Sailboat Maintenance Manual / Edition 1

by Don Casey

Overview

The definitive guide from the world's best-known sailboat maintenance expert

Don Casey’s Complete Illustrated Sailboat Maintenance Manual combines six core volumes into a single, utterly dependable resource that answers every frequent question, explains every major system, and helps you keep your boat and its components shipshape.

More than 2,500 clear and detailed illustrations guide you step by step through every procedure. Casey’s technical virtuosity, his user-friendly explanations, and Peter Compton's diesel engine expertise make even the more complicated repairs and improvements easy to understand. This must-have guide saves you time, money, and grief as you learn the fastest, easiest, most effective ways to:

• Evaluate the condition of your boat or one you’re about to purchase
• Repair structural damage to your fiberglass sailboat
• Improve or repair your sailboat’s electrical system
• Troubleshoot, maintain, and repair your boat’s diesel engine
• Put a professional-looking finish on your boat’s hull, deck, spars, wood, and trim
• Make and repair sails, sail covers, dodgers, awnings, sailbags, and bimini tops

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071462846
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	10/31/2005
Edition description:	List
Pages:	896
Sales rank:	957,025
Product dimensions:	7.60(w) x 9.40(h) x 1.60(d)

About the Author

Don Casey is the author of the universally praised This Old Boat, which has helped tens of thousands of boatowners turn their rundown production boats into first-class yachts. A regular contributor to SAIL and Good Old Boat magazines, he combines more than three decades of sailing, an innate curiosity, a knack for clarity, and an eye for the telling detail to deliver reliable expertise. He and his wife, Olga, cruise the Caribbean aboard their 35-year-old, much-modified Allied Seawind.

Table of Contents

(hfour)Introduction(/hfour)(hfour)Inspecting the Aging Sailboat(/hfour)(hfour)Introduction(/hfour)(hfour)Hull(/hfour)(hfour)Deck(/hfour)(hfour)Rig(/hfour)(hfour)Interior(/hfour)(hfour)Engine and Steering(/hfour)(hfour)Electrical System(/hfour)(hfour)Other Considerations(/hfour)(hfour)Boat-Buyer's 30-Minute Survey(/hfour)(hfour)Appendix: Hiring a Professional(/hfour)(hfour)Sailboat Hull and Deck Repair(/hfour)(hfour)Introduction(/hfour)(hfour)Leaks(/hfour)(hfour)Restoring the Gloss(/hfour)(hfour)Deck Repairs(/hfour)(hfour)Laminate Repair(/hfour)(hfour)Core Problems(/hfour)(hfour)Hull Repairs(/hfour)(hfour)Keel and Rudder Damage(/hfour)(hfour)Sailboat Refinishing(/hfour)(hfour)Introduction(/hfour)(hfour)The Basics(/hfour)(hfour)Inside the Cabin(/hfour)(hfour)Wood Finishes(/hfour)(hfour)Below the Waterline(/hfour)(hfour)Topsides and Deck(/hfour)(hfour)Finishing Touches(/hfour)(hfour)Sailboat Electrics Simplified(/hfour)(hfour)Introduction(/hfour)(hfour)Safety First(/hfour)(hfour)Understanding the Basics(/hfour)(hfour)Battery(/hfour)(hfour)Wire(/hfour)(hfour)Circuits(/hfour)(hfour)Troubleshooting(/hfour)(hfour)Charging Systems(/hfour)(hfour)Alternating Current(/hfour)(hfour)Heaven and Earth(/hfour)(hfour)Troubleshooting Marine Diesel Engines by Peter Compton(/hfour)(hfour)Introduction(/hfour)(hfour)Maintaining Your Diesel(/hfour)(hfour)Troubleshooting Marine Diesels(/hfour)(hfour)The Mechanical System(/hfour)(hfour)The Lubrication System(/hfour)(hfour)The Raw-Water Circuit(/hfour)(hfour)The Coolant Circuit(/hfour)(hfour)The Fuel System(/hfour)(hfour)The Intake and Exhaust System(/hfour)(hfour)The Electrical System(/hfour)(hfour)Controls and Instruments(/hfour)(hfour)Appendix: Diesel Engine Toolkit(/hfour)(hfour)Canvaswork and Sail Repair(/hfour)(hfour)Introduction(/hfour)(hfour)What You Need(/hfour)(hfour)Flat-Sheet Projects(/hfour)(hfour)The Pocket(/hfour)(hfour)The Bag(/hfour)(hfour)The Closed Box(/hfour)(hfour)Custom Canvas(/hfour)(hfour)Sail Repair(/hfour)(hfour)Index(/hfour)