Graph Paper 5x5: BLUE SPRINGS Notebook

Next to your house, your boat may well be the biggest investment you ever make. Buying and owning a boat involves one baffling decision after another. Yet informed, impartial guidance is almost impossible to find-until now, that is.

This essential manual provides a method to the madness of boat buying and ownership, plotting a straight course through an ocean of confusion while it answers such questions as: Why fractional ownership often makes sense, How to avoid buying a boat you'll never use, How to identify the Goldilocks boat-not too big, not too small, How to choose a powering option, How to negotiate the best deal on any boat-new or used, How to be your own surveyor, and why even a new boat may need a professional survey, Why you should finance your boat even if you have the cash, and where to find the best loans.

About the Author:
Bob Armstrong is a respected boating author and journalist, a U.S. Coast Guard-licensed Master, and a boat captain since 1962