Regardless of your skill level, Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual makes boat maintenance and repair fast, fun and easy! Hundreds of tips and techniques for maintaining, troubleshooting and fixing every working part and system on your boat--all clearly explained in step-by-step detail. How to make sure your boat's electrical system provides all the power you need; Common and little-known tips for keeping your batteries and charging system safe and trouble-free; Simple test procedures for grounding circuits on boats; Best way to prevent galvanic corrosion on newly installed equipment; Easy, reliable way to make sure your inverter can handle peak AC appliance load; Often overlooked preventive maintenance for diesel engines. What to do right after start-up, while in use and at regular intervals during the season to ensure years of trouble-free boating; 8-point troubleshooting procedure for poor pickup; How to replace a transmission output-shaft oil seal. 5 simple steps to stop loss of transmission oil; Secret trick for keeping deck hardware fastened tight no matter how excessive the loads. Works every time. 7 safety tips for repairing masthead lights and other fixtures on top of the mast; and much, much more.

Boatowner's Mechanical & Electrical Manual: How to Maintain, Repair, and Improve Your Boat's Essential Systems

Sports & Outdoors

Calder, Nigel

Water Sports

International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press

The boatowner's foremost troubleshooting guide, now better than ever 
If 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: 
<ul>
<li>Battery technologies </li>
<li>12- and 24-volt DC systems </li>
<li>Corrosion, bonding, and lightning protection </li>
<li>Generators, inverters, and battery chargers </li>
<li>Electric motors and electric lights </li>
<li>Marine electronics, antennas, and RFI </li>
<li>Diesel engines </li>
<li>Transmissions, shaft brakes, and propellers </li>
<li>Refrigeration and air-conditioning </li>
<li>Tanks, plumbing, and through-hulls </li>
<li>Pumps and watermakers </li>
<li>Steering, autopilots, and wind vanes </li>
<li>Stoves and heaters </li>
<li>Winches, windlasses, and bow thrusters </li>
<li>Spars, rigging, and roller reefing </li>
</ul>
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Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual: How to Maintain, Repair, and Improve Your Boat's Essential Systems

Engineering & Transportation

Transportation

International Marine Publishing

The maintenance bible for boatowners is fully updated and better than ever! If 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 indispensable resource aboard, you have at your fingertips the best and most comprehensive advice on:
<ul>
<li> Battery technologies, including recent developments in lead-acid and lithium-ion batteries and fuel cells </li>
<li>12- and 24-volt DC systems </li>
<li>Electric and hybrid propulsion </li>
<li>How to radically improve the energy efficiency of most boats </li>
<li>Corrosion, bonding, and lightning protection </li>
<li>Generators, inverters, battery chargers , wind and water generators, and solar power </li>
<li>Electric motors and electric lights </li>
<li>Marine electronics, including networking systems, antennas, and RFI </li>
<li>Diesel engines </li>
<li>Transmissions, shaft brakes, and propellers </li>
<li>Refrigeration and air-conditioning </li>
<li>Tanks, plumbing, and through-hulls </li>
<li>Pumps and watermakers </li>
<li>Steering, autopilots, and wind vanes </li>
<li> Stoves and heaters </li>
<li>Winches, windlasses, and bow thrusters </li>
<li>Spars, rigging, and roller reefing</li>
</ul>

Boatowners Mechanical and Electrical Manual 4/E

Reference

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

A do-it-yourself manual for boat owners, covering both power and sail boats. It enables the reader to isolate problems and make the necessary repair, and encompasses all parts of the boat. Areas covered include electrical systems, engine, transmission, rigging and generators.

Boat Owner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual: How to Maintain, Repair and Improve Your Boat's Essential Systems

Adlard Coles Nautical

Cave diving has been called the "most dangerous participatory sport" in the world. It doesn't have to be. With proper training, experience, and guidance, you can be a skilled cave diver, and enjoy this challenging and rewarding activity, for a lifetime. With decades of technical diving experience, including world record cave dives, and paradigm changing underwater exploration, Woman Divers Hall of Fame member Jill Heinerth, has created this full-color contemporary guidebook. Generously illustrated, "The Essentials of Cave Diving" contains practical, 21st century underwater knowledge, including sidemount techniques and the latest rebreather technology. Encompassing all levels of cave diving, from entry-level to expert, this manual is an essential tool; appropriate and relevant to all cave training disciplines.

