Product Description
“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
From the Publisher
Charlie Wing is the author/illustrator of a number of top-selling home maintenance and remodeling books, as well as six other boating titles.
From the Back Cover
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, its a perfect teaching tool.--Ocean Navigator
Whether youre a new mariner or a lifetime veteran, How Boat Things Work is a resource you cant afford to be without. With intricate two-color cutaway drawings of eighty different systems and devices, as well as detailed explanations of how theyre 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
Charlie Wing earned a Ph.D. in oceanography from MIT. Wing lived aboard a cruising sailboat for six years, during which he obtained his U.S. Coast Guard Captains license. He is also the author of Get Your Captain's License, Boatowner's Illustrated Electrical Handbook, The One-Minute Guide to the Nautical Rules of the Road, and other boating titles.
About the Author
Charlie Wing is the author/illustrator of a number of top-selling home maintenance and remodeling books, as well as six other boating titles.
Great illustrations. Loaded with general information but nothing specific. For that reason, I do not find the book useful. I definitely would not buy it again. This book has a purpose but only for identification, not for solving problems or servicing equipment. In no...
