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Your First Powerboat: How to Find, Buy, and Enjoy the Best Boat for You
Contributor(s): Armstrong, Robert J. (Author)
ISBN: 0071496734     ISBN-13: 9780071496735
Publisher: International Marine Publishing
OUR PRICE:   $22.80  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: August 2008
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Annotation: Get the best deal on a boat that's right for you

Buying a powerboat is fraught with decisions, and getting it wrong can be a costly and frustrating experience. In this book, one of the nation's bestselling authors on powerboating explains everything you need to know to select and acquire the best boat for your needs. Armstrong shows you how to: Identify the best powerboat for you and determine the total cost of ownership Negotiate the best deal on any boat, new or used, and avoid costly mistakes Understand boat financing, registration, insurance, and the legal obligations of boat owners
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | Boating
- Transportation | Ships & Shipbuilding - General
Dewey: 818.540
LCCN: 2008001946
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 7.2" W x 9" (0.95 lbs) 240 pages
 
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Publisher Description:

Navigate the hazards of boat ownership with absolute confidence

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
  • How to calculate the total cost of ownership before you buy

Contributor Bio(s): Armstrong, Robert J.: -

Bob Armstrong is a respected boating author and journalist, a U.S. Coast Guard-licensed Master, and a boat captain since 1962. He is the author of the bestselling Getting Started in Powerboating. Armstrong works as a charter-yacht captain and consults on boat purchasing decisions for individuals and businesses. He has worked as a boat surveyor, a buyer's and seller's agent, and an expert marine witness.

Armstrong, Robert: -

Bob Armstrong is a respected boating author and journalist, a U.S. Coast Guard-licensed Master, and a boat captain since 1962. He is the author of the bestselling Getting Started in Powerboating. Armstrong works as a charter-yacht captain and consults on boat purchasing decisions for individuals and businesses. He has worked as a boat surveyor, a buyer's and seller's agent, and an expert marine witness.