The Essentials of Cave Diving: Jill Heinerth's Guide to Cave Diving

Heinerth, Jill

Hiking & Camping

Heinerth Productions Incorporated

On May 15, 2010, after 210 days at sea and more than 22,000 nautical miles, 16-year-old Jessica Watson sailed her 33-foot boat triumphantly back to land. She had done it. She was the youngest person to sail solo, unassisted, and nonstop around the world. Jessica spent years preparing for this moment, years focused on achieving her dream. Yet only eight months before, she collided with a 63,000-ton freighter. It seemed to many that she’d failed before she’d even begun, but Jessica brushed herself off, held her head high, and kept going. Told in Jessica’s own words, True Spirit is the story of her epic voyage. It tells how a young girl, once afraid of everything, decided to test herself on an extraordinary adventure that included gale-force winds, mountainous waves, hazardous icebergs, and extreme loneliness on a vast sea, with no land in sight and no help close at hand. True Spirit is an inspiring story of risk, guts, determination, and achievement that ultimately proves we all have the power to live our dreams—no matter how big or small.

True Spirit: The True Story of a 16-Year-Old Australian Who Sailed Solo, Nonstop, and Unassisted Around the World

Biographies & Memoirs

Watson, Jessica

Community & Culture

Atria Books

Paperback. Pub Date :2013-11-15 Pages: 1112 Language: English Publisher: Lonely Planet Lonely Planet: The worlds leading travel guide publisher * Lonely Planet Australia is your passport to all the most relevant and up-to-date advice on what to see. what to skip. and what hidden discoveries await you Experience the magic of Sydney Opera House. snorkel with the tropical fish in the Great Barrier Reef. or watch the sunset over Ayers Rock;. all with your trusted travel companion Get to. the heart of Australia and begin your journey now Inside Lonely Planet Australia Travel Guide:! Colour maps and images throughout Highlights and itineraries show you the simplest way to tailor your trip to your own personal needs and interests Insider tips save you time and money and help you get around like a local. avoiding crowds and trouble spots Essential info at your fingertips - including...

Lonely Planet Australia

AA. VV.

GeoPlaneta

Lonely Planet Australia is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. While away the day on Sydney's Bondi Beach; explore tropical jungle in ancient Daintree Rainforest; and experience the unique Indigenous culture of the Tiwi Islands; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Australia and begin your journey now! 
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Australia 18 (inglés) (Lonely Planet)

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher 
Lonely Planet Australia is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Cruise magnificent Sydney Harbour, grab a coffee in a Melbourne laneway or head off on an outback adventure; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Australia and begin your journey now! 
Inside Lonely Planet Australia Travel Guide: 
<ul>
<li>
Colour maps and images throughout </li>
<li>
Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests </li>
<li>
Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots </li>
<li>
Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices </li>
<li>
Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss </li>
<li>
Cultural insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience - history, politics, Aboriginal Australia, environment, landscapes, wildlife, cuisine, wine, sports, outdoor activities. </li>
<li>
Free, convenient pull-out Sydney map (included in print version), plus over 150 maps </li>
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Covers Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Canberra, Hobart, Perth, Darwin, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Northern Territory, Western Australia, the outback and more </li>
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The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet Australia, our most comprehensive guide to Australia, is perfect for both exploring top sights and taking roads less travelled. 
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Lonely Planet Australia (Country Guide)

Lonely Planet

Ham, Anthony

Walker, Benedict

Morgan, Kate

Wheeler, Donna

Holden, Trent

Spurling, Tom

Atkinson, Brett

Armstrong, Kate

Bain, Carolyn

Bonetto, Cristian

Dragicevich, Peter

Harding, Paul

Maxwell, Virginia

Rawlings-Way, Charles

Sheward, Tamara

Symington, Andy

Waters, Steve

Book 9781786793737

Unknown Author

Imray, Laurie, Norie & Wilson Ltd

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