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Chapter
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Basic Considerations for First-time Buyers
Chapter
2
Boat Types & Hull Design Basics
Chapter
3
Hull Construction
Chapter
4
Evaluating Boat Hulls
Chapter
5
Power
Options
Chapter
6
Cockpits, Motors and Trim
Chapter
7
Stress Cracks, Finishes and Surface Defects
Chapter
8
Details
& Design
Chapter
9
Used Motors
Chapter
10
The New Outboard Motor Market
Chapter
11
Boat Rigging
Chapter
12
Research, Pricing and Shopping
Chapter
13
The Art of the Deal
272 pages
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This book is not a compilation of articles from this web site. |
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This
book shows you how to cut through the fog of marketing hype and get
to the heart of the matter - buying a quality, reliable product that
has the kind of performance you want.
Specifically
targeted to
the open water outboards market
Illustrated
with over 140 real life photos and drawings
New
Boats - Used Boats
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Learn
to make your own assessment of boat quality
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What
constitutes good design and bad design
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Why
so many boat builders make serious mistakes. What to look for and
how to avoid them.
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Sea
worthiness: The right boat for the right waters.
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Performance
Issues: Why do some boats perform better than others?
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How
to avoid trim problems.
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Ergonomics:
The art of designing products that fit your body size. Nowhere is
it more important than with a boat.
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Navigating
the turmoil of the outboard motor market.
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Choosing
the right power options: Outboard, inboard or stern drive.
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Critical
elements of boat rigging
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Stress
cracks: What do they mean?
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How
to research prices and market values
Contents
| Introduction
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| Author's
Note
July
31, 2002
Some
have wondered, "Pascoe surveys yachts, so why is he writing
a book on outboards?" Easy answer there: As the prices
of these boats continued to escalate in recent years, increasingly
I am asked to survey outboards as people have become willing
to pay me a reasonable fee. This continued to the point
where nearly half the boats I did were outboards. And since
outboard buyers are most often first-time buyers, such a book
made sense to me.
This
book is totally dedicated to blue water type outboard boats,
not jet boats, I/O’s, pontoon boats, bass boats or mega
yachts. You won’t be just reading part of it and disregarding
the rest. Or paying for something that is irrelevant.
What I mean by "blue water" type boats are boats that
are sea worthy for heading out into larger bodies of water,
not just small lakes and protected bays, etc.
Buyers'
Guide to Outboard Boats strives to be relevant to both the
novice and more experienced boat owner by addressing the real
world issues he faces based on the hundreds, perhaps even thousands
questions I’m asked by customers when I do surveys for
them. Many people want to totally simplify the matter by asking,
"Which boat should I buy?" Ah, if life were only that
easy! No one can answer that question since no one but the buyer
knows completely what he wants and can afford.
Even
so, I do my level best to lead the reader to his own answers.
I do, of course, have my own opinions and I’m not afraid
to give them. One of these is that I think it is unwise to shortchange
quality on a product that is constantly sitting in water and
frequently flying off the tops of waves with your life contained
between its gunwales. |
David Pascoe is the author
of "Surveying Fiberglass Power Boats" (2001, 2nd Edition
- 2005), "Mid Size Power Boats" (2003) and "Marine
Investigations" (2004).
In addition to readers
in the United States, boaters and boat industry professionals worldwide from over
60 countries have
purchased David Pascoe's books, since introduction of his first book in 2001. |
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"Buyers'
Guide to Outboard Boats"
Published
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D. H. Pascoe & Co., Inc.
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0965649628
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978-0-9656496-2-9
9780965649629
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