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Index
Cover Title Page Contents INTRODUCTION 1 BOAT EQUIPMENT
Delta anchors – sizes and shapes Danforth anchors – proportions and sizes CQR anchors – sizes and shapes Fisherman anchors – proportions and sizes Anchor ropes and mooring warps – sizes Anchor sizes relative to boat length and type Sheet winches – power ratio Winch sizes Cleat sizes Tools for small craft Safety equipment – craft under 5.5 m (18 ft) LOA Safety equipment – craft between 5.5 m (18 ft) and 13.7 m (45 ft) LOA Lights and shapes Lights and shapes needed on small craft Laying up boats
2 MATERIALS
Brass and steel rod (metric measure) – weight in kg/m and lb/ft Brass and steel rod – standard hexagons for bolts, screws and nuts Brass and steel rod (Imperial measure) – weight in lb/ft Brass and steel rod (decimals of an in) – weight in lb/ft Aluminium rod (Imperial measure) – weight in lb/ft Brass and steel rectangular bars (Imperial measure) – weight in lb/ft Brass and steel rod (BA sizes) – weight in lb/ft Brass and steel wire (in swg) – weight in lb/100 ft Steel and wood pillars – simple approximate formulae Circular hollow sections (mild steel) – dimensions and strength in tension and compression Rectangular hollow sections (mild steel) – dimensions and strength in tension and compression Square hollow sections (mild steel) – dimensions and strength in tension and compression Pitch pine pillars – safe working loads Abrasive papers Paint – container sizes and covering properties Paint – efficiency in preventing moisture absorption Antifouling paint requirements Galvanic corrosion Stock timber sizes Mechanical properties of wood Bending marine plywood Moisture content of timber Natural seasoning of timber Lightweight materials – mechanical properties Typical marine laminates (glassfibre) – physical properties Reinforced plastic laminates – thickness (average figures) Mechanical properties of laminates – compared with other materials Fresh water – allowance and measurements Sailcloth weights – comparative figures Tank materials Modulus of elasticity and density
3 FASTENINGS
Standard available bolt lengths for given diameters Hexagonal bolts, nuts and screws – ISO metric sizes ISO and metric thread equivalents Screw threads per in Bolts in wood – failing loads Breaking loads of bolts Wood screws – weight in lb/1000 Barbed ring nails Pilot hole sizes – wood screws Pilot hole sizes – nails and copper clenches Pipe clips or clamps
4 SPARS AND RIGGING
Aluminium alloy masts – general guide Aluminium alloy masts – size selection graph Aluminium alloy – boom dimensions Aluminium alloy – spinnaker boom dimensions Standing rigging sizes Rigging screw pins, forks and standard ends Nitronic 50 rod rigging Gamma rod rigging Cobalt rod rigging Carbon rod rigging Soft Kevlar rigging Pultruded Kevlar rod rigging Turnbuckles for rod rigging Turnbuckles for half lenticular rod rigging Turnbuckles for wire Tip turnbuckles Fork toggles High-fatigue jaws White Kevlar 49 cable Kevlar 49 standard lightweight sockets Kevlar 49 standard lightweight sockets with eyes Kevlar 49 standard lightweight sockets with bails Kevlar 49 standard lightweight sockets with high-fatigue jaws Kevlar 49 standard lightweight sockets with high-fatigue eyes Kevlar 49 standard lightweight sockets with T terminals Marine eyes for Kevlar 49 High-fatigue eyes for Kevlar 49 High-fatigue jaws for Kevlar 49 Shackles – safe working loads Titanium shackles U-bolts – typical dimensions and strengths Stainless steel flexible wire – breaking load and weight of running rigging Stainless steel wire rope – breaking load and weight of standing rigging Galvanised steel flexible wire – breaking load and weight of running rigging Galvanised steel wire rope – breaking load and weight of standing rigging Qualities of man-made fibre ropes Rope damage Ropes of man-made fibres – diameter, circumference, breaking load, weight Polyester ropes – recommended sizes for running rigging Dinghy running rigging – lengths, diameters, types of rope for Pico and Laser Running rigging – typical lengths for a variety of small craft Sheave sizes – for rope cordage Loads on sheets and blocks
5 ENGINES, POWER AND ELECTRICS
Keel coolers Fuel tank design Engine room exhaust system Fuel – consumption, weight, tankage Fuel and gas piping Electric cables – current capacity Fuse wire – current capacity Electrical symbols 12 volt battery sizes and weights Lead/acid batteries Colour coding for marine engine wiring Power/speed ratios hp (horsepower) required for a given speed Outboard engine weights Speed – power – weight graphs Speed hp (horsepower) – launches and workboats Speed hp (horsepower) – auxiliary yachts Outboard engines – for small power craft Outboard engines – for inflatable boats Outboard engines – for 10 kph (6 mph) craft Outboard engines – speed-v-weight in runabouts Propeller graphs – medium and slow speed craft Propeller weights Propeller graphs – 6 knots water velocity past propeller Propeller graphs – 8 knots water velocity past propeller Propeller graphs – 10 knots water velocity past propeller Propeller graphs – 12 knots water velocity past propeller Propeller graphs – 14 knots water velocity past propeller Stern gear – propeller shafts, glands, stern tubes etc Rubber shaft bearings Propeller shafts – sizes-v-bhp and rpm Propeller shaft bearings – spacing
6 DESIGN
Beam-v-waterline length Draft-v-waterline length Displacement-v-waterline length Ballast-v-waterline length Engine power-v-waterline length Sail area-v-waterline length Camber and sheer – how to calculate Dinghy sizes, weights and sail areas Sports boat sizes, weights and sail areas Open boats – average dimensions Open boats – typical sail areas Strip plank wood construction Beams/bearers under a ply deck, cockpit and cabin sole The human figure – space required Clothing and boots – space required Bunk sizes Chair and chart table – recommended sizes Desk, dressing table, stool – sizes Upholstery and bookcase – sizes Tables and seats – minimum area Galley – recommended dimensions Ice boxes and fridges Toilet dimensions Gas cylinders – size and weight Gas consumption per hour Domestic equipment, bottles etc Ventilation Small power boat seats Seacock sizes Hatch size, cockpit locker lid size and sail locker bin size Sail covers – measurement plan Unshaped mainsail cover Steering – rudder, wheel etc Liferaft container sizes Anchor chains Stanchions and guardrails Chain plates Jackstays ‘Standard’ bollards/fairleads Davit strengths and sizes Common welding symbols Air velocity in a pipe Colour coding of pipes, cables, conduits, notices etc Current colour coding for fire extinguishers Previous types of fire extinguisher – use and colour coding
7 TABLES AND FORMULAE
Conversion factors Thames tonnage Temperatures – Fahrenheit/Centigrade Standard wire gauge – metric and Imperial equivalents Metal gauges – metric and Imperial equivalents Millimetres in decimals of an inch Inches to decimal parts of a foot Millimetres to inches and inches to millimetres Inches and eighths of an inch to millimetres Feet and inches to metres and millimetres Feet and inches to metres Inches and thirty-seconds of an inch to millimetres Cubic feet to cubic metres Square feet to square metres Pounds to kilogrammes Pounds force per square foot to kilonewtons per square metre Kilogrammes to pounds Volume conversions – Imperial gallons, litres, US gallons Speed conversions – knots, mph, kph Tons per square inch to kilogrammes per square millimetre – and vice versa Weights of materials Wind speeds and pressures
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