Boatowner's mechanical and electrical manual: how to maintain, repair and improve your boat's essential systems

Chapter 1: Establishing a balanced battery-powered electrical system

Chapter 2: Efficient and cost-effective electrical systems for energy-intensive boats

Chapter 3: Maintaining and troubleshooting a battery-powered electrical system

Chapter 4: Understanding and troubleshooting electrical circuits

Chapter 5: Corrosion, bonding, lightning protection, and grounding

Chapter 6: Battery chargers, inverters, wind and water generators, and solar panels

Chapter 7: AC generators, DC generators, electric motors (AC and DC), and electric lights

Chapter 8: Marine electronics: antennas and radio grounds, electromagnetic and radio frequency interference, and saving soaked equipment

Chapter 9: Diesel engines: operation and maintenance, troubleshooting, and winter layup

Chapter 10: From transmission to propeller

Chapter 11: Refrigeration and air-conditioning

Chapter 12: Tanks, plumbing, toilets, through-hull fittings, and sealants

Chapter 13: Pumps and watermakers

Chapter 14: Steering systems, autopilots, and wind vanes

Chapter 15: Stoves, cabin heaters, gas powered water heaters, and lanterns

Chapter 16: Blocks, winches, windlasses, and bow thrusters

Chapter 17: Spars, standing rigging, and roller reefing.

Establishing a balanced battery-powered electrical system

Electrical systems for energy-intensive boats

Maintaining and troubleshooting a battery-powered electrical system

Understanding and troubleshooting electrical circuits

Corrosion, bonding, lightning protection, and grounding

Battery chargers, inverters, wind and water generators, and solar panels

AC generators, DC generators, electric motors (DC and AC), and electrical lights

Marine electronics : antennas and radio grounds, electromagnetic and radio frequency interference, and saving soaked equipment

Diesel engines : operation and maintenance, troubleshooting, and winter layup

From transmission to propeller

Refrigeration and air-conditioning

Tanks, plumbing, toilets, and through-hull fittings

Pumps and water makers

Steering systems, autopilots, and wind vanes

Stoves, cabin heaters, gas-powered water heaters, and lanterns

Blocks, winches, windlasses, and bow thrusters

Spars, standing rigging, and roller reefing.