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Ready for Sea: How to Outfit the Modern Cruising Sailboat and Prepare Your Vessel and Yourself for Extended Passage-Making and Living Aboard | 
 enlarge | Author: Tor Pinney
Publisher: Sheridan House
Category: Book
List Price: $23.95
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 563241
Media: Paperback
Pages: 224
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.7 x 5.9 x 0.7
ISBN: 1574091441
Dewey Decimal Number: 797.124
EAN: 9781574091441
ASIN: 1574091441
Publication Date: April 2002
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Product Description
Ready for Sea! is a comprehensive handbook on how to prepare a sailboat for extended cruising as well as for living aboard. The author considers the equipment, systems and modifications that will transform a basic sailboat-one already operational and of sound construction-into a long range cruiser. There is a wide range of topics covered, from the bare essentials to improvements on deck and below deck to safety afloat, electronics, and much more. Ready for Sea! is well balanced, very accurate, reliable and exceedingly accessible. Pinney's voice is laidback and engaging. The author's own cruising boats have ranged from engineless wooden boats to systems-intensive contemporary boats, and his experience is broader than that of most cruisers. This is the perfect book for those who are thinking about converting a boat for use as a long-term cruiser.
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 Ready for Sea July 22, 2006
Rick Collins
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I sold my house and am leaving for the sea shortly. Tor Pinney has gone a long way to get me to get it right. I am on my third reading now. Almost every bit of helpfull advice will become part of my plan to go to sea. The best book I have read to prepare me for cruising the Caribbean and beyond. Thanks Tor!~
 Little Point December 10, 2005
Tampa Sailor (Tampa, FL)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
The content is broad, the advice general, and this book just doesn't rise to the level of the works of other authors who have tackled this subject. There are many fine books on this subject, and this is not among them. Pass.
Excellent reading for a newbie like me !! November 3, 2005
Neil Wijayaratne (Malaysia)
I really love this book, even though te pretty much only covers the tip of the iceberg, this books gives me an insight in to the things to consider when outfitting and choosing a boat that i plan to buy. I love the way Tor has written the book, it had made me understand the fundamentals in a simple and illustrative way
Very Useful November 30, 2002
Derek (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I am using this book to help me oufit my boat for Caribbean cruising. I find it useful almost every day. Lots of great ideas.
Excellent book November 20, 2002
Johan Nelson (North Carolina, United States)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I've read Tor Pinney's "Ready for Sea" and, after seeing Christopher Korody's comments below, I can not imagine he even read the same book. Pinney has a friendly, easy-going writing style, a pleasant way of sharing his vast, first-hand knowledge on the subject at hand. I think he's a very fine writer, better than most in this genre. I wish more boating books were as easy to read as this one. It's more concise than many of the longer books on the subject. "Ready for Sea" covers a great deal of solid information in just 200-odd pages, and some very novel ideas, too - like the last chance trip line. I highly recommend this book to anyone thinking about going cruising.
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