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oat, and offers some tips on how to deal with emergencies that could someday occur
aboard.
Part 6, “Boating Maintenance,” gives a review of the tools you need to keep your boat
running right, plus advice on keeping your boat clean, neat, and at maximum resale value.
It also covers engine maintenance and fixing some common but simple problems.
Part 7, “Sailing, Sailing …,” clarifies the sometimes confusing vocabulary of sailboaters;
reviews the types of sailboats, rigging, and sails; and instructs in the basics of getting
started in sailing in anything from an 8-foot sailboard to a 50-foot ketch.
Extras
Like your information in a nutshell—forget the verbiage and give you the facts? The
Complete Idiot’s Guide to Boating and Sailing, Second Edition, does the job with lots of compact,
easy-to-find, and quick-to-read tips. Look for these elements throughout the book:
Boat Bytes
These are tips that make
boating easier, more fun,
or safer—a bit of advice
from those who have been
there and done that and
can show you a better way.
Boater-ese
If you want to understand
boating, you need to
speak the language. Read these
sidebars and your boating
vocabulary will bloom.
Acknowledgments
Look Out!
You need to keep a
sharp lookout when you go boating,
and these sidebars will tell
you exactly what to watch for
when a situation can be difficult,
expensive, or risky.
Bet You Didn’t Know
Introduction xix
The devil may be in the details,
but so is a lot of the interest.
These segments give you added
depth on topics that will help you
navigate your way from being a
boating novice to a seasoned
skipper.
There have been so many people who have helped me along the way, both in learning
boating and in becoming a writer, that it’s hard to fit them all in a few paragraphs—but I’ll
try not to miss anyone.