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John Vigor turns the spotlight on twenty seaworthy sailboats that are at home on the ocean in all weather. These are old fiberglass boats, mostly of traditional design and strong construction. All are small, from 20 feet to 32 feet overall, but all have crossed oceans, and all are cheap.Choosing the right boat to take you across an ocean or around the world can be confusing and exasperating, particularly with a tight budget. Vigor sets out to remedy that in this book. He compares the designs and handling characteristics of 20 different boats whose secondhand market prices start at about $3,000. Interviews with experienced owners (featuring valuable tips about handling each boat in heavy weather) are interspersed with line drawings of hulls, sail plans, and accommodations. Vigor has unearthed the known weaknesses of each boat and explains how to deal with them. He rates their comparative seaworthiness, their speed, and the number of people they can carry in comfort.If you have ever dreamed the dream this book can help you turn it into reality.
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"Perfect book for anyone entertaining the thought of circumnavigating or even coastal cruising in a boat shorter than 30' LOD. Vigor guides you through 20 small boats capable of tackling bluewater. He isn't a salesman and cautions readers that even though the Catalina 27 is in the book it might not be wise to take it around the world without serious outfitting and preparation. Likewise he is conscious of the light wallet problem, and offers estimates for the cost of the vessels new and used. The pages of this nifty little starter book turn quickly and like bellows spur on the little dream we have of cruising without paying for it. On the downside I wish he'd included additional costs related to outfitting - something yachts in this size range certainly need. Also the illustrations are bare bones. Some three dimensional cross sections would have been appreciated and gone a long way to augmenting his prose descriptions. Lastly I was hoping for am epilogue or conclusion with Vigor's personal favorite or closing remarks, but instead you're shown the door by an unannotated bibliography. Note that this book is aging. What he calls old is now about 15 years older as of 2015. Overall it's an informative, enjoyable book for anyone whether you want to sail in bluewater or in daydreams."
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Twenty Small Sailboats to Take You Anywhere John Vigor 8601421218986 Books Reviews
- Perfect book for anyone entertaining the thought of circumnavigating or even coastal cruising in a boat shorter than 30' LOD. Vigor guides you through 20 small boats capable of tackling bluewater. He isn't a salesman and cautions readers that even though the Catalina 27 is in the book it might not be wise to take it around the world without serious outfitting and preparation. Likewise he is conscious of the light wallet problem, and offers estimates for the cost of the vessels new and used. The pages of this nifty little starter book turn quickly and like bellows spur on the little dream we have of cruising without paying for it. On the downside I wish he'd included additional costs related to outfitting - something yachts in this size range certainly need. Also the illustrations are bare bones. Some three dimensional cross sections would have been appreciated and gone a long way to augmenting his prose descriptions. Lastly I was hoping for am epilogue or conclusion with Vigor's personal favorite or closing remarks, but instead you're shown the door by an unannotated bibliography. Note that this book is aging. What he calls old is now about 15 years older as of 2015. Overall it's an informative, enjoyable book for anyone whether you want to sail in bluewater or in daydreams.
- Not all these boats are inexpensive and none are cheap, but John Vigor gets a gold star for walking the potential skipper through many choices available for those who dream of doing more than daysailing, but who have not managed to command a Fortune 500 retirement nest-egg.
The treasure of the book is not just the specific choices Vigor recommends (some I yearn for, some I can pass on...), but rather because he describes in good detail why he made each selection. What is the type of ballast, construction, comfort available and storage capacity -as well as, very importantly, what is the vessel's actual track-record for voyaging. Although these are all smallish boats but contemporary standards, where one seemingly needs at least 50ft to be acceptable to make the jump across from Florida, Vigor is not writing about blue-water sailing as a trivial exploit or cheap stunt, but as a serious seamanlike endeavor worthy of serious contemplation and using serious tools - which the vessels he recommends generally are.
This is a pocket-sized book, but crammed with useable information for a skipper researching reality-sized craft for whatever reason, and is highly recommended for those on a budget or those who have done their time on larger craft and are returning to something a bit more gracious, nimble and enjoyable - all without giving up on the penchant to see what is over the horizon. - The book was quite informative for a first-time sailboat buyer. I learned a lot of what to look for in ocean capable boats and can now hold a decent conversation on the topic. In the end I bought a 1980 Catalina 27' with plans of sailing the Caribbean. This book is critical for any first-time buyer and is very often cited sailing forums. Highly recommended!
- I've had this book for a few years and while I originally read it for information, now I keep it under my pillow as a guide to dreaming. I've sailed an Albin Vega extensively and offshore, and I own a Catalina 22 (not quite covered in the book, but a sister ship of one reviewed, the 27). The descriptions are sound, but the real value is in narrowing the scope of all the production boats in the world to just 20. It gives the brain some purchase for really thinking out what it wants and needs. Of course, this book is for making a shortlist to research further, not for deciding on a boat to acquire.
- Great little book, clear and fairly comprehensive. The author strikes you as someone who has been around boat for a while and have sailed most of the more traditional, moderately heavy displacement, longish keel sailboats with waterlines below 30ft or so. He draws from his experience and describe the vices and virtues of most boat in this group, including cost at the time the book was written, and its availability. Definitely worth having in you library if you enjoy long trips in small sailboats.......
- This is a delightful book to pore over even if -- like me -- you do not expect to buy a sailboat anytime soon. (The book sits by my bedside.) The writing is engaging, the boat schematics are beautiful and simple, and the right parameters are covered and compared for all of the boats. Scanning through this book over and over will spur prolonged reflection on what characteristics are really most important to you in a boat. I keep changing which one is my favorite.
- Very good information. The best boats
- Very detailed, well written and organized. Author utilizes input from actual owners of the vessels he describes. Extremely useful for anyone seeking to purchase their first sailboat or upgrade from the one they currently own.
