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Sorensen's guide to powerboats : how to evaluate design, construction, and performance / Eric W. Sorensen.

By: Sorensen, Eric W.
Contributor(s): , local.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Camden, Me. : International Marine, c2008Description: x, 485 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780071489201 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0071489207 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): -- sears | Motorboats | Evaluation. -- Boats and boating | -- searsDDC classification: 623.82/31029
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Seaworthiness and other mysteries -- 3. Displacement and semidisplacement hulls -- 4. Planing hulls -- 5. Catamarans -- 6. Construction: fiberglass and cold molded wood -- 7. Construction: aluminum and steel -- 8. Propulsion systems -- 9. Steering you straight -- 10. Enginerooms -- 11. In command: helm station, bridge, and pilothouse design -- 12. Safety at sea -- 13. Accommodations -
Summary: - 15. So many boats: a market survey.
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Includes index.

1. Introduction -- 2. Seaworthiness and other mysteries -- 3. Displacement and semidisplacement hulls -- 4. Planing hulls -- 5. Catamarans -- 6. Construction: fiberglass and cold molded wood -- 7. Construction: aluminum and steel -- 8. Propulsion systems -- 9. Steering you straight -- 10. Enginerooms -- 11. In command: helm station, bridge, and pilothouse design -- 12. Safety at sea -- 13. Accommodations -

- 14. Evaluating your next boat. pt. 1 From survey to sea trial. pt. 2. The boats -

- 15. So many boats: a market survey.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 465-474) and index.

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