The definitive guide from the world's best-known sailboat maintenance
expert
Don Casey's Complete Illustrated Sailboat Maintenance Manual combines
six core volumes into a single, utterly dependable resource that answers
every frequent question, explains every major system, and helps you keep
your boat and its components shipshape.
More than 2,500 clear and detailed illustrations guide you step by step
through every procedure. Casey's technical virtuosity, his user-friendly
explanations, and Peter Compton's diesel engine expertise make even the
more complicated repairs and improvements easy to understand. This
must-have guide saves you time, money, and grief as you learn the
fastest, easiest, most effective ways to:
- Evaluate the condition of your boat or one you're about to purchase
- Repair structural damage to your fiberglass sailboat
- Improve or repair your sailboat's electrical system
- Troubleshoot, maintain, and repair your boat's diesel engine
- Put a professional-looking finish on your boat's hull, deck, spars,
wood, and trim
- Make and repair sails, sail covers, dodgers, awnings, sailbags, and
bimini tops