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Boatowner’s Mechanical and Electrical Manual: How to Maintain, Repair, and Improve Your Boat’s Essential Systems $49.95 The boatowner’s foremost troubleshooting guide, now better than everIf it’s on a boat and it has screws, wires, or moving parts, it’s covered in Boatowner’s Mechanical and Electrical Manual. When you leave the dock with this book aboard, you have at your fingertips the best and most comprehensive advice on: Battery technologies 12- and 24-volt DC systems Corrosion, bonding, and lightning protection Generators, inverters, and battery chargers Electric motors and electric lights Marine electronics, antennas, and RFI Diesel engines Transmissions, shaft brakes, and propellers Refrigeration and air-conditioning Tanks, plumbing, and through-hulls Pumps and watermakers Steering, autopilots, and wind vanes Stoves and heaters Winches, windlasses, and bow thrusters Spars, rigging, and roller reefing”If you had to choose a single book to help you assess and maintain your boat gear, this would be it.”—Practical Sailor”A truly remarkable bible. . . . This book is the best of its kind.”—WoodenBoat”A major achievement. . . . It would be hard to imagine anything going wrong on a boat that couldn’t be figured out with this book.”—Sailing World”The world’s best technical reference and troubleshooting book.”—Sailing Inland and Offshore”This manual will be of lasting interest to anyone who wants to know how their boat works, what has gone wrong when it doesn’t, and how it could be fixed.”—Classic Boat”Without becoming too complex, the book covers almost every imaginable mechanical or electrical matter in the marine environment.”—Work Boat World”Calder lives what he writes, . . . [and] what he offers . . . is practical solutions to problems associated with increasingly complex marine systems. . . . [A] bargain for anyone in the construction and repair side of the boat

Dinghy Sailing: Start to Finish $14.73 Dinghy Sailing: Start to Finish is a complete reference for every level of sailor whether you are a beginner and need a straightforward, easy-to-understand guide or are taking your sailing to the next level and looking for the professional tips and tricks that will get you sailing faster, better, safer and having more fun. It includes single-handed dinghies through to planing speed craft.Full colour with 150 fantastic, clear illustrations and 150 photographs, Dinghy Sailing: Start to Finish gives the reader a thorough, complete and visual guide to life on the water.Packed with expert advice from the professionals at UKSA, the book covers:Basic Principles* Parts of the boat – exploded illustrations of a dinghy and components* How a boat sails – Sailing theory explained* Points of sailing – Sailing a dinghy at different angles to the wind* Choosing a dinghy – Types of boat and their suitability* Preparing to sail – Safety afloat, practical clothing, rigging to launching.* Knots and Ropes – Practical illustrations for basic knots and splices* Transporting dinghies -Road trailer to roof racks* Sailing for the first time – Balance, sail trim,* Rowing and paddling -* Rules of the road – Avoiding other boats, Rights of way, Basic racing rules.* Understanding tides and currents* Weather forecasting – How to spot tell-tale signs of change in wind and weather.Basic Techniques* Tacking* Gybing* Beating to windward* Reaching* Running* Spinnaker handling* Capsize and recovery* Returning to shore* Packing the dingy away* MaintenanceAdvanced Dinghy Sailing* High performance dinghies and catamarans* Trapezing* Asymmetric spinnakers – Setting, handling and gybing* Singlehanded sailing – dinghies and catamarans* Tuning – dinghies and catamarans* Heavy weather sailing – dinghies and catamaransThe Basics of Racing* The start – Practical lessons and rules

How Boat Things Work $19.95 “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 NavigatorWhether 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

How Boat Things Work: An Illustrated Guide $19.95 “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 NavigatorWhether 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 systemsCharlie Wing earned a Ph.D. in oceanography from MIT. Wing lived aboard a cruising sailboat for six years, during which he obtained his U.S. Coast Guard Captain’s license. He is also the author of Get Your Captain’s License, Boatowner’s Illustrated Electrical Handbook, The One-Minute Guide to the Nautical Rules of the Road, and other boating titles.Charlie Wing is the author/illustrator of a numberof top-selling home maintenance and remodeling books, as well as sixother boating titles.

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