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

Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual: How to Maintain, Repair, and Improve Your Boat's Essential SystemsAuthor: Nigel Calder
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Category: Book

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Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars 60 reviews
Sales Rank: 8772

Media: Hardcover
Edition: 3
Pages: 832
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.2
Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.6 x 1.4

ISBN: 0071432388
Dewey Decimal Number: 623.8500288
EAN: 9780071432382
ASIN: 0071432388

Publication Date: May 31, 2005
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Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.com Review
Do yourself a favor: if you own a boat, you should also own the Boatowner's Mechanical & Electrical Manual. Written in a simple, accessible style, the Manual is aimed at helping the nonexpert solve problems in marine systems--think of it as a friendly mechanic. Author Nigel Calder explains how the systems work, helps you troubleshoot and identify problems, and presents clear and concise instructions on how to repair them. Best of all, Calder also offers helpful advice on how to prevent future system failure. Absolutely indispensable for boat owners. --M. Stein

Product Description

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:

  • 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 business."—Professional Boatbuilder

Customer Reviews:
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5 out of 5 stars Excellent reference.   November 4, 2009
Edward R. Goodridge (Pittsburgh, PA)
Although emphasis is marine the chapters on electrical is detailed and found by me as very good for my RV and home power projects.


3 out of 5 stars A good place to start   October 11, 2009
Thomas K. Van Laak (Des Moines, WA USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

A good book for the beginner. The information is outdated especially in electrical, powerplant and emergency systems. The book is definatly pointed towards sail and not power boats and remember to take the information and gauge it against manufacturers information before making choices. It is a good, but only a, reference tool.


5 out of 5 stars Great book   September 20, 2009
Onofre Segura Rossello (Ca's Catala, Mallorca, Spain)
Every piece of mechanical or electrical equipment that can be installed in a boat is masterly explained. Also, lots of very good drawings. The best book you can buy on this subject.


5 out of 5 stars A Must for Boatowners   May 22, 2009
SGB (florida)
This book is a bible for anyone who does their own maintenance on their boats. It's written so that you can easily understand it. Will save you lots of money in repairs.


5 out of 5 stars Only the Bible is more important if you own a boat   April 14, 2009
Ed the C (Ca)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful

Kudos to the author. Best book, I saved thousands on repairs. Though I no longer own a boat, the electrical stuff covers my RV!

Get it, you won't be sorry.

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