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Boat Maintenance by John Kelsey
$39.99 NZD
Category: Nautical - Maintenance | Series: Essential Guide to Boating
With this book, learn how to properly maintain a boat for years of trouble free, smooth sailing. From repairing scratched and worn hulls and decks, to fixing engines and tightening fittings, readers will learn to take care of their boat so that it will provide years of enjoyment. This is a comprehensive ...Show more
Royal Navy Submarine Manual: 1945 Onward ('A' Class - HMS Alliance) by Peter Goodwin
$59.99 NZD
Category: Nautical - Maintenance | Series: Haynes Manuals
Launched in 1945 and commissioned two years later, submarine HMS Alliance was built for service with the Royal Navy in the Far East. Alliance had a long and distinguished career of more than 28 years that took her all over the world. Today, Alliance is the centrepiece at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum, ...Show more
Skipper's Onboard Diesel Guide by Hans Donat
$40.00 NZD
Category: Nautical - Maintenance
In the same handy splashproof format as the highly successful Skipper's Cockpit Guide, this Skipper's Onboard Diesel Guide is a convenient lie-flat reference to all types and sizes of marine diesel engine. The guide covers how the engine works, how each part interacts, dos and don'ts, fault finding and ...Show more
Reeds Outboard Motor Troubleshooting Handbook by Barry Pickthall
$29.99 NZD
Category: Nautical - Maintenance
Most outboard motors will be troublesome at some point in their lives, but armed with the right knowledge a skipper needn't worry. The Reeds Outboard Motor Troubleshooting Handbook is a compact, pocket-sized guide to finding solutions to all of the most common outboard problems, and many of the less com ...Show more
The Book of Knots: 200 Practical Knots for Sailors, Climbers, Campers Other Adventurers by Geoffrey Budworth
$25.00 NZD
Category: Nautical - Maintenance
The skill of knots is worth learning for its own sake, as well as being useful in almost any occupation, indoors or out. The Book of Knots teaches you which knot to choose and exactly how to tie it. Shown in straightforward line diagrams, with steps and directionals, this manual features more than 200 u ...Show more
Replacing Your Boat's Engine by Mike Westin
$49.99 NZD
Category: Nautical - Maintenance | Series: Adlard Coles Manuals
The first in a series of highly practical, hands on, step-by-step photographic manuals, Replacing Your Boat's Engine fills a gap in the market for the DIY boat builder and repairer. It is a subject covered only in piecemeal fashion by the yachting press, which, like general boat repair manuals, can't go ...Show more
Fix It and Sail by Brian Gilbert
$47.00 NZD
Category: Nautical - Maintenance
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 fu ...Show more
The Adlard Coles Book of Diesel Engines by Tim Bartlett
$56.99 NZD
Category: Nautical - Maintenance | Series: Adlard Coles Book of
The Adlard Coles Book of Diesel Engines, previously published as The RYA Book of Diesel Engines, is aimed at boatowners rather than experienced mechanics. In clear, jargon-free English it explains how a diesel engine works, and how to look after it, and takes into account new developments in engine t ...Show more
Practical Boat Mechanics by Ben L. Evridge
$59.99 NZD
Category: Nautical - Maintenance
Commonsense Ways to Prevent, Diagnose, and Repair Engines and Mechanical ProblemsThis title offers work-around solutions and emergency repairs that will get your boat home when all else fails. Practical Boat Mechanics belongs onboard every boat that has a gasoline, diesel, inboard, or out-board engine. ...Show more
Troubleshooting and Repairing Diesel Engines by Paul Dempsey
$79.99 NZD
Category: Nautical - Maintenance
MAKE EVEN THE MOST STUBBORN DIESEL ENGINE PURR! UPDATED TO COVER COMPUTERIZED MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS Hearing the sound of an engine you have just repaired is especially satisfying when you consider how costly it can be to pay for professional help. In this easy-to-use guide, author Paul Dempsey demy ...Show more
Fiberglass Boat Repairs Illustrated by Roger Marshall
$49.99 NZD
Category: Nautical - Maintenance
This title offers step-by-step color photo guidance for repairing and renewing fiberglass boats. If you don't have the experience of working with fiberglass, any repairs to your boat must be done by high-cost professionals or left undone. This entry-level guide uses full-color, step-by-step photo sequen ...Show more
A History of Sailing in 100 Objects by Barry Pickthall
$42.99 NZD
Category: Nautical - Maintenance
Did you ever wonder which civilisation first took to water in small craft? Who worked out how to measure distance or plot a course at sea? Or why the humble lemon rose to such prominence in the diets of sailors?Taking one hundred objects that have been pivotal in the development of sailing and sailing b ...Show more