Secondhand Boat Workshop magazine by Jeff Webster

GUIDE TO BUYING & REPAIRING A SECONDHAND POWER TRAILERBOAT - WITH REVIEWS ON 50 CLASSIC TRAILERBOATS FROM THE 1970S - 1980S. (POSTAGE IS $2.00 WITHIN AUSTRALIA)

Having structural problems with your boat? Then Jeff Webster’s Secondhand Boat Workshop magazine could be just what you’ve been looking for. This 100 page, full colour publication is a comprehensive guide to buying and repairing a used trailerboat.

Secondhand Boat Workshop contains chapters on a full range of boat maintenance and repair topics  - including how to keep alloy corrosion at bay, repairing a soft, rotted transom or cockpit floor, and replacing underfloor stringers. There’s also a chapter on restoring an old, run down fibreglass cruiser - the kind of project that hundreds of people now embark on every year.

The repair and restoration chapters in Secondhand Boat Workshop are particularly informative because they are illustrated with two dozen or more photographs showing (step by step) exactly how each repair process should be undertaken. For the DIY enthusiast, keen to tackle a repair job at home, these "how to" type articles are invaluable.

A range of other topics are also covered in the magazine, including how to maintain and care for your boat, engine and trailer, whether to repower with a new or reconditioned engine, and what’s involved in fitting an outboard pod and changing your boat over from sterndrive to outboard power.

Complimenting the technical articles are reviews on 50 "Golden Oldies" - detailed reports on some of the most popular trailerboats ever made. In keeping with the refurbishment theme, the author has concentrated on reviewing older classics from the late 1960s through to the early 1980s - models which most people can afford to buy and then restore.

Among this group of boats are some genuine classics - such as the Bertram 25, Savage Marlin and Bluefin, Caribbean Commodore and Crestcutter, Cruise Craft Reef Ranger and Raider, plus most of the well known, early model Haines Hunters.

Secondhand Boat Workshop is the only publication available which is targeted exclusively at used boat buyers and existing boat owners. It has been written to help people through the maze of buying a secondhand boat, but also to show how to care for, maintain, and if necessary, rebuild a used boat. As a technical guide and reference source, this publication warrants a permanent place on every power boat owner's book shelf.

Secondhand Boat Workshop is no longer available in new or unmarked "mint" condition. The only copies left are newsagent returns or "seconds". These magazines are complete, but they may have price stickers, scuff marks, creases, and texta marks on the covers, etc. Inside, the mags are whole and in good condition.

Priced at just AUD $8.95 (plus $2.00 postage within Australia), Secondhand Boat Workshop (2nd Edition) is available now on ebay direct from the publisher. Order your copy today! For more information, check out www.jeffwebster.com.au

Chapt. 1 Buying A Used Boat

Chapt. 2 Classic Or Clunker?

Chapt. 3 International's Project Bluefin

Chapt. 4 Boat Care & Maintenance

Chapt. 5 Engines - Repair Or Replace?

Chapt. 6 Maintaining Your Outboard

Chapt. 7 Fitting An Outboard Pod

Chapt. 8 Rebuilding A "Rotted" Transom

Chapt. 9 Repairing A "Soft" Floor

Chapt. 10 Beating Alloy Corrosion

Chapt. 11 All About Batteries

Chapt. 12 Seats & Upholstery

Chapt. 13 The Trouble With Trailers

Reviews On 50 Classic Boats.