Power boating for dummies

著者

• Vance, Randy

書誌事項

Power boating for dummies

by Randy Vance

（--For dummies）

Wiley, c2009

• : pbk

タイトル別名

Power boating

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• Power boating for dummies

  c2009.

  Maruzen eBook Library

注記

"Making everything easier!" -- Cover

Includes index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Ahoy, there! From docking and mooring to routine power boat maintenance and repairs, this handy guide is your trusted first mate for smooth sailing For both new and experienced boaters, Power Boating For Dummies is a useful reference that covers the ins and outs of this exciting and popular sport. The book starts at the beginning, taking you through the process of buying a boat, but it's helpful to anyone who owns a boat. Designed to teach you how to pilot a boat, equip it, store it, tow it, handle emergencies, and more, -- it's a comprehensive guide written in jargon-free language . Power Boating For Dummies teaches you everything you need to know about buying, operating, and enjoying a power boat up to 35 feet in length and provides expert guidance for anyone new to the sport and new tips and ideas for improving power boating for even those with some experience captaining a boat: Calculate the costs of boating and compare those costs to non-boating activities Decide which type of boat to buy -- fishing, runabouts, pontoon, cruisers, or houseboats Know which mechanical checks to perform when you're looking at a pre-owned boat Learn the rules of boater safety Find out what it takes to acquire a boating license Outfit your power boat with the right gear, equipment, and supplies -- for fun and safety Operate your power boat, from launching and loading to driving, anchoring, and docking Navigate with charts, GPS, and radar Handle the weather and other boat emergencies Check (and change) fluids, charge your boat's battery, and perform other routine maintenance tasks Check and repair belts and propellers and fix leaks and other minor problems Prepare your power boat for all seasons Keep your boat's galley fully stocked To learn about all of that and so much more, including boating tactics that separate the pros from the amateurs and all-important items you'll never set sail without, grab your copy of Power Boating For Dummies today.

