Your First Sailboat ─ How to Find a Sail the Right Boat for You, Includes Bonus Guide to 83 Recommended New and Used Boats

Everything you need to know to find—and enjoy—the sailboat of your dreams

• Includes an updated list of 75 recommended sailboats in five categories: Daysailers, trailer sailers, cruisers, racers, and multihulls
• Provides decision trees to help you choose the right boat for you
• Includes How-Do-I? sections that cover boat handling, maintenance, and navigation
• Features What-If? sections that cover a variety of worst-case scenarios that you may often worry about—from getting lost, to sinking, and when to look for the next sailboat!

Praise for Your First Sailboat
"Here's a book for first-time sailboat buyers that offers practical information they can really use to ease the transition to boat ownership. The buying guide to 75 of the more popular used sailboats will be particularly helpful when making the rounds at the boatyard."—Cruising World
"Spurr strikes just the right balance in this book of logic, education, and humor, without ever talking down to the reader."—Latitude 38
"Had I had this accessible reference book when I began to learn to sail, I would probably have been more successful...Having read this book, my appetite has again been whetted to don my life jacket, raise the halyard, trim the sales, and take advantage of a broad reach."—Tracy Croll, DIY BoatOwner
"with this book in one hand and the other firmly on your helm, you, too, can become your own Master and Commander..."—MAIB, April 2005
"Have fun. Save time. Save money. This book omits everything you don’t need to know."—Great Lakes Boating

Daniel Spurr is the editor at large for Professional Boatbuilder. He was previously the associate editor at Cruising World and the editor of Practical Sailor. Daniel is also author of Upgrading Your Cruising Sailboat and has owned and upgraded eight sailboats.