Transportation : Ships & Shipbuilding

Find a small cruising sailboat and restore it to pristine condition on a budget that won't sink your budget. Small, trailererable cruising sailboats are more popular than ever as mooring spaces dwindle and marina dockage and winter storage costs soar. Fix It and Sail helps you discover boatloads of fun far less than a single ski weekend or golf club membership. Veteran sailor and journalist Brian Gilbert shows you how to select and inspect a boat, then restore it from keel to rigging. Gilbert's clear, step-by-step instructions guide you through every phase of the restoration process from repairing keels, hulls, ports, and cabins to painting, wiring, and sealing. You'll learn how to evaluate, repair and replace hardware, upholstery, canvaswork, and more. Profusely illustrated appendices give you a vivid picture of the costs, tasks, and labor involved in an actual restoration project. more...

Price: $19.95

The complete navigation reference for beginners and experts including electronic simulators for GPS, chartplotting, radar and AIS. The modern sailor needs a back up plan if the electrics on board fail, and Pat Manley delivers the tools to make this possible.  Boat owners need a book that covers all the electronic (modern) navigation, which develops the theme and introduces the traditional navigation as and when it is needed. .   Practical Navigation for the Modern Boat Owner leads you through all the aspects of navigation of your boat in a logical order.  It has the unique combination of modern and traditional disciplines to boat navigation.  Although the pencil and paper chart method will not be introduced until it is demonstrated this knowledge is vital.  This practical approach to the subject will ensure that although modern electronic methods remain at the forefront, readers will never lack in knowledge to navigate their boat safely in any circumstance.  Therefore the modern sailor will be equipped with all the necessary skills.  Topics will include:.:.;.  GPS – satellites, receivers and position.; Shape of the Earth – distance and direction.; Finding your Position – where am I now?.; Passage Planning – choice of routes hazards and harbors of refuge.; Radar.; Personal Computers – AIS on a PC and computers for navigation.  A website featuring simulators accompanies Practical Navigation for the Modern Boat Owner adding a further dimension to an all-inclusive book: sailors can test their skills whilst they are learning.  The website – hosted by Fernhurst - will feature an array of simulators including GPS, radar, AIS and Chartplotter.   Practical Navigation for the Modern Boat Owner is like having your very own skipper on your bookshelf. more...

Price: $40.00

SAVE TIME AND MONEY WITH THIS STATE-OF-THE-ART GUIDE TO THE LATEST, MOST ADVANCED DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT AND TECHNIQUES. “Ed Sherman is one of America’s great teachers and communicators of marine technology.”--Tim Murphy, Executive Editor, Cruising World. Whether you are a marine electronics professional or a boatowner, Advanced Marine Electrics and Electronics Troubleshooting helps you understand the new, more powerful methods of troubleshooting marine electrical and electronic systems. A modern boat’s sophisticated installations and networked electronics can stretch the traditional diagnostic methods based on trouble lights and multimeters past their useful limits. This book will show you how to: Use microprocessor-based diagnostic tools and techniques from the automotive and communications sectors, adapted for boats for the first time; Diagnose the most difficult AC and DC problems; Protect communications and navigation electronics from interference and lightning; Seek out and eliminate stray-current sources and galvanic corrosion more...

Price: $34.95

This book sets new standards for the documentation of water transport, and introduces styles of boat-building which are unlikely to be found outside the sub-Continent. A fascinating and accessible read. more...

Price: $170.00

By 2012, the reactor on the US Navy's only deep-diving research submarine will be exhausted. In this report, the authors develop a concept of operation for a possible replacement platform, analyzing which military and scientific missions should have the highest priorities. more...

Price: $20.00