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Surveying Yachts and Small Craft

Author : Paul Stevens

Publisher : A&C Black

Page : 209 pages

File Size : 23,92 MB

Release : 2013-10-06

Category : Transportation

ISBN : 1408146223

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Book Description

This is the only book linked to a practical surveying course. Highly practical in nature, and packed with detailed close-up photography, step by step procedures, and helpful checklists, this definitive handbook will prove a godsend to small craft owners who want to check out defects on their own boats or on boats they are planning to buy, as well as practicing surveyors and surveying students. Featuring surveying bodies, equipment required, assessing defects (including moisture-related defects, and the use of moisture meters) and their severity, the book guides the reader through conducting a thorough inspection, from keel to topsides, coachroof, stern gear, rigging and much more. The highly practical approach of this book will be invaluable to students of surveying, qualified surveyors and yacht and boat owners everywhere.



Surveying Yachts and Small Craft

Author : Paul Stevens

Publisher : A&C Black

Page : 209 pages

File Size : 35,28 MB

Release : 2013-10-06

Category : Transportation

ISBN : 147290706X

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Book Description

This is the only book linked to a practical surveying course. Highly practical in nature, and packed with detailed close-up photography, step by step procedures, and helpful checklists, this definitive handbook will prove a godsend to small craft owners who want to check out defects on their own boats or on boats they are planning to buy, as well as practicing surveyors and surveying students. Featuring surveying bodies, equipment required, assessing defects (including moisture-related defects, and the use of moisture meters) and their severity, the book guides the reader through conducting a thorough inspection, from keel to topsides, coachroof, stern gear, rigging and much more. The highly practical approach of this book will be invaluable to students of surveying, qualified surveyors and yacht and boat owners everywhere.



Surveying Fiberglass Sailboats: A Step-by-Step Guide for Buyers and Owners

Author : Henry C. Mustin

Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional

Page : 150 pages

File Size : 31,69 MB

Release : 1994-01-22

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 9780070442481

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Book Description

Mustin's part-by-part look at hull, deck, rig, and machinery is both a minicourse for transforming used-boat shopping from a game of craps to a science, and the first step in a holistic boat maintenance program. His discussion of the significance of cracks found in aging hulls and decks is the most thorough in print. He is not shy in assessing the lack of regulation of professional surveyors, nor does he shrink from pointing a finger at shoddy building practices. Having a used boat surveyed is a critical prelude to buying it. Yet a professional survey is expensive--several hundred dollars. Surveying Fiberglass Sailboats will enable you to conduct your own surveys while narrowing the field, then monitor a professional surveyor's performance when selecting your target boat.



Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual

Author : Nigel Calder

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing

Page : 2454 pages

File Size : 11,90 MB

Release : 2017-04-17

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 1472947738

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Book Description

This manual takes both novice and experienced boatowner through minor to major repairs of electrical systems, engines, electronics, steering systems, generators, pumps, cookers, spars and rigging. When it was first published in 1990, the Boatowner's Mechanical & Electrical Manual broke new ground. It was hailed as the first truly DIY manual for boatowners and has sold in its thousands ever since. There have been significant changes in boat systems since then, particularly electrical systems, and this fourth edition has been fully updated to reflect these developments and expand its predecessor's worldwide popularity. 'Probably the best technical reference and troubleshooting book in the world' Yachting Monthly 'It deserves to come standard with every boat' Yachting World



Marine Classification Society Surveying

Author : Peter Broad

Publisher :

Page : 124 pages

File Size : 17,75 MB

Release : 2009

Category : Shipbuilding

ISBN : 9781856093149

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Book Description

This specialist text provides the technical marine surveyor an insight into the work carried out by classification societies under class rules. Most of the information is related to the building and continuous operation of merchant ships.



