Sailboat Projects: Clever Ideas and How to Make Them - For a Pittance

By Clarence Jones

Clarence Jones is a writer, inventor, tinkerer, photographer, sailor. He was born in the middle of the Great Depression. When something broke, you fixed it. There was no money for a repair man. He learned as a youngster how to design and make things that worked just as well as those in the store that cost a lot. His inventive creativity was a great asset in his careers as an award-winning newspaper and television reporter. One of the biggest challenges was often figuring out how to hide a camera or a recording device that would capture the evidence to prove his target's guilt. So when he became a sailor in mid-life, it was just natural for him to design gadgets that made his boat work better. The impetus for some of his projects would be a magazine article about a new device for sailboats. Within a day or so, Clarence would have a working prototype that would do the same thing. For a tiny fraction of what the new gadget cost. This book is a collection of those projects, many of them first published in sailing magazines. The guidelines for his sailboat projects - and the writing about them - have always been: -Simplicity -Ease of assembly -Minimal cost -Lots of pictures -Where to get the materials That's what this book is all about.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1481924168
• ISBN13: 9781481924160
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 134 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"