Product Description

A treasure chest of proven labor-savers that can help you get those pesky maintenance chores done faster--so you can get out on the water and play. Here are 1,001 tested tips from Boating Magazine's maintenance expert, giving super-effective yet environmentally friendly ways to clean and maintain all your boat's systems: deck, hull, cabin, engine, bilge, electrical systems, tanks, and gear. Stop working on your boat and go boating!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #70942 in Books
• Published on: 1999-02-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

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Boat owners, let us remind you of this simple fact: it's better to be out on the water than working on your boat at the dock. Sandy Lindsey has compiled 1,001 tips to help you keep your boat running--and looking--its best in Boating Magazine's Quick & Easy Boat Maintenance. From deck to hull, from paint to the electrical systems, and from winterizing to preparing for opening day, Lindsey offers up advice to help you maintain your boat in less time and with less expense. Many of these tips are also happily environmentally friendly--for example, replacing expensive boat cleaners with cheaper and less caustic substitutes. With its concise text and clear layout, this guide will become a welcome addition to your boating library. --M. Stein

From the Back Cover

Stop working on your boat and get out on the water!

1,001 tested tips from the world's largest boating magazine: Sandy Lindsey, a boat-maintenance contributor for Boating Magazine for many years, has culled the best of her years of advice and the top suggestions from her readers. These handy, natural solutions work amazingly well--and are environmentally friendly.

Boats last longer and look more beautiful with proper care. But that care takes a lot less time when you work smart. See how you can make your winterizing and spring commissioning chores go much faster. Learn Lindsey's labor-saving secrets for tackling

• Teak, canvas, and carpet care
• Painting, metal cleaning, and polishing
• Fiberglass and gelcoat cleaning and repair
• Engine care and winterizing
• Mildew--how to get rid of it, how to prevent it

Boating Magazine's Quick & Easy Boat Maintenance covers all your boat's systems: deck, hull, cabin, engine, bilge, electrical systems, tanks, and gear.

And it's all in a concise, easy-to-read format that makes finding answers to your questions a snap.

Putting these helpful hints to work can change your boating life. Less time working means more time boating!

About the Author
Sandy Lindsey, contributing editor for Boating Magazine, has also written for SAIL, Good Housekeeping, Sports Afield, Midwest Outdoors, and Sailing, among other magazines. Over the years, she has protected a succession of boats from the fierce Florida sun and salt air.

Customer Reviews

Book was a major money saver
I bought this book used on Amazon and found it to be extremely helpful. Granted, my boat is not a yacht and most of the wood/deck repair leaned toward Yachts. I still found this to be extremely helpful in repairing my bimini top, an refurbishing all the upholstery. I would have spent 3 times as much money on cleaners if I had not read this book.

unfortunately
Amazon asked me for a review of this book. I am grateful to Amazon but it would be better for them if they could send me the book. It has been more than 6 months and I still did not receive the book.

Good, salfe cleaning
This book has wonderful ideas about using commonly available items such as witch hazel and petroleum jelly to clean and maintain your boat. Our dock neighbors were so impressed at the cleaning ability of the concoctions this book recommends that everyone now has a squirt bottle of the stuff for their boats. Highly recommended.