Wreck and Resurrection: How I Made $60,000 Repairing My Sailboat

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Summary: Disappointing Quality
Review: After reading Wreck and Resurrection, I was disappointed with the quality of the publication. Illustrations are of a poor quality by the publisher: Tortuga Books. They are such poor quality, that the book would have been more enjoyable without them. It was interesting reading about David Harris's experience in dealing with the insurance settlement process.

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Summary: For anyone who has ever contemplated rebuilding a boat
Review: Five days after hurricane Georges savaged the Florida Keys in September 1998, David Harris was on the sea in his dinghy and trying to locate his boat, Top Cat. His 32-foot catamaran sailboat had been anchored in a shallow, protected cove before the storm hit. When Harris finally found his boat it was up on the shore, upside down, and with a hull spiked by mangroves. Declared a total loss by the insurer, Harris refused to give up his beloved craft. With little more than a homeowner's carpentry, electrical, and plumbing skills, Harris repaired Top Cat, spending less than half the insurance proceeds in the process and ending with a "profit" of more than $60,000. What he learned as a result of this amazing nautical restoration and repair project also resulted in improvements and upgrades making Top Cat an even better boat than before the hurricane! Illustrated with black-and-white drawings and diagrams, Wreck And Resurrection: How I Made $60,000 Repairing My Sailboat is "must" reading for anyone who has ever contemplated rebuilding a boat of their own either out of necessity or just for fun!