Pearson 385 info

[wmurray1010]

Sailingdog, Would you believe I have that book on the shelf I think. I will check when we fly back home tomorrow from PHX. Thanks for the link...it jogged my memory as I hadn't read that book in quite awhile.
(It gets worse the older you get.)

[Valiente]

Originally Posted by wmurray1010

Thanks Valiente for your reply. I checked with Barnes and Noble, but they couldn't spot the book. Not enough info. Do you have the title, author, Book?, Magazine? so I can take a look at one.

Thanks....Bill

http://www.amazon.com/Desirable-Unde.../dp/0393033112

as Mr. Dog indicated.

If I had just five books to bring around the world, it would be this, Heavy Weather Sailing, The Voyager's Handbook, Calder's Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual, and Calder's Marine Diesel Engines, despite the overlap of the last two.

As a bonus, Jimmy Cornell's World Cruising Routes, Wally Ross's Sail Power and Earl Hinz's Complete Book of Anchoring.

Not light reading, any of them, but very good reference works for the offshore cruiser.

[Valiente]

Originally Posted by sailingdog

Believe they're talking about this book here.

Interesting. You linked to Nautical Mind.com and I got Amazon, despite the fact that I live a 25 minute walk from Nautical Mind's compact shop and buy 50% of my books there.

[sailingdog]

wmurray-

glad to help.

Valiente-

Always remember your local vendor...

[pigslo]

Leave it to a dog to go fetch the book. That is the one I was refering to. Beyond the specific review, there is a lot of information on just what an offshore boat should look like. One can then weigh their own boat and make changes if possible and needed. A couple of examples that come to mind are cockpit size and companionway size that both can be addressed if you know the specs on what they ought to be.
pigslo

[sailingdog]

Would that make me a data retriever.

Originally Posted by pigslo

Leave it to a dog to go fetch the book. That is the one I was refering to. Beyond the specific review, there is a lot of information on just what an offshore boat should look like. One can then weigh their own boat and make changes if possible and needed. A couple of examples that come to mind are cockpit size and companionway size that both can be addressed if you know the specs on what they ought to be.
pigslo

[pigslo]

I was thinking American Water Spaniel or Cocker Spaniel.
pigslo