Diesels Afloat

Author: Callum Smedley
Publisher: Fernhurst Books Limited
ISBN: 1912621525
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 451

Book Description
Diesel engines are installed in just about every yacht and in most large motorboats and, while professional help is often at hand, sometimes it is not. Indeed, engine failure is one of the most frequent causes of RNLI launches. This book explains how to prevent problems, troubleshoot and make repairs using safe techniques. It could also help you save money on expensive bills for yard work you could do yourself. Diesels Afloat covers everything from how the diesel engine works to engine electrics, from fault finding to out of season layup. With this guide and your engine's manual you can get the best performance from your boat's engine and be confident in dealing with any problem. The book covers the syllabus of the RYA Diesel Engine and MCA Approved Engine (AEC-1) courses. This edition has been thoroughly modernised and updated by former course lecturer and currently chief engineer on merchant ships, Callum Smedley.

Diesel's Afloat

Author: Pat Manley
Publisher: Fernhurst Books Limited
ISBN: 1912177536
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 608

Book Description
Diesel engines are installed in just about every yacht and in most large motorboats. This book explains how to prevent problems, troubleshoot and make repairs using safe techniques. It will help you save money on expensive bills for yard work you could do yourself. Diesels Afloat covers everything from how the diesel engine works to engine electrics, from fault finding to out of season lay-up. With this guide and your engine’s manual you can be confident in dealing with any problem, and get the best performance from your boat.

Engines Afloat - from Early Days to D-Day

Author: Stan Grayson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780964007079
Category : Inboard-outboard engine industry
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description

Diesel Companion

Author: Pat Manley
Publisher: Practical Companions
ISBN: 9781912177950
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A compact, handy, splash-proof, on-the-water reference guide containing all the essential information about keeping your marine diesel engine running for when you need it most. Includes checklists, troubleshooting, cooling, overheating, the fuel system, lubrication, electrics, servicing and winterisation. Highly illustrated and easy-to-understand.

The Diesel Companion

Author: Pat Manley
Publisher: *Wiley Nautical
ISBN: 9781898660910
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
All the information you need to keep your marine diesel engine running including troubleshooting, servicing and winterisation.

Diesel Engine Care and Repair

Author: Nigel Calder
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 0071508864
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 19

Book Description
When it's sink or swim, this Quick Guide will keep you afloat! On the water, when an engine problem surfaces, there is no time to spend searching through an exhaustive manual. Diesel Engine Care and Repair provides all the answers--fast. Drawn from the world's largest boating library, it presents 14 color panels of authoritative, concise information on diesel engines. This on-the-spot reference is a convenient, accessible, and utterly streamlined information resource.

Engines Afloat

Author: Stan Grayson
Publisher: Devereux Books (MA)
ISBN: 9781928862000
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
When US landing craft churned toward Normandy on D-Day morning, each was powered by a revolutionary diesel engine developed in a decade-long project overseen by Charles Kettering of General Motors. This book chronicles the development of the practical diesel engine and the impact of both diesel and heavy-duty gasoline engines on the Navy.

Diesel Progress

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 794

Book Description

Troubleshooting Marine Diesels (PB)

Author: Peter Compton
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 0071502912
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 177

Book Description
This densely illustrated, hands-on guide to diesel engine maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair renders its subject more user-friendly than ever before. Finally, boatowners who grew up with gas engines can set aside their fears about tinkering with diesels, which are safer and increasingly more prevalent. As in other volumes in the International Marine Sailboat Library, every step of every procedure is illustrated, so that users can work from the illustrations alone. The troubleshooting charts in the second chapter--probably the most comprehensive ever published--are followed by system-specific chapters, allowing readers to quickly diagnose problems, then turn to the chapter with solutions. Diesel engine systems covered include: mechanical; oil; fresh- and raw-water cooling; low- and high-pressure fuel; exhaust; starting; charging; transmission and stern gear.

Safe Skipper

Author: Simon Jollands
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 147291547X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 373

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.