“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 Navigator
Whether 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
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Principles of the Diesel Engine |
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Freshwater Cooling System |
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Yanmar KM2-A Two-Shaft Reduction and Reverse Gear |
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Planetary-Type Transmission |
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Two-Blade, Feathering Max-Prop |
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Three-Blade, Feathering Max-Prop |
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Automatic, Variable-Pitch Autoprop |
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Outboard Mechanical Steering |
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Outboard Hydraulic Steering |
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Rack-and-Pinion Pedestal Linkage |
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Twin-Rudder Rack-and-Pinion Pedestal Linkage |
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Radial and Quadrant Drives |
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Forward-Mounted Rack-and-Pinion Steering |
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Eye Splice in Double-Braid |
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Stopper Knot and Heaving Line Knot |
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Self-Tacking Jibs and Staysails |
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Snubbers and Shock Absorbers |
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Series and Parallel Connections |
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Optimal Fast Charging of Batteries |
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Cathodic Protection And Bonding |
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Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI) |
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A Rotary-Current Generator |
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Increasing Current Output |
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Controlling the Alternator |
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Whale Babyfoot Pump Mk. 2 |
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Whale Gusher Galley Mk. 3 |
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Jabsco Par-Mate Electric Diaphragm Pump |
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Raritan GMPT Galley Mate Pump Assembly |
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Raritan PHII Marine Toilet |
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PHII Electric Conversion Kit |
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Adler Barbour Cold Machine |
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Dickinson Fuel Metering Valve |
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Charlie Wing received his Ph.D. in oceanography from MIT, where he later worked as a research scientist. Since then his career has been explaining how things work--teaching physics at Bowdoin College, founding Americas first two do-it-yourself house-building schools (the Shelter Institute and Cornerstone), hosting a PBS series on energy conservation, and writing a dozen top-selling books on home building, home maintenance, and remodeling. Wing lived aboard a cruising sailboat for six years, during which time he wrote the first edition of this book on a solar-powered Macintosh computer. He is the author of four other IM books.
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