If you want to own them, you can always go the the American Book Exchange, a website for used book sellers. A quick search for the illustrated Sailboat Maintenance Manual shows that you can pay fro $33 to $72 for it. http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=Don+Casey&kn=Illustrated+Sa... Thomas Howe Mailto:Thomas@ThomasHoweOnline.com O --------(\ ---------- ~ (\ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ (\ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ -----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of stevetrapp Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 4:27 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Re: M_Boats: budget Other Don Casey Books: Sensible Cruising I found hardback and softback copies of Don Casey's books, including hardback and softback copies of The Complete Illustrated Sailboat Maintenance Manual at my local public library. Seems a possible alternative for a limited budget. Steve M-15 # 335 ----- Original Message ----- From: <casioqv@usermail.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 12:36 PM Subject: M_Boats: Other Don Casey Books: Sensible Cruising
While we're talking about Don Casey Books (the Illustrated Sailboat Maintenance Manual), there's another of his books that I really liked:
Sensible Cruising: The Thoreau Approach : A Philosophic and Practical Approach to Cruising
This book was a revelation to me to make sailing fun on a very limited grad student budget. I had been hanging out at yacht clubs and the sailnet forums where many sailors spend hundreds of thousands to rig their boats- and I was a bit embarrassed that I had such a small boat with simple 1970s style rigging (i.e. no lines to the cockpit). Some people even told me I shouldn't own a boat until I could finance a new large boat that would be "comfortable and safe." This book made me realize that the simpler I setup my boat, the less hassle and more fun it could be.
One example I really liked was their discussion on internal vs external halyards. Rather than discussing the relative merits, Casey says (if I remember correctly) "whichever system your boat came with- that's the one for you."
Tyler M15 "Defiant"
----- Original Message ----- From: "stevetrapp" <stevetrapp@q.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 10:59:50 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: M_Boats :book Boat fixin'
Don't know if it is the same book as Amazon, don't know what is on Amazon, or Barness and Noble, because I prefer to shop at locally owned bookstores. Steve M-15 # 335
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