Year: 2013 Language: english Author: John Vigor Genre: Handbook Publisher: McGraw-Hill, International Marine Edition: 2nd ISBN: 9780071808286 Format: EPUB Quality: eBook Pages count: n/a Description: The Practical Mariner’s Book of Knowledge is, at one time, useful and entertaining but it is also very unusual in the field of seamanship and boat tips. It is alphabetically organised, and contains the most disparate entries: one can read about the derivation of figureheads where you turned to for recommended thicknesses of fiberglass hulls. If there is no substitute for a lifetime of experience, this book is the closest thing avaliable: a concentrated of centuries of seafaring experience distilled into a concise reference for sailors and powerboaters. It is possible to find in it information that is otherwise scattered through dozens of volumes. Search can be performed from the table of contents or from a vaste subject index. 16 appendix tables, which are also indexed, are provided. The book contains, among others, rules of thumb for: - Changing a boat's name - Towing the safest way - Burial at sea - Preventing wood rot - Hull thickness - Anchoring rights - Jib size - Curing mast vibration - Time taken for boat tasks - Survival rations - Calculating loads and sizes for sheets and halyards - Dimensioning propeller efficiency and shaft sizes - saving a submerged outboard - Ginger beer recipies Additional info: 460 Sea-Tested Rules of Thumb for Almost Every Boating Situation.
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The Practical Mariners Book of Knowledge
Language: english
Author: John Vigor
Genre: Handbook
Publisher: McGraw-Hill, International Marine
Edition: 2nd
ISBN: 9780071808286
Format: EPUB
Quality: eBook
Pages count: n/a
Description: The Practical Mariner’s Book of Knowledge is, at one time, useful and entertaining but it is also very unusual in the field of seamanship and boat tips. It is alphabetically organised, and contains the most disparate entries: one can read about the derivation of figureheads where you turned to for recommended thicknesses of fiberglass hulls. If there is no substitute for a lifetime of experience, this book is the closest thing avaliable: a concentrated of centuries of seafaring experience distilled into a concise reference for sailors and powerboaters. It is possible to find in it information that is otherwise scattered through dozens of volumes. Search can be performed from the table of contents or from a vaste subject index. 16 appendix tables, which are also indexed, are provided. The book contains, among others, rules of thumb for:
- Changing a boat's name
- Towing the safest way
- Burial at sea
- Preventing wood rot
- Hull thickness
- Anchoring rights
- Jib size
- Curing mast vibration
- Time taken for boat tasks
- Survival rations
- Calculating loads and sizes for sheets and halyards
- Dimensioning propeller efficiency and shaft sizes
- saving a submerged outboard
- Ginger beer recipies
Additional info: 460 Sea-Tested Rules of Thumb for Almost Every Boating Situation.
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