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The Boatyard Book
A boatowner's guide to yacht maintenance, repair and refitting
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This book is ideal for boatowners seeking practical, accessible advice on upkeep and refit projects, whether they prefer light maintenance or tackling more extensive repairs themselves.
The 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.
The 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.
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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 throughout the year, The Boatyard Book goes on to help them choose the best boatyard for their needs. It 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.
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Yachting Monthly praises it as a well-presented guide that makes the best use of boatyard time through careful planning and organisation, helping to reduce apprehension and improve communication with professionals. Cruising highlights its readability and the inclusion of comprehensive maintenance schedules and ship's inventory logs.
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ISBN: 9781472977106
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 02 September 2021
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Adlard Coles Nautical
Illustration: Colour photography and diagrams throughout
Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 14.0mm
Width: 190.0mm
Height: 246.0mm
Weight: 740g
Pages: 224
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About the Author
A lifelong sailing enthusiast, Simon Jollands has filmed many major sailing events as well as producing and directing several sea safety films for the RNLI. He is the co-founder of app developer The Other Hat, which specialises in producing nautical reference apps, and is author of Safe Skipper, Reeds Lights, Shapes and Buoyage Handbook and Go Sailing, all published by Adlard Coles.
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