Fast, Frugal, and Functional Boat Improvements Anyone Can Make. When it comes to leading the weekend warrior through a boat-improvement project, nobody beats Don Casey. With his help, you can ratchet up your boat's appearance, safety, performance, and resale value while transforming it into the best-kept, most comfortable boat on the water. Illustrated instructions will guide you every step of the way as you create: Stowage conveniences such as locker baffles and drop-down bins. Creature comforts including companionway screens, a deckwash/shower, and a cockpit snack table. Boat-care aids like an engine oil-change pump and an anchor-chain scrubber. On-deck enhancements such as cockpit speakers, block silencers, and a cockpit chart board. And 90 other projects and grace notes that will improve your boat and your time aboard it. You need only simple tools and no special skills. Let 100 Fast & Easy Boat Improvements be your guide to a safer, more comfortable, and better-looking boat. Table of Contents: Introduction. Enhancing Safety Handrails / Track Protectors / Hatchboard Lock / Low-Tech Sentry / Locker Latches / Offshore Lid Latches / Man-Overboard Pole / Propane Cylinder Stowage / Life-Vest Cushions / Bilge-Pump Light / Anchor Light/Tricolor Circuit / Ground-Fault Circuit Interrupter. Adding Convenience One-Piece Racks / Lock Holder / Stove-Lighter Rack / Knife Block / The Versatile Box / Mug Rack / Cutlery Rack / Serving Tray / Acrylic Bins / Cockpit Glass Rack / Cockpit Snack Table / Telltale Compass / Chart Chart Table / Hanging Duffel / Canvas Bucket / Deckwash/Shower / Chain Scrubber. Increasing Comfort Ship's Umbrella / Nonskid Dishes / Spreader Thumb Cleats / Companionway Screen Door / Curtains / Eyebrow Awnings / Pushpit Seat / Webbing Lifelines / Cockpit Seat Backs / Grate Berth. Better Sailing Rigging Rollers / Bow Netting / Downhaul / Midships Cleat / Cleat Blocks / Block Silencers / Tiller Comb / Coachwhipping / Cockpit Chart Board / Hat/Chart Clip / Cockpit Chart Stowage / Bean Bags / Minispeaker. Efficient Stowage Locker Baffles / The Basic Shelf / Fiddle Rails / Net Shelving / Wire Racks / Compact-Disc Storage Rack / Chart Rack / Drop-Down Bins / Slide-Out Cockpit Stowage / Stack Bins / Hull-Side Stowage / Cockpit Locker Floors / Drawer Tray / Clear Pockets. Boat Care Brightwork Covers / Tiller Sock / Handrail Cover / Fire-Hose Caprail Mat / Battery-Maintaining Solar Panel / Hydrometer Holder / Stuffing-Box Wrench Rack / Engine Room Tool Stowage / Drip Basin / Oil-Change Pump / Engine Room Fan / Engine Room Lighting / Droplight / Skylight. The Extra Touch Picture Hangers / Velcro / Hinge / Plant Holders / Endless Notepaper / Fixed Pad / Tilt-Up Pad / Pencil Holder / Bike-Seat Stool / Ceiling / Pig Stick / Chain-Pipe Plug / Porch Light / Cockpit Speakers / Faux Davits / Keel Wheel. About the Author: Don Casey (Miami, FL) is one of the best-known writers on boat maintenance today and the author of seven books, including the bestselling This Old Boat and Sailboat Electrics Simplified. Published by McGraw-Hill/International Marine. Softcover. 144 pages. 250 b&w illustrations.

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