Advice to the Sealorn

by Herb Payson

Overview

In 50 chapters, the author covers everything from Really Getting Started to What is it Really Like Out There?, from Different Rigs to Motor Mechanics, from My Wife Doesn't Want to GO to Cruising with Kids...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781574090024
Publisher:	Sheridan House, Incorporated
Publication date:	01/25/1998
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

Editorial Reviews

Herb Payson has spent 25 years cruising—and it shows. His likable narrative is for would-be and current cruisers alike.

Sail Magazine

...filled with hundreds of answers to questions we've all wanted to ask, and it's funny!

Latitudes & Attitudes

Starting each chapter with a basic question, Payson draws on his decades of nautical experience to cover a sweeping range of sail and powerboating topics. In the process, he offers sage advice to beginning boaters and old salts alike—from getting started to getting 'out there' and staying there.

Soundings: An Interdisciplinary Journal

Advice to the Sealorn will make good reading on long winter nights and is certainly a volume readers will happily pass on to a friend.

Journal of American Sailing Association

Starting each chapter with a basic question, Payson draws on his decades of nautical experience to cover a sweeping range of sail and powerboating topics. In the process, he offers sage advice to beginning boaters and old salts alike—from getting started to getting 'out there' and staying there.

Soundings: An Interdisciplinary Journal

Herb Payson has spent 25 years cruising—and it shows. His likable narrative is for would-be and current cruisers alike.

Sail Magazine

Combines great advice for those contemplating live-aboard cruising with stories and anecdotes from the author's 20 years of sailing, loosely following a question-and-answer format. Offers practical suggestions and philosophical asides on getting started, building and buying a boat, water and fuel, maintenance, navigation, cooking and provisions, and planning a cruise, with details on costs of equipment, supplies, and insurance. Includes tips for cruising with pets and kids, earning money while cruising, and how to convince a reluctant spouse to go on a cruise. Contains b&w photos. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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