Your First Powerboat: How to Find, Buy, and Enjoy the Best Boat for You (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780071496735)

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!
  
  Author: Robert J. Armstrong
  ISBN-10: 0071496734
  ISBN-13: 9780071496735
  Publisher: International Marine Publishing
  Language: English
  Published: 08/01/2008
  Pages: 240
  Format: Paperback
  Weight: 0.95lbs
  Size: 9.00h x 7.20w x 0.60d