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OverviewA treasure trove of invaluable information for boatowners, designers, builders, surveyors, chandlers and anyone maintaining their own boat. Thoroughly updated for this eighth edition, this book is packed with tables of lengths, widths, weights and strengths as well as new data on a vast range of equipment from anchors to masts, propellers to gas cylinders, cleat sizes to winch bases, and hatches to bolts, bearings, cabling and piping. If you want to know what size winch to fit, the breaking strength of stainless steel rigging wire, the recommended size for seacocks or what length and size an anchor chain should be, then this is the book for you. The Boat Data Book is a must-have reference for owners and professionals. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ian Nicolson , Richard NicolsonPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Edition: 8th edition ISBN: 9781399412933ISBN 10: 1399412930 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 04 July 2024 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available ![]() This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviewsA veritable mine of information ... superb value for money * The Nautical Magazine * Recommended to every boat owner * Practical Boat Owner * A most amazing amount of data * The Island * The essential technical bible * Yachting World * Author InformationIan Nicolson started collecting data about boats from his father and grandfather when he was still at school. After his apprenticeship as a naval architect he joined A Mylne & Co, where he has been a senior partner since 1979. Richard Nicolson has raced in the Whitbread Round the World Race, won at Les Voiles de St Tropez and traversed the Arctic’s North West Passage. He has rebuilt and repaired many yachts, from classics to modern hi-tech flyers. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |