Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual

The boatowner's foremost troubleshooting guide, now 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 book aboard, you have at your fingertips the best and most comprehensive advice on:

Battery technologies
12- and 24-volt DC systems
Corrosion, bonding, and lightning protection
Generators, inverters, and battery chargers
Electric motors and electric lights
Marine electronics, 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

"If you had to choose a single book to help you assess and maintain your boat gear, this would be it."?Practical Sailor

"A truly remarkable bible. . . . This book is the best of its kind."?WoodenBoat

"A major achievement. . . . It would be hard to imagine anything going wrong on a boat that couldn't be figured out with this book."?Sailing World

"The world's best technical reference and troubleshooting book."?Sailing Inland and Offshore

"This manual will be of lasting interest to anyone who wants to know how their boat works, what has gone wrong when it doesn't, and how it could be fixed."?Classic Boat

"Without becoming too complex, the book covers almost every imaginable mechanical or electrical matter in the marine environment."?Work Boat World

"Calder lives what he writes, . . . [and] what he offers . . . is practical solutions to problems associated with increasingly complex marine systems. . . . [A] bargain for anyone in the construction and repair side of the boat business."?Professional Boatbuilder more

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-20-2009; Great book; Every piece of mechanical or electrical equipment that can be installed in a boat is masterly explained. Also, lots of very good drawings. The best book you can buy on this subject.; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: May-22-2009; A Must for Boatowners; This book is a bible for anyone who does their own maintenance on their boats. It's written so that you can easily understand it. Will save you lots of money in repairs.; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Apr-14-2009; Only the Bible is more important if you own a boat; Kudos to the author. Best book, I saved thousands on repairs. Though I no longer own a boat, the electrical stuff covers my RV!Get it, you won't be sorry.; read full review | report as inappropriate

2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Apr-10-2009; Good for large boats, not small fishing boats.; I have a 17" fishing boat with an outboard motor. It's a good informative books, but not for outboard motors. This book is for big inboard boats like yahts and sailboats with complex electrical wiring ann inboard motors.; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-20-2009; Great book; Every piece of mechanical or electrical equipment that can be installed in a boat is masterly explained. Also, lots of very good drawings. The best book you can buy on this subject.; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-08-2007; Lacks gasoline engine info; good on basics except fails to help those of us looking for information on older, or actually any, gasoline engines. And that is not mentioned in any of the advertisements or other information. I should return it.; read full review | report as inappropriate

2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Apr-10-2009; Good for large boats, not small fishing boats.; I have a 17" fishing boat with an outboard motor. It's a good informative books, but not for outboard motors. This book is for big inboard boats like yahts and sailboats with complex electrical wiring ann inboard motors.; read full review | report as inappropriate