100 Fast & Easy Boat Improvements: Enhance Your Boat on Deck and Below!

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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.

100 Fast & Easy Boat Improvements: Enhance Your Boat on Deck and Below!