Boatowners Mechanical and Electrical Manual 4/E [Hardcover]

The maintenance bible for boatowners is fully updated and better than ever!

If its on a boat and it has screws, wires, or moving parts, its covered inBoatowners Mechanical and Electrical Manual. When you leave the dock with this indispensable resource aboard, you have at your fingertips the best and most comprehensive advice on:

• Battery technologies, including recent developments in lead-acid and lithium-ion batteries and fuel cells
• 12- and 24-volt DC systems
• Electric and hybrid propulsion
• How to radically improve the energy efficiency of most boats
• Corrosion, bonding, and lightning protection
• Generators, inverters, battery chargers , wind and water generators, and solar power
• Electric motors and electric lights
• Marine electronics, including networking systems, 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

NIGEL CALDERis widely acknowledged as the worlds foremost writer on boat systems maintenance. A diesel mechanic for more than 25 years, he has also been a boatbuilder, cabinetmaker, and machinist. Calder is the author ofHow to Read a Nautical Chart,Nigel Calders Cruising Handbook,Refrigeration for Pleasureboats, andMarine Diesel Engines. He is a frequent contributor to boating magazines in the United States and Britain.

If you had to choose a single book to help you assess and maintainyour boat gear, this would be it.
Practical Sailor

A major achievement. . . . It would be hard to imagine anything going wrong on a boat that couldnt be figured out with this book.
Sailing World

A truly remarkable bible. . . . This book is the best oflsi