Stress-free Motorboating is the answer to all single- or short-handed crews’ prayers. Highly illustrated with step-by-step photographs, this highly practical handbook tackles the most common motorboating scenarios anyone will ever have to manage, whether cruising along a river or around the coast.
The author covers groundbreaking and dependable procedures for getting off (and then back on to) a berth, anchoring, picking up mooring buoys, boat-handling in tides, fast-flowing rivers, managing locks and even picking up a man overboard. QR codes link to helpful instructional action videos to clarify the procedurees, and invaluable advice is given about fuel monitoring, engine care and maintenance – in fact all the essential issues that affect motorboats.
Whether you’re aboard a 60-foot displacement cruiser, crossing the Channel or pottering along a river or coast, Stress-Free Motorboating will make life aboard that much easier – and with less stress comes more enjoyment for everyone..
Author : Duncan Wells
paperback: 160 pages
SKU: P3193
About the Author
Duncan Wells has written books on Cruising, Learning to Sail, Maintenance, Navigation, Popular Science, Water Sports, Weather
Author of: 101 Tips for Stress-Free Sailing, Stress-Free Engine Maintenance, Stress-Free Mooring, Stress-Free Motorboating, Stress-Free Navigation, Stress-Free Sailing, Stress-Free Sailing