Diesel Engine Care and Repair (Captain's Quick Guides)

Calder, Nigel

ISBN 10: 0071474684 ISBN 13: 9780071474689

Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press, 2007

Synopsis

Useful on water, when an engine problem surfaces, this guide provides the answers drawn from the boating library. It presents 14 color panels of information on diesel engines.

About this title

About the Author:

Niger Calder is the author of Marine Diesel Engines (1987, 1991) and Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual (1989, 1995), the success of which has made him the most sought-after marine how-to writer in the U.S. and U.K. He has published more than 800 magazine articles in SAIL, Cruising World, Ocean Navigator, Yachting World, etc., and lectures on cruising to sell-out crowds. He is also the author of The Cruising Guide to The Northwest Caribbean (IM, 1991) and Cuba: A Cruising Guide (Imray, 1996). He will be testing his newest ideas with his family during a six-month cruise to the Caribbean and South America this winter.

Synopsis:

When it's sink or swim, this "Quick Guide" will keep you afloat! On the water, when an engine problem surfaces, there is no time to spend searching through an exhaustive manual. "Diesel Engine Care and Repair" provides all the answers - fast. Drawn from the world's largest boating library, it presents 14 color panels of authoritative, concise information on diesel engines. This on-the-spot reference is a convenient, accessible, and utterly streamlined information resource.

About this edition

• Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0071474684
• ISBN 13: 9780071474689
• Binding: Pamphlet
• Number of pages: 16