Overview

This is the owner's manual for the mechanically impaired sailor or powerboater. The simplest, least threatening guide to boat maintenance and repair ever written, ""Know Your Boat"" is dedicated to these propositions: that simply praying that nothing breaks on your boat doesn't prevent it from happening; that things don't often break when you're at the dock and help is convenient; that the things that go wrong are most often things you can solve; that you don't have to be a mechanical wizard to solve them; that solving problems yourself will give you more confidence in your seamanship and more satisfaction from your boating; that self-sufficiency is addictive and that reading about all of this ought to be fun!So take this tour of basic troubleshooting and repair procedures for your engine, electrical, plumbing, refrigeration, and steering systems, then grab your wrench and prepare to tame the savage beasts behind your boat's electrical panel and engine hatches - or at least make their acquaintance.

Full Product Details

Author:   David Kroenke
Publisher:   International Marine Publishing Co
Imprint:   International Marine Publishing Co
Dimensions:   Width: 19.10cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.499kg
ISBN:  

9780071361347

ISBN 10:   0071361340
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   16 May 2002
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Unknown
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgments1. What Were You Thinking?The Beginning; Reality Sets In; The Process for Getting to Know Dulcinea2. Keeping Your Boat AfloatThrough-Hulls; Types of Through-Hulls; The Through-Hull Inventory3. Engine BasicsHow Engines Work; Maintenance; Engine Troubleshooting; Are We Having Fun Yet?4. Boat ElectricityBasic Ideas; A Basic Electrical System; A More Elaborate Electrical System (with Generator and Inverter); Electrical System Maintenance5. Freshwater Plumbing and WatermakersUnderstanding Your Freshwater System; Fixing Water Pressure Problems; Watermakers6. Marine ToiletsUsing Your Head; Basic Head Design; Toilet Problems7. Stoves, Sinks, and RefrigerationStoves and Ovens; Sinks; Refrigeration8. Steering, Autopilots, and WindlassesSteering Systems; Autopilots; Wind Vanes; Windlasses9. Sailboat RiggingStanding Rigging; Running Rigging10. Getting Ready for the Big TripThe Schedule; Your ListAppendix 1. Spare PartsAppendix 2. Tool KitIndex

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Know Your Boat is here to rescue thousands of Rhode Island boat owners who have always hesitated to peer into their boat's innards for fear of what they'll find. Rhode Island Boating 20010122

Know Your Boat is here to rescue thousands of Rhode Island boat owners who have always hesitated to peer into their boat's innards for fear of what they'll find. Rhode Island Boating 20010122

Author Information

David Kroenke has been a sailor since 1971 and currently owns a Mason 44. He has cruised the West Coast extensively, roamed the Inside Passage and the coast of British Columbia, and sailed to Mexico and back. His next Big Trip is a voyage to the Marquesas. Although he holds a Ph.D. in engineering, he claims his chief qualification for writing Know Your Boat is the self-education process he undertook after spending piles of money in boatyards.

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