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
