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...Illustrated throughout with hilarious cartoons by the brilliant Jake Kavanagh, The Impractical Boat Owner is the ultimate, indispensable how-not-to cut-out-and-throw-away guide to sailing.

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“The Impractical Boat Owner is a witty and self-deprecating expression of the yachting condition,” says Dave, modestly, adding proudly: “Everything I haven’t learned is in there!” But that’s just his opinion. Here’s what the reviewers have said: “Didn’t understand a word of it – I’m off to the golf course,” raved the hugely influential sailing commentator Michael Harris, editor of Golf Monthly. Slightly less gushing but even more insightful are cover notes from the world’s greatest yachting cartoonist, the late and greatly lamented Mike Peyton, who commented with his legendary dry wit: “Humour’s a funny thing. If they’re paying you for it, Dave, you must be doing something right.”