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The Boat Data Book 8th Edition

The Owners' and Professionals' Bible

Author: Ian Nicolson and Richard Nicolson  

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A treasure trove of invaluable information for designers, surveyors, builders, chandlers and anyone maintaining their own boat.

"... tables of lengths, widths, weights and strengths as well as new data on a vast range of equipment from anchors to masts, propellers to gas cylinders, cleat sizes to winch bases, and hatches to bolts, bearings, cabling and piping."--Provided by publisher.

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A treasure trove of invaluable information for designers, surveyors, builders, chandlers and anyone maintaining their own boat.

"... tables of lengths, widths, weights and strengths as well as new data on a vast range of equipment from anchors to masts, propellers to gas cylinders, cleat sizes to winch bases, and hatches to bolts, bearings, cabling and piping."--Provided by publisher.

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Description

A treasure trove of invaluable information for boatowners, designers, builders, surveyors, chandlers and anyone maintaining their own boat.

Thoroughly updated for this eighth edition, this book is packed with tables of lengths, widths, weights and strengths as well as new data on a vast range of equipment from anchors to masts, propellers to gas cylinders, cleat sizes to winch bases, and hatches to bolts, bearings, cabling and piping.

If you want to know what size winch to fit, the breaking strength of stainless steel rigging wire, the recommended size for seacocks or what length and size an anchor chain should be, then this is the book for you. The Boat Data Book is a must-have reference for owners and professionals.

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Critic Reviews

A veritable mine of information ... superb value for money The Nautical Magazine Recommended to every boat owner Practical Boat Owner A most amazing amount of data The Island The essential technical bible Yachting World

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About the Author

Ian Nicolson started collecting data about boats from his father and grandfather when he was still at school. After his apprenticeship as a naval architect he joined A Mylne & Co, where he has been a senior partner since 1979. Richard Nicolson has raced in the Whitbread Round the World Race, won at Les Voiles de St Tropez and traversed the Arctic's North West Passage. He has rebuilt and repaired many yachts, from classics to modern hi-tech flyers.

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Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published
29th October 2024
Edition
8th
Pages
224
ISBN
9781399412933

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