HOW BOAT THINGS WORK - Wing

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Auteur(s) : Wing

Editeur : Mcgraw-Hill

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 30/04/2007

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Nombre de pages : 176.0

Expédition : 572

ISBN : 0071493441

Résumé :

Anyone who contemplates any onboard do-it-yourself work should have this book at his or her elbow.--Cruising World

This book reduces a boat to its most rudimentary parts in simple drawings and clear explanations. Fascinating to read, it's a perfect teaching tool.--Ocean Navigator

Whether you're a new mariner or a lifetime veteran, How Boat Things Work is a resource you can't afford to be without. With intricate two-color cutaway drawings of eighty different systems and devices, as well as detailed explanations of how they're assembled, how they work, and how they can go wrong, this book covers every primary component of your boat's inner workings.

This guided tour under the hood of your sailboat or powerboat includes:

• Engines, transmissions, bearings, stuffing boxes, propellers
• Steering systems, autopilots, windvanes, compasses
• Rigging, splicing, line handling, block and tackle, sail controls
• Anchors and windlasses
• DC and AC electrical systems
• Pumps, toilets, seacocks, freshwater systems

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Biographie:
Charlie Wing received his Ph.D. in oceanography from MIT, where he later worked as a research scientist. Since then his career has been explaining how things work--teaching physics at Bowdoin College, founding America's first two do-it-yourself house-building schools (the Shelter Institute and Cornerstone), hosting a PBS series on energy conservation, and writing a dozen top-selling books on home building, home maintenance, and remodeling. Wing lived aboard a cruising sailboat for six years, during which time he wrote the first edition of this book on a solar-powered Macintosh computer. He is the author of four other IM books....

Sommaire:

Introduction

Chapter 1. Propulsion

Drivetrain

Principle of the Diesel Engine

Four-Stroke Diesel Cycle

Yanmar 2GM

Cylinder Block

Piston

Crankshaft

Camshaft

Cylinder Head

Timing Gear Housing

Flywheel Housing

Valve Cover

Air Intake and Breather

Fuel System

Primary Fuel Filter

Fuel Lift Pump

Secondary Fuel Filter

Fuel Injection Pump

Fuel Metering

Fuel Injectors

Lubrication System

Lubricating Pump

Seawater Cooling System

Freshwater Cooling System

Freshwater Thermostat

Seawater Pump

Freshwater Pump

Heat Exchanger

Starter Motor

Transmissions

Yanmar KM2-A Two-Shaft Reduction and Reverse Gear

Planetary-Type Transmission

Cutless Bearings

Shaft Couplings

Drivesaver

Stuffing Boxes

Rigid Stuffing Box

Flexible Stuffing Box

Shaft Seals

Propellers

Fixed Propellers

Folding Propellers

Two-Blade, Feathering Max-Prop

Three-Blade, Feathering Max-Prop

Automatic, Variable-Pitch Autoprop

Chapter 2. Steering and Controls

Cables and Controls

Powerboat Controls

Outboard Mechanical Steering

Single-Station Hydraulic

Dual-Station Hydraulic

Outboard Hydraulic Steering

Sailboat Steering

Pedestals

Rack-and-Pinion Pedestal Linkage

Twin-Rudder Rack-and-Pinion Pedestal Linkage

Chain-and-Wire Drives

Radial and Quadrant Drives

Forward-Mounted Rack-and-Pinion Steering

Autopilots

Servopendulum Windvane

Magnetic Compass

Chapter 3. Standing Rigging

Wire and Fittings

Wire Rope

Swaged Fittings

Swageless Fittings

Rigging Terminology

Masthead Rig

Fractional Rig

Rig Tuning

Chapter 4. Line Handling

Rope

Splices

Long Splice

Short Splice

End Splice

Eye Splice

Wire Rope Eyes

Eye Splice in Double-Braid

Coiling and Cleating

Knots

Reef (Square) Knot

Sheet Bend

Bowline

Bowline on a Bight

Clove Hitch

Two Half Hitches

Tautline Hitch

Rolling Hitch

Trucker's Hitch

Becket Hitches

Stopper Knot and Heaving Line Knot

Anchor Bend

Block and Tackle

Sail Control Systems

Cunninghams

Self-Tacking Jibs and Staysails

Mainsheets

Outhauls

Mainsail Jiffy Reefing

Spinnaker Controls

Travelers

Boom Vangs

Winches

Roller Furling

Chapter 5. Ground Tackle

Moorings

Anchor Windlass

Anchors

Lightweight

Plow

Bruce

Kedge

Grapnel

Snubbers and Shock Absorbers

Anchoring

Single Anchor

Two Anchors off the Bow

Bahamian Moor

Mediterranean Moor

Retrieving the Anchor

Chapter 6. Electrical

DC Circuits

A Common DC Circuit

DC Grounding

Batteries

Battery Construction

Series and Parallel Connections

Measurement Units

Optimal Fast Charging of Batteries

Galvanic Corrosion

Cathodic Protection and Bonding

Stray-Current Corrosion

Bonding

Bonding or Grounding?

To Bond or Not to Bond?

AC Circuits

Grounding and Safety

Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI)

Alternators

A Rotary-Current Generator

Increasing Current Output

Three-Phase Output

Converting AC to DC

Controlling the Alternator

The Rotor

A Real Rotor

Volvo MD31A Alternator

Chapter 7. Plumbing

Pumps

Centrifugal Pump

Flexible Impeller Pump

Vane Pumps

Diaphragm Pumps

Whale Flipper Pump Mk. 4

Whale V Pump Mk. 6

Whale Babyfoot Pump Mk. 2

Whale Gusher Galley Mk. 3

Jabsco Par-Mate Electric Diaphragm Pump

Water Systems

Raritan GMPT Galley Mate Pump Assembly

Marine Toilets

The LectraSan MC

Raritan PHII Marine Toilet

PHII Electric Conversion Kit

Valves