Shipshape is the complete, step-by-step manual of sailboat maintenance. The forty-six chapters cover everything from launching a new boat to varnishing and oiling, tuning the rigging, maintaining the bilge pumps, heads and galley stoves and checking and repairing wood and fiberglass hulls. As well as drawing on his own many years of boatbuilding and sailing experience, Mr. Mate, author of From a Bare Hull, The Finely Fitted Yacht, Best Boats, and The World's Best Sailboats, also consulted many manufacturers and boatyard experts. The advice from companies such as North Sails (on sail care), Edson (on steering gear), Interlux Paints (on polyurethanes), British Seagull (on outboard engines), and the Concordia Yacht Yard (on general maintenance) makes Shipshape an indispensable guide to keeping your sailboat in safe and bristol condition.