Stress-Free Motorboating: Single and Short-Handed Techniques

Does docking or anchoring your boat alone trigger beads of sweat? Are you paralyzed by the thought of boating solo? Stress-Free Motorboating is the answer to all single or shorthanded crews' prayers. Profusely illustrated with color step-by-step photographs (and links to videos), Stress-Free Motorboating tackles and teaches the most common boating situations, including getting out of (and then back in) a marina berth, anchoring, mooring, motoring in waves, and emergencies like crew overboard. Any boater, whether aboard a 35-footer, a sports runabout, or a 60-foot displacement cruiser on the coast or inland waterway will benefit from additional essential advice, including fuel monitoring, engine care and maintenance, battery life and care--essential topics for mastery, since after all, a motorboat's only means of propulsion is the engine. Stress-Free Motorboating is also the perfect book to brush up on techniques if you are contemplating a canal boat charter--it's like taking a seasoned skipper aboard to help you in a pinch.

Author: Duncan Wells
Publisher: Adlard Coles Nautical Press
Published: 05/23/2017
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 9.60h x 7.40w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9781472927828
ISBN10: 1472927826
BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | Water Sports | Boating

About the Author
Duncan Wells is a RYA instructor and sailing school director. He has written for Yachting Monthly and Sailing Today in the UK, and SAIL magazine in the US. He is the author of Stress-Free Sailing, also published by Adlard Coles Nautical.