The Boat Repair Bible by Publishing, Bloomsbury -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Contents Welcome to Boat Repair Essential repair skills

Safety Surveying your boat Essential tools Essential spares & materials Setting up a portable workshop

Hull & deck repairs

Fibreglass skills Impact & surface damage Cracks, voids & crazing Treating osmosis & delamination Core damage Resealing the hull to deck joint Moulding from a sister ship Cutting & polishing after repairs Rudder damage Replacing rudder bearings Weeping keel Lifting keel problems Damaged bulkhead Re-bedding loose fittings Repairing teak-finished decks Leaking windows or hatches Replacing a hatch Sheered or bent guardrails Upgrading aluminium fittings Refurbishing old fittings Replacing anodes

Wooden boat repairs

Woodworking skills Dealing with minor hull leaks Repairing a damaged deck Doubling up fastenings Replacing damaged or rotten planks Replacing a sawn frame Making a laminated deck beam Making & fitting a graving piece Caulking & paying methods Refurbishing solid teak decks Resurfacing a leaking coachroof Dropping keel bolts Repainting after a repair

Steel & ferro-cement repairs

Metalworking skills Welding new panels Shot blasting & painting Replacing deck fittings Repairing ferro-cement hulls Working with ferro-cement

Domestic repairs

Repairing upholstery Relaminating interior surfaces Repairing interior linings Fixing domestic water pumps Tracing & fixing water leaks Tracing & fixing gas leaks Replacing gas piping & fittings Troubleshooting diesel heaters Troubleshooting for manual heads Troubleshooting for electric heads

General mechanics

Mechanical skills Freeing seized fittings Freeing seized seacocks Replacing through-hull fittings Split fuel & water tanks Stripping a seized manual windlass Leaking hydraulics Repairing wind vane self-steering

Electrical repairs

Electrical skills Replacing damaged wiring Soldering & replacing connectors Tracing connection problems Earth leaks Navigation instruments Autopilot repairs Windscreen wiper repair

Engine repairs

Engineering skills Starter problems Blocked fuel pipe & water in fuel Bleeding an engine Adjusting the belt drive Water pump repair Heat exchanger problems Beating the diesel bug Water & oil contamination Broken or loose engine mounts Damaged engine controls Replacing cutlass bearings Dripless shaft seals Propeller evaluation Prop & bracket damage Replacing the prop & shaft Clearing a fouled propeller Fitting a new engine Troubleshooting engines Troubleshooting diesel engines Troubleshooting petrol engines

Motorboat repairs

Fitting trim tabs RIB & centre-console boats Repairing an outdrive Repairing duo props

Sailboat repairs

Rigging & sailmaking skills Aluminium mast repairs Glue failure in a wooden mast Repairing rot in a wooden mast Repairing seized blocks Repairing seized winches Repairing seized roller furling Installing or relocating winches Sail repairs Halyard repairs Rigging terminal repairs Damaged hardware Pop riveting Replacing standing rigging Making a new mast boot Making a solid wooden spar Making a hollow wooden spar

Dinghy repairs

GRP dinghy repairs GRP hull repairs Buoyancy tank leaks Refastening loose fittings Wooden dinghy repairs Inflatable dinghy repairs Trailer mechanical repairs Trailer body & other fittings

Outboard repairs

Diagnosing starting problems Replacing gearbox oil seals Faulty outboard controls Fuel blockage & contamination Descaling waterways

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