) 'Even very experienced boat owners will find something of use in here and for anyone just about to take the plunge into the nautical world, it's a little bible' Practical Boat Owner 'In the main it's aimed at convincing a wannabe yachtie that it is possible to own and sail a yacht without making a mortal enemy of your bank manager.' Yachting Monthly (1st October, 2009) 'Even very experienced boat owners will find something of use in here, and for anyone just about to take the plunge into the nautical world, it's a little bible.' Practical Boat Owner (September 2009) 'With over fifty years of cruising experience, including several Atlantic crossings, he [Buchan] is well qualified to provide advice and suggestions to those wanting to save money on their boating.' Royal Naval Sailing Association Journal (Winter 2009)
Alastair Buchan is a Scot who doesn't lightly spend over the odds on his boating! With over 50 years' experience of coastal cruising as well as several Atlantic crossings to his name, he is qualified to comment on cruising at both ends of the spectrum and provide helpful advice, suggestions and insight to those not wishing to spend every last penny getting afloat. He is the author of ACN's Sailing an Atlantic Circuit.
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ISBN 13 9780713688894
ISBN 10 0713688890
Title How to Sail on a Budget
Author Alastair Buchan
Series Sailmate
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published 2009-06-30
Number of pages 144
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.