Keeping a Cruising Boat
on Peanuts…
… or How to Maintain
Her for Embarrassingly Little.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
4
Preface 8
Chapter 1: Overhead 10
Chapter 2: Value 16
Chapter 3: Maintaining What You’ve Got 19
Chapter 4: Getting Stuff Cheap 42
Chapter 5: Shaving Weight 55
Chapter 6: Getting it Done 63
Chapter 7: Cruising Cheap 89
Chapter 8: Kids 101
Chapter 9: Whose Beach is it Anyway? 104
Chapter 10: Summer Heat 107
Chapter 11: Winter 109
Chapter 12: How to Fall Out of Love With Your Boat 117
Summary 119
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Glossary 120
Appendix I: The
End of Season Routine; Survey and Winterizing 122
Appendix II: Low
Dollar Projects 133
Appendix IIa.
On Deck 136
1. Re-glazing
Opening Hatch
2. Snap-On
Canvas Hatch Covers
3. Fiberglass
Hatch Covers
4. Restoring
Aged Vinyl Windows
5. Repairing
Torn or cracked Vinyl Windows
6. Renovating
a Lifesling2 Cover
7. Unbreakable
Wind Vane
8. Boat
Hook Brackets
9. Chain
Lock
10. Lifeline
Gate for Pennies
11. High
Lifelines
12. Climbing
Gear
13. Jacklines
14. DIY
Fender Board
15. Sheet
Bags from Shoe Bags.
16. Runt
Steps
17. Rot-Proofing
Wood with Glycol Borate
18. Painting
Phifertex
19. Marking
Chain
20. Rope
to Chain Splice
Appendix IIb. Sails and
Rigging 201
21. Sail
Re-Cutting.
22. Stiffer
Battens
23. No-Sew
Sail and Canvas Repair
24. Stitching
Rope and Webbing
25. Strops
26. Soft
Shackles
27. Snap
Stretchers
28.
Traveler and Furler Bearings.
29.
Re-Thread Furler PS 2-2016
Appendix IIc. In the Cabin 250
30. Storage
Trays
31. Salon
Pilot Berth
32. Pipe
Berths
33. Cloth
Selves
34. Counter
Guards
35. Discount
AC (Fans)
36. Bathroom
Fan
37. Storm
Windows
38. Salted
Varnish
Appendix
IId. Hull and Bottom 266
39. Transoms
Extension
40. Keel
Fairing and Extension
41. Rudder
Straightening
Appendix
IIe. Systems 292
42. Holding
Tank Vent Filter
43. Gasoline
and Diesel Tank Vent Filter
44. Water
Treatment
45. Rainwater
Collection
46. Rigid
Solar Panels
47. Semi-Flexible
Solar Panels
48. Heating
49. Air
Conditioning
Appendix IIf. Assorted 353
50. Glue-On
Mountings
51. Sealing
the Core
52. Bolts
and Backing plates
53. Re-Hooking
Lures
54. Boot
Drier
55. Curing
Oven for Polyurethane
56. Fender
Washers—Basically Useless
57. Finishing
Bench
58. Sea
Chest
59. Fire
Blanket
Appendix III: Falling From the Mast—A Catalog of Errors 377
Appendix IV: Climbing the Mast, Ladders, and Falling 382
Appendix V: Preparing a Boat for Sale 390
Appendix VI: A Sample Budget 396
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