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The Complete Trailer Sailor: How to Buy, Equip, and Handle by Brian Gilbert

By Brian Gilbert

A soup-to-nuts advent to small, low-budget crusing craft

Trailer sailers--the smallest, low-cost sailboats with drowsing accommodations--are a favored platform for studying the fundamentals of boating and are usually thought of to be the access point to cruising below sail. writer Brian Gilbert indicates how trailer sailers may be the appropriate craft for a life of amusement, together with severe, long-distance cruising. This e-book covers all of the bases, together with the best way to investigate cross-check, purchase, and equip a ship; the way to trailer, sail, navigate, and cruise in small boats; the right way to use communications and navigation apparatus; and more.

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Clear hose should never be used below the waterline, and garden hose should be used only for washing down the boat. If you see any bulges or cracking in the hose, it should be replaced. Also take a close look at the hose clamps, because the best hose in the world is useless if 39 40 FINDING YOUR SAILBOAT Straight Threads or Tapered? One of the problems with using gate valves or ball valves on your boat is the threads. The plumbing in your house uses a special thread called NPT (National Pipe Tapered).

The same valve drains the tanks when the boat is on the trailer. Some racing boats have more complex arrangements, using pumps to move the water to the windward tank and increase its effect. Popular water-ballasted designs include the Hunter 240, the MacGregor 26, and the Catalina 250. As the boat heels, water ballast is sometimes lifted above the waterline, where it becomes more effective, but this depends on the design of the boat. Water-ballasted boats are sometimes reported to be initially tender, and the plumbing/piping systems can be complex.

The rewired MacGregor electrical system. Labeling and bundling every wire makes tracing problems far easier. A heavy-duty battery switch for a single battery. This one does not include an alternator field disconnect, and could damage your alternator if switched while running your motor, if so equipped. EVALUATING TRAILERABLE SAILBOATS If the boat doesn’t have a battery switch or needs a new one, consider getting a two-battery switch rather than a simple one-battery, on-off switch. A two-battery switch costs only a little more, and allows you to easily increase your total battery power later by adding a second battery.

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