Get the most out of your boat and your money with Fix Your Boat and Save. Inside you'll find over 100 money-saving tips and ideas. Stop paying retail and start using "out of the box" strategies to stretch your dollars when fixing and upgrading your boat. The book also includes several large project ideas and a complete set of worksheets. If this book saves you $20 on your next boat repair it's already paid for itself.

As the "Boat Doctor" in Boating magazine, Allen Berrien helped two generations of readers keep their boats alive and well. Now his practical know-how and wisdom is collected inPowerboat Care and Repair, the only book that focuses on do-it-yourself maintenance and repair of small powerboats. Berrien provides tips on how to avoid and solve a host of common problems, such as electrolysis, pitted gelcoat, and battery failures. He also offers step-by-step guidance on spring commissioning and winterizing; inboard, outboard, and stern driveengine troubleshooting; exterior maintenance; emergency preparedness; and much more.

You’re probably familiar with the difficulty of dealing with service departments when getting a vehicle repaired—but what happens when that vehicle is a boat? Those encounters are harrowing—and even if you’re only boating on a seasonal basis, they occur frequently. From general boat repairs, annual winterizing service, dry docking, and springtime tune-ups, it may seem like the bills never end. Michael Bivona, a certified public accountant, helps you navigate being a boat owner in this guide to saving money. He’s saved more than $150,000 in repairs and maintenance over his forty-plus years of boating and has avoided many unhappy breakdowns. Whether you do maintenance and repairs yourself or go to a professional, he shares money-saving tips, including: • Unless there is extensive damage to your boat, always insist on a written estimate. • Never tell a service department to do whatever is necessary to fix your boat. • Always carefully inspect your boat if someone else has made repairs. With a bit of training and hands-on experience, you can also enjoy boating without draining your life savings.

Dear Fellow Boater: I know I spent too much my first year as a boat owner. Most of it went to marine stores and boat yards. Like you, I quickly discovered how much it costs to keep a boat in good running order. And how expensive many of the upgrades and "toys" I wanted were. Staring at a stack of receipts, I decided there had to be a cheaper way to maintain and upgrade a boat, without sacrificing safety. It took four more years of boat ownership, but I gradually developed strategies to save money on almost every purchase related to the boat. Some were solutions to specific problems, like when the prop had so much growth it looked like a cauliflower. Other people in the marina were having the same problem. Most either hired a diver or had the boat hauled for a power wash both at substantial cost. It turned out a dollar's worth of steel wool lashed to the bottom of an old pair of shoes did the trick on my boat. We scrubbed the prop with our feet. Some of the best deals were at dollar stores. Most carried painting supplies for .99 cents each. At that price I could afford to throw brushes and pans away after messy bottom painting. I was learning to break problems down and look for boating supplies in unlikely places. A fellow boater suggested I start writing this stuff down. Several months later I sold the first copy of "Dollar" Store Boating. It's a collection of ideas, strategies and worksheets that can help you maintain and upgrade your boat for less money. Fair winds and following seas, Dominic Villari P.S. If this book saves you just $25, it's already paid for itself.

A fiberglass hull's seamless nature leads many boatowners to conclude that repair must be difficult. Wrong. Here, clearly and abundantly illustrated, is all you need to know to seal joints, bed hardware, replace portlights, locate leaks, fix cracks and even holes, restore your hull's gloss, renew nonskid decks, and much more. You'll wonder what you were worried about.

STOP WORKING ON YOUR BOAT AND GET OUT ON THE WATER! Save money and time with these 1,001 tested tips from Sandy Lindsey, a boat-maintenance contributor to Boating magazine for many years. In Quick and Easy Boat Maintenance, Lindsey has culled the best of her years of advice and gathered the top suggestions from her readers. These handy, natural solutions work amazingly well—and are environmentally friendly. Boats last longer and look more beautiful with proper care. But that care takes a lot less time when you work smart. See how you can make your winterizing and spring commissioning chores go much faster and learn Lindsey's labor-saving secrets for tackling: Teak, canvas, and carpet care Painting, metal cleaning, and polishing Fiberglass and gelcoat cleaning and repair Engine care and winterizing Mildew--how to get rid of it, how to prevent it This second edition is updated with green solutions, information about dealing with ethanol in fuel, how to maintain the new batteries, and an all-new chapter on maintenance aspects of sailboats (sail care, winches, lines, and wire rigging). Putting the helpful hints of Quick and Easy Boat Maintenance to work can change your boating life. Less time working means more time boating! "A treasure chest of proven labor-savers that can help get those pesky maintenance chores done faster." -- Observer-Dispatch