THE SELF-SUFFICIENT SAILOR by Pardey, Larry & Lin Pardey - 1982

NY: W. W. Norton. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. 0393032698; Very minor wear on the clean, sound binding. Spine lettering is a little dulled. Ffep is missing. Contents are almost as new, with no writing or other entries on the text. No DJ. ; First Printing of the FIRST EDITION, 1982. 8-1/2" Tall, 312pp. Blue boards, red cloth spine, not-quite-bright gold spine lettering. BOATING. This book "is the distillation of what the Pardeys have learned in eleven years of world voyaging in their twenty-four-foot SERAFFYN. First, they tell how they sailed in comfort and safety without large cash outlays - on a pay-as-you-earn-as-you-go plan and by simplifying. .. A sailor's reliance must be on self first and on electronics and mechanics last. .. How to learn basic sailing and seamanship, to choose a boat and equipment designed for safe, comfortable voyaging; how to learn maintenance and repair, inspection of rigging and equipment, sailing without an engine - these are what the Pardeys teach. This is an essential book for coastal and offshore sailors alike. " . Index. Dozens of line drawings & b/w photos. .