Full Description
The Boatyard Book is a practical, comprehensive reference manual that provides sensible, accessible advice for boatowners on planning and carrying out annual maintenance, repairs, upgrades and refits of sailing yachts and motorboats, up to 20 metres in length.
Beginning with all the information owners will need to care for their boat, including how to budget and plan tasks to be done through the year, The Boatyard Book goes on to help them choose the best boatyard for their needs, then provides essential how-to reference material and ideas for a comprehensive range of projects large and small to be carried out ashore.
There's advice and tips from highly respected boatyard owners, specialists and surveyors, as well as from the author's own 25 years' experience of boat ownership, all fully illustrated with step-by-step photos and illustrations. Topics covered include:
- laying up
- hull and deck care
- mast and rigging
- sail care
- engines
- electrics
- maintenance of plumbing and gas systems
- more complex projects, including re-wiring a boat, overhauling an engine, how to treat osmosis and how to go about a complete refit.
This is a book to be kept at the yard, or on the boat, and used time and time again by those who are either happy to keep things ticking along with the minimum of effort or by those who want to get stuck into bigger projects.
Contents
1. Introduction
Who is this book for?
Part One
2. Boat care
Boat ownership
Boat care fundamentals
Your boat's history
Keeping records
Doing regular checks
Research and advice
Calling in the professionals
Owners' associations
What does maintenance work involve?
Repairing and refurbishing
Refit
The rewards of boat ownership
3. Planning, costs and budgeting
Choosing a boatyard
Boat survey
Maintenance log
Costs and budgeting
4. Laying up
Lift out
After lift out
5. Tools and spares
Tools
Spares
Sealants, adhesives and adhesive sealants
6. Health and safety
Protective clothing
Dust creation
Antifouling
Shot/sandblasting
Engine work and servicing
Part Two
7. Hull
Composite hulls
Osmosis
Steel and aluminium hulls
Wooden hulls
Antifouling
Keel maintenance and repair
Rudders and steering systems
8. Deck and superstructure
Inspection
Teak decks
Winches
Leaking decks
9. Mast and rigging
Rig care
Owner rig check
Wooden masts and booms
Running rigging
10. Sails
Materials and construction
Ultraviolet exposure
Inspection
Cleaning
Storage
Repairs
11. Engine and propulsion
Know your engine
How diesel engines work
Electric motors and hybrid systems
Outboard motors
Diesel engine winterisation
Other engine maintenance ashore
Stern gear
Overhauling an engine
12. Electrics
Basic electrics
Electrics inspection checklist
Batteries
Avoiding and identifying electrical problems
Common electrical problems
Rewiring a small yacht
13. Interior
Cleaning
Interior inspection and checks
Plumbing
Gas system
Varnishing
Interior painting
14. Fitting out and launching
Essentials
Other jobs
Launch day
Glossary
Further reading
Photo credits and Acknowledgements
Index
Specifications and Inventory
