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9780071361354

Boatowner's Handbook: Reference Data for Maintenance, Repair, Navigation, and Seamanship

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  • ISBN13:

    9780071361354

  • ISBN10:

    0071361359

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-05-17
  • Publisher: MCG
  • Purchase Benefits
List Price: $14.95

Summary

This quick-reference guide is an on-board data bank, compiling in one place all the facts, figures, tables, and graphs boat operators need. In 17 chapters ranging from deck gear to electronics to rigging and fuel calculations, it groups information logically for both power- and sailboat owners. The amount of data a boat owner needs within fingertips reach can be staggering: recommended anchor sizes and types, cleat sizes for specified lines, fender sizes, GPS accuracy, VHF radio ranges, electrical power consumption, propeller pitch and diameter, and multitudinous other arcana. Boatowner's Handbook puts all this information in one place, boils it down to its most accessible form, and makes it easy to retrieve.

Author Biography

John Vigor was a journalist for 35 years and has sailed more than 15,000 ocean miles in boats 11 to 40 feet. He is the author of The Practical Mariner's Book of Knowledge, The Seaworthy Offshore Sailboat, and a frequent contributor to Cruising World, SAIL, and Good Old Boat.

Table of Contents

Preface

Dinghies

Deck Gear

Electrical Systems

Engines

Propellers

Fiberglass

Wood for Boats

Fasteners

Boatbuilding Metals

The Galley

Food and Water

Paints

Fillers, Cements, & Fairing Compounds

Sealants and Glues

Plumbing

Sails and Helm Balance

Spars and Rigging

Codes and Signals

Navigation and Seamanship

Weather

Safety

Tables and Formulas

Conversion Factors

Sources of Replacement Gear

Boating Organizations

Index

About the Author

Supplemental Materials

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