Kategoria BISAC: Sports & Recreation >> Water Sports - Boating

This very practical book begins by describing how the various parts of both marine diesel and gasoline engines work. It then goes on to show the basic service maintenance necessary for both the general running and winter layup, and pinpoints common faults and suggests remedies.

Dozens of DIY projects to keep your boat looking good and running well

This wide-ranging projects book covers maintenance, repairs, and upgrades to improve comfort, utility, appearance, value, safety, and enjoyment of powerboats up to 35 feet long. Projects include standard maintenance like changing engine oil and preparing for winter storage; minor repairs like rebedding deck hardware; and upgrades like creating new storage and improving your boat's fuel efficiency.

A world authority and champion sailor has written the definitive book on one of the most important, and least understood, factors in winning: the wind, its changes, and its effects on racing strategy.

Races are lost by a failure to understand and predict changes in wind. This book is the first and only one of its kind to deal with the character of the wind as it applies specifically to the racer. It shows how surface wind is affected by season, time of day, temperature disparities, clouds and geography. It supplies the meteorology needed to understand surface winds, and it shows how...

Since publication in 1990, Ocean Cruising on a Budget has been highly praised as an essential guide for all those planning a blue water voyage, whether on a budget on not. Based on a lifetime of practical experience, Anne Hammick gives advice on choosing a suitable boat, locating equipment bargains, deciding individual priorities for safety as well as sanity and enjoyment, shorthanded watch keeping, managing funds, the human problems of living aboard a small yacht, budget provisioning and storage, and even replenishing the kitty en route. Ocean Cruising on a Budget, now completed updated,...