How to Buy the Best Sailboat: An Updated Edition of the Leading Consumer Guide With a New Chapter on Selling a Boat

Rating:
Summary: Good Primer
Review: Clearly considers a broad selection of information for one to consider in purchasing a sailboat. Including your personal values and anticipated use, construction,performance,self-survey, equipment and more. Spends to much time talking about outdated rigs (schooners,cats), hull materials (ferrocement, wood). Overall Good value for the price of the book. Would I buy again. Yes.

Rating:
Summary: very good, and worth it
Review: I found this book to be an excellent way to spend fourteen dollars. It is a 0.3% investment if you're thinking of a $5000 boat, and worth every penny. It's accessible to the novice, as it includes a glossary of salty terms and details many of the fundamentals of boats, yet it is also useful for the experienced sailor who could use a good review of the topic before making an investment. It is full of information that can save you much frustration should you buy a boat not completely informed. It is well written and organized well. It's photos are in black and white, and they're a little dark, but still effective.

Rating:
Summary: very good, and worth it
Review: I found this book to be an excellent way to spend fourteen dollars. It is a 0.3% investment if you're thinking of a $5000 boat, and worth every penny. It's accessible to the novice, as it includes a glossary of salty terms and details many of the fundamentals of boats, yet it is also useful for the experienced sailor who could use a good review of the topic before making an investment. It is full of information that can save you much frustration should you buy a boat not completely informed. It is well written and organized well. It's photos are in black and white, and they're a little dark, but still effective.

Rating:
Summary: All you need to know?
Review: This is a neat little book with lots of wisdom Gustafson apparently learned through experience. Some "how to buy a sailboat" books seem to be written by naval architects or good writers with limited experience. I have quite a few years experience sailing all sorts of boats in several locations and have owned several boats, but I still found myself taking notes while I read the book. You will too, I think, enjoy this little masterpiece.

Rating:
Summary: All you need to know?
Review: This is a neat little book with lots of wisdom Gustafson apparently learned through experience. Some "how to buy a sailboat" books seem to be written by naval architects or good writers with limited experience. I have quite a few years experience sailing all sorts of boats in several locations and have owned several boats, but I still found myself taking notes while I read the book. You will too, I think, enjoy this little masterpiece.

Rating:
Summary: All you need to know?
Review: This is a neat little book with lots of wisdom Gustafson apparently learned through experience. Some "how to buy a sailboat" books seem to be written by naval architects or good writers with limited experience. I have quite a few years experience sailing all sorts of boats in several locations and have owned several boats, but I still found myself taking notes while I read the book. You will too, I think, enjoy this little masterpiece.