Boatowners Mechanical and Electrical Manual 4/E

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