Shipshape: Art of Sailboat Maintenance

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Summary: What sailboat owners need to know!
Review: A persistent problem with my new 'old' boat had me asking around the marina how to solve the problem. My neighbor handed me Ferenc Mate's "Shipshape" and I read it cover-to-cover in three nights. In this book I found chapters of useful information that every sailboat owner needs to know. Mate takes the reader step-by-step through the process of owning and maintaining a sailboat. Starting with the value of a 'proper' survey, you are immersed into the ins and outs of proper craft maintenance. Mate is both direct and irreverent in his topics and the corresponding suggestions. Labeling the inept solutions as something 'Elmer' would do, he takes gacious shots at marina queens and the owners we've all seen and known. While his style may grow tiresome (my sole reason for four of five stars), Mate finds the 'mark' and details the solution. I would consider this book a 'must have' for any sailors reference library, and you will too. Now stop reading this review and get the book Elmer!

Rating:
Summary: What sailboat owners need to know!
Review: A persistent problem with my new 'old' boat had me asking around the marina how to solve the problem. My neighbor handed me Ferenc Mate's "Shipshape" and I read it cover-to-cover in three nights. In this book I found chapters of useful information that every sailboat owner needs to know. Mate takes the reader step-by-step through the process of owning and maintaining a sailboat. Starting with the value of a 'proper' survey, you are immersed into the ins and outs of proper craft maintenance. Mate is both direct and irreverent in his topics and the corresponding suggestions. Labeling the inept solutions as something 'Elmer' would do, he takes gacious shots at marina queens and the owners we've all seen and known. While his style may grow tiresome (my sole reason for four of five stars), Mate finds the 'mark' and details the solution. I would consider this book a 'must have' for any sailors reference library, and you will too. Now stop reading this review and get the book Elmer!

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Summary: Shipshape: The Art of Sailboat Maintenance
Review: This book is outdated and obsolete and has no relevence to modern sailboats, The technology is 1985 and the author covers ignorance of a subject with arrogance and bombast.

Don't wast your money. My copy is being returned.

Martyn G. D. Belben