Safe Skipper

Author : Simon Jollands

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing

Page : 373 pages

File Size : 25,63 MB

Release : 2015-03-12

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 147291547X

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Book Description

Whether out for an afternoon's sail or embarking on a long offshore passage, there is always an element of chance and uncertainty about being at sea. To be responsible for the wellbeing of both crew and vessel, a good skipper needs to know their limitations and ensure they are operating well within the margins of safety. Safe Skipper is a practical and thought provoking guide for yacht skippers of all levels of experience, full of invaluable advice and tips on how to reduce to the minimum the risks of mishaps and equipment failure at sea. There's a wide range of information on seamanship, preparation, seaworthiness, gear, boat handling, leadership, teamwork, watch keeping, communications, navigation, weather and emergency procedures, all delivered in a highly practical, lively, non-preachy fashion. Included throughout are useful checklists, box-outs and case studies of accidents and their causes, with survivors' testimonials and explanations of how disasters were avoided, or could have been, all of which provides valuable lessons for everyone who goes to sea.



Principles of Yacht Design

Author : Lars Larsson

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing

Page : 401 pages

File Size : 26,71 MB

Release : 2022-03-17

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 1472981936

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Book Description

Principles of Yacht Design has established itself as the standard book on the subject for practising designers, naval architecture students, discerning boat owners as well as the boatbuilding industry as a whole. The fifth edition is completely revised and expanded. It examines every aspect of the process of yacht and powerboat design. The new edition includes new findings from recent research in aero and hydrodynamics, as well as covering the most recent changes to building standards. The authors have used a newly built 41-foot performance cruiser to demonstrate the practical application of yacht design theory. This new edition includes photos of the building process and detailed explanations.



Marine Composites

Author : Richard Pemberton

Publisher : Woodhead Publishing

Page : 530 pages

File Size : 16,17 MB

Release : 2018-08-20

Category : Technology & Engineering

ISBN : 0081019130

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Book Description

Marine Composites: Design and Performance presents up-to-date information and recent research findings on the application and use of advanced fibre-reinforced composites in the marine environment. Following the success of their previously published title: Marine Applications of Advanced Fibre-reinforced Composites which was published in 2015; this exemplary new book provides comprehensive information on materials selection, characterization, and performance. There are also dedicated sections on sandwich structures, manufacture, advanced concepts, naval architecture and design considerations, and various applications. The book will be an essential reference resource for designers, materials engineers, manufactures, marine scientists, mechanical engineers, civil engineers, coastal engineers, boat manufacturers, offshore platform and marine renewable design engineers. - Presents a unique, high-level reference on composite materials and their application and use in marine structures - Provides comprehensive coverage on all aspects of marine composites, including the latest advances in damage modelling and assessment of performance - Contains contributions from leading experts in the field, from both industry and academia - Covers a broad range of naval, offshore and marine structures



Practical Junk Rig

Author : H.G. Hasler

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing

Page : 255 pages

File Size : 43,92 MB

Release : 2012-07-29

Category : Body, Mind & Spirit

ISBN : 1408182211

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Book Description

This encyclopaedic volume synthesises 25 years of research and development of this unique rig as adapted to western craft. It is a work which has been welcomed by the growing number of yachtsmen and designers throughout the world who already enjoy the benefits of junk rig or who wish to do so. Now available as an ebook for the first time, Practical Junk Rig examines the design and aerodynamic theory behind junk rigs and discusses how best to sail them. It outlines the rig in detail, the principles that underlie it, considers possible alternative shapes and arrangements and analyses performance, all assisted by a wealth of detailed line illustrations.



Inspecting the Aging Sailboat

Author : Don Casey

Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional

Page : 144 pages

File Size : 29,49 MB

Release : 2004-08-17

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 0071782486

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". . . the perfect place to begin, or continue, your education." --Sailing Whether you are shopping for a used fiberglass boat or prioritizing maintenance tasks on the one you already own, this book saves money--and perhaps even disaster. With clear step-by-step drawings and instructions, Don Casey explains how to recognize problems--both surface and hidden--and how to separate cosmetic flaws from serious faults.