Powerboat Care and Repair: How to Keep Your Outboard, Sterndrive, or Gas-Inboard Boat Alive and Well / Edition 1

by Allen Berrien

Overview

As the "Boat Doctor" in Boating magazine, Allen Berrien helped two generations of readers keep their boats alive and well. Now his practical know-how and wisdom is collected inPowerboat Care and Repair, the only book that focuses on do-it-yourself maintenance and repair of small powerboats.

Berrien provides tips on how to avoid and solve a host of common problems, such as electrolysis, pitted gelcoat, and battery failures. He also offers step-by-step guidance on spring commissioning and winterizing; inboard, outboard, and stern driveengine troubleshooting; exterior maintenance; emergency preparedness; and much more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071419468
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	09/01/2003
Edition description:	List
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.35(d)

About the Author

Allen Berrien was Boating magazine's "Boat Doctor" columnist for many years. He has over three decades of boat repair and maintenance expertise and is a full-time boat repair expert in a family-owned boatyard on the Connecticut shore.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	viii
	Introduction	ix
	Warnings	xi
Chapter 1	Cleaning and Exterior Maintenance	1
Chapter 2	Bottom Painting	11
Chapter 3	Troubleshooting Gasoline-Fueled Inboards and Sterndrives	22
Chapter 4	The Care and Feeding of Outboards	40
Chapter 5	Wiring and Electrolysis	54
Chapter 6	Plumbing and Pumps	79
Chapter 7	Winterizing	90
Chapter 8	Commissioning	123
Chapter 9	Tools, Spares, and Emergency Preparedness	142
	Index	155