Peter Berman reviews the criteria for selecting a used fiberglass hull sailboat but picks up where Vigor and Nestor leave off. Berman shares his 40 years of experience in overhauling and refitting a myriad of different sailboats in preparation for offshore voyaging.
Follow the information offered in Outfitting the Offshore Sailboat and you can buy and refit a cruising sailboat for a fraction of the cost of buying a new boat. Several books have been offered on buying used sailboats for the purpose of long-distance voyaging including John Vigors 20 Small Sailboats and Gregg Nestors Twenty Affordable Sailboats.
The used boats reviewed in these books are all available to those on a modest budget, and there are plenty of other used fiberglass production boats out there which are solid candidates for the would-be cruiser.
