Robert J Armstrong

Your First Powerboat

How to Find, Buy, and Enjoy the Best Boat for You

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Navigate the hazards of boat ownership with absolute confidence Next to your house, your boat may well be the biggest investment you ever make. Buying and owning a boat involves one baffling decision after another. Yet informed, impartial guidance is almost impossible to find--until now, that is. This essential manual provides a method to the madness of boat buying and ownership, plotting a straight course through an ocean of confusion while it answers such questions as: * Why fractional ownership often makes sense * How to avoid buying a boat you'll never use * How to identify the Goldilocks boat--not too big, not too small * How to choose a powering option * How to negotiate the best deal on any boat-new or used * How to be your own surveyor, and why even a new boat may need a professional survey * Why you should finance your boat even if you have the cash, and where to find the best loans * How to calculate the total cost of ownership before you buy!

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McGraw Hill LLC
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 183mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780071496735
• ISBN-10: 0071496734
• Artikelnr.: 23400343

Autorenporträt

Robert J. Armstrong, a U.S. Coast Guard Licensed Master Mariner, has been a captain since 1962, operating everything from outboard-powered skiffs to 600-passenger cruise vessels. Diverted from boats by only a few years as a television writer/producer/director, Bob has been a boating journalist since the mid-1970s, specializing in boat reviews and seamanship articles. He has worked as a delivery skipper and has taught seamanship and boat handling in the classroom and on the water. HOMETOWN: Miami Beach, FL