How Boat Things Work An Illustrated Guide

by Wing, Charlie

• ISBN13: 9780071493444
• ISBN10: 0071493441
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-06-04
• Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press

Summary

"Anyone who contemplates any onboard do-it-yourself work should have this book at his or her elbow."--Cruising World "This book reduces a boat to its most rudimentary parts in simple drawings and clear explanations. Fascinating to read, it's a perfect teaching tool."--Ocean Navigator Whether you're a new mariner or a lifetime veteran, How Boat Things Work is a resource you can't afford to be without. With intricate two-color cutaway drawings of eighty different systems and devices, as well as detailed explanations of how they're assembled, how they work, and how they can go wrong, this book covers every primary component of your boat's inner workings.This guided tour "under the hood" of your sailboat or powerboat includes: Engines, transmissions, bearings, stuffing boxes, propellers Steering systems, autopilots, windvanes, compasses Rigging, splicing, line handling, block and tackle, sail controls Anchors and windlasses DC and AC electrical systems Pumps, toilets, seacocks, freshwater systems

Author Biography

Charlie Wing is the author/illustrator of a numberof top-selling home maintenance and remodeling books, as well as sixother boating titles.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Propulsion Drivetrain Principle of the Diesel Engine

Four-Stroke Diesel Cycle

Yanmar 2GM Cylinder Block

Piston Crankshaft

Camshaft Cylinder

Head Timing

Gear Housing

Flywheel Housing Valve

Cover Air

Intake and Breather

Fuel System

Primary Fuel

Filter Fuel

Lift Pump

Secondary Fuel

Filter Fuel

Injection Pump Fuel

Metering Fuel

Injectors Lubrication System

Lubricating Pump

Seawater Cooling System

Freshwater Cooling System

Freshwater Thermostat

Seawater Pump

Freshwater Pump

Heat Exchanger

Starter Motor Transmissions

Yanmar KM2-A

Two-Shaft Reduction and Reverse Gear

Planetary-Type Transmission

Cutless Bearings

Shaft Couplings

Drivesaver Stuffing Boxes

Rigid Stuffing Box

Flexible Stuffing Box

Shaft Seals Propellers

Fixed Propellers

Folding Propellers

Two-Blade, Feathering Max-Prop

Three-Blade, Feathering Max-Prop

Automatic, Variable-Pitch Autoprop

Steering and Controls Cables and Controls

Powerboat Controls

Outboard Mechanical Steering

Single-Station Hydraulic

Dual-Station Hydraulic

Outboard Hydraulic

Steering Sailboat

Steering Pedestals

Rack-and-Pinion

Pedestal Linkage

Twin-Rudder Rack-and-Pinion

Pedestal Linkage Chain-and-Wire Drives

Radial and Quadrant Drives

Forward-Mounted Rack-and-Pinion

Steering

Servopendulum Windvane

Magnetic Compass

Standing Rigging Wire and Fittings Wire

Rope Swaged Fittings

Swageless Fittings

Rigging Terminology

Masthead Rig

Fractional Rig

Rig Tuning

Line Handling

Rope Splices

Long Splice

Short Splice

End Splice

Eye Splice

Wire Rope Eyes

Eye Splice in Double-Braid

Coiling and Cleating Knots Reef (Square)

Knot Sheet Bend Bowline

Bowline on a Bight

Clove Hitch

Two Half Hitches

Tautline Hitch

Rolling Hitch

Trucker's Hitch

Becket Hitches

Stopper Knot and Heaving

Line Knot

Anchor Bend Block and Tackle

Sail Control Systems

Cunninghams Self-Tacking Jibs and Staysails

Mainsheets Outhauls

Mainsail Jiffy Reefing

Spinnaker Controls

Travelers Boom Vangs

Winches

Roller Furling

Ground Tackle

Moorings Anchor

Windlass Anchors

Lightweight Plow

Bruce Kedge Grapnel Snubbers and Shock Absorbers Anchoring

Single Anchor

Two Anchors off the Bow

Bahamian Moor

Mediterranean Moor

Retrieving the Anchor

Electrical DC Circuits

A Common DC Circuit

DC Grounding Batteries

Battery Construction

Series and Parallel Connections

Measurement Units

Optimal

Fast Charging of Batteries

Galvanic Corrosion

Cathodic Protection and Bonding

Stray-Current Corrosion Bonding

Bonding or Grounding?

To Bond or Not to Bond?

AC Circuits Grounding and Safety Ground

Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI)

Alternators A Rotary-Current Generator

Increasing Current Output

Three-Phase Output

Converting AC to DC

Controlling the Alternator

The Rotor

A Real Rotor

Volvo MD31A Alternator

Plumbing Pumps

Centrifugal Pump

Flexible Impeller Pump

Vane Pumps

Diaphragm Pumps

Whale Flipper Pump

Mk. 4 Whale V Pump

Mk. 6 Whale Babyfoot Pump

Mk. 2 Whale Gusher Galley

Mk. 3 Jabsco Par-Mate

Electric Diaphragm Pump

Water Systems

Raritan GMPT Galley Mate Pump

Assembly Marine Toilets

The LectraSan MC Raritan

PHII Marine Toilet

PHII Electric Conversion

Kit Valves Tapered-Plug Seacocks

Expanding-Plug Seacocks

Ball-Valve Seacocks

Y-Valves

Refrigeration

Condenser

Evaporator

Controls Adler Barbour

Cold Machine

Diesel Stove and Heater Dickinson

Fuel Metering Valve

LP Gas Installations

Index

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