Description

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:

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