目次

Introduction 1 About This Book 1 Conventions Used in This Book 2 What You're Not to Read 3 Foolish Assumptions 3 How This Book Is Organized 4 Part I: Getting On the Right Boating Track 4 Part II: Safely Operating Your Boat 4 Part III: With Much Boating Fun Comes Much Responsibility 4 Part IV: Keeping Your Boat Shipshape 5 Part V: Enjoying Your Boat 5 Part VI: The Part of Tens 5 Icons Used in This Book 6 Where to Go from Here 6 Part I: Getting On the Right Boating Track 7 Chapter 1: Powering Up to Be a Boater 9 You Might Be a Boater If 9 Weighing the Costs of Boating 10 Costs of landlubber family activities 11 Costs of boating as a family 11 Considering Different Kinds of Boats 12 Getting Trained and Licensed 13 Navigating the Boat-Buying Scene 14 Buying a new boat 14 Buying a pre-owned boat 15 Getting Your Boat On and Off the Water 16 Getting Your Boat around on the Water 17 Getting Your Hands Dirty 18 Chapter 2: Choosing the Right Boat Type and Engine for Your Boating Needs 19 Acquainting Yourself with the Parts of a Power Boat 20 Getting Serious with Fishing Boats 22 Freshwater fishing boats 23 Saltwater fishing boats 25 Kicking Back with Runabouts and Pontoon Boats 27 Running around in runabouts 27 Living large on pontoon boats 30 Going the Distance with Cruisers 31 Express cruisers 31 Sedan cruisers 31 Houseboats 32 Understanding Different Boat Engines 32 Getting sporty with inboard power 32 Tooling around with outboard power 33 Spending the day with sterndrive power 34 Maneuvering with pod drive power 35 Zipping about with jet propulsion power 35 Chapter 3: Finding and Buying the Right Boat for You 37 Narrowing Down Your Boat-Buying Choices 38 Considering location and type of water 38 Matching boating activities to the right boat type 41 Choosing the right horsepower for your boat 43 Setting Your Boat Budget 44 Budgeting for boat storage costs 44 Figuring in trailer, fuel, and maintenance costs 45 Insuring your boat (immediately) 47 Choosing how to pay for your boat 48 Deciding Whether to Buy a Pre-owned or New Boat 50 Buying basics for pre-owned or new boats 50 Considering a pre-owned boat 54 Looking at a new boat 55 Going Shopping for Your Boat 56 Buying through a Web site 56 Buying from an individual 57 Buying from a dealer 58 Buying at a boat show 59 Getting Licensed and Educated 59 Passing the state boating exam 60 Taking a boater safety course 60 Chapter 4: Accessorizing Your Boat for Safety and Fun 61 Getting Quality and Approved Safety Gear 61 Staying afloat with life jackets 62 Being prepared with throwable life preservers 63 Having the right fi re extinguisher onboard 64 Keeping a spare anchor on hand 64 Stowing paddles just in case 64 Securing and Protecting Your Boat with Mooring Lines and Fenders 65 Choosing the right mooring lines 65 Fending off scrapes with fenders 67 Communicating and Navigating Safely with Marine Electronics 68 Avoiding the bottom thanks to a depth finder 68 Verifying your location with a GPS 69 Staying in touch with a VHF radio 70 Choosing Safe, Fun Watersports Accessories 70 Inflating the fun with tubes 70 Washing away boredom with wakeboards 71 Getting started on two skis 72 Slipping through the water on a slalom ski 73 Selecting the correct tow rope to match your watersport 73 Jacketing up for safety and looking cool 74 Part II: Safely Operating Your Boat 75 Chapter 5: Towing Your Boat and Maintaining Your Trailer 77 Getting Properly and Safely Hitched 78 Defining the parts of the vehicle-trailer connection 78 Getting help aligning your vehicle and trailer 80 The same old routine: Coupling the trailer securely to the vehicle 81 Pulling Your Trailer Safely and Efficiently 82 Bring 'Er Back: Mastering Techniques for Backing Up a Trailer 83 Backing up while looking over your shoulder 84 Backing up while looking in the side mirrors 84 Keeping Your Trailer Roadworthy 84 Lighting and wiring are the first things to fail 84 Keeping those trailer wheels rolling 87 Making sure you can stop 88 Checking all the hardware regularly 89 Getting Some Handy Trailer Gadgets 90 Chapter 6: Launching and Loading Your Trailered Boat 93 Being a Prepared and Polite Boater at the Ramp 94 Get it together at home 94 Don't be a ramp hog 95 Staging for Launch 95 Sizing Up the Boat Ramp to Tailor Your Technique 98 Mastering a shallow ramp 99 Meeting the challenge of a deep ramp 100 Combating a crosscurrent on the ramp 100 Launching Your Boat with a Crew 101 The boat handler 101 The vehicle driver 103 Guests and kids who board after launch 104 Launching Your Boat Alone 105 Time to Go Home: Getting Your Turn in the Loading Line 107 Figuring out what's going on around the loading line 108 Offloading passengers and getting into position 109 Loading Your Boat on the Trailer 111 Approaching the trailer 111 Making contact with the trailer 113 Getting Up a Slippery Ramp 116 Making Your Boat and Trailer Road-Ready 117 Chapter 7: Hitting the Open Water: Driving Your Boat 121 Fueling Up Your Boat 121 Taking care of your engine's special oil needs 122 Fueling up on land 123 Fueling up at the dock 124 Getting Your Motor Running 126 Putting safety first 126 Priming the fuel line on outboards 128 Choking the engine and pumping the throttle on carbureted motors 128 Troubleshooting a nonstarter 129 Getting Underway 131 Throttling up for take-off 131 Maintaining and changing course 133 Adjusting the boat for a great ride 134 Shutting Down the Engine 137 Chapter 8: Docking, Rafting Up, and Anchoring 139 Docking Your Boat Like a Pro 140 Docking stern-in (back first) 140 Docking bow-in (pointy end first) 143 Docking alongside (parallel) 144 Tying your boat safely to the dock 145 Undocking and shoving off 148 Rafting Up with Fellow Boaters 149 Approaching a boat or raft at anchor 149 Hitching your boats together 150 Putting fenders at the rubbing points 151 Breaking up the party and the raft 151 Anchoring Your Boat the Right Way with the Right Anchor 152 Understanding the parts of an anchor 152 Choosing the right anchor style 153 Determining where and how to set the anchor 154 Keeping an eye out for drift while anchored 155 Weighing (raising) anchor 156 Part III: With Much Boating Fun Comes Much Responsibility 157 Chapter 9: Rules Do Apply: Navigating to Avoid Collisions and Confusion 159 Sharing the Water: Boating Rules 159 Boating's golden rule: No right of way on the water 160 Maintaining a proper lookout 161 Crossing paths with another vessel 161 Overtaking a vessel 162 Meeting another vessel head-on 165 Keeping your speed in check 165 Reading Boat Lights 166 Light colors and locations on the boat 166 Interpreting the lights you see 168 Understanding Navigation Markers 168 Intracoastal Waterway markers 169 Other channel and navigation markers 169 Chapter 10: Finding Your Way on the Water 173 Charting Your Course Over Big and Little Waters 174 Understanding chart basics 174 Where to buy your charts 178 Finding True North (And the Way Home) with a Compass 178 Discovering how a compass works 179 Navigating with a compass 179 Choosing the right compass for your boat 182 Understanding the Value of VHF Radios 183 Turning on and tuning in 183 Communicating between boats 185 Scanning the Unseen Depths with Sonar 186 Seeing how sonar depth finders work 187 Choosing the right sonar unit 187 Using sonar 188 Spotting fish with sonar 189 Using GPS Chart Plotters 189 How GPS units work 189 Choosing the right GPS for you 190 Finding your way with GPS 191 Letting Radar Spot Things Far in Advance 192 How radar works for you 192 Choosing the right radar for your boat 193 Chapter 11: Navigating Bad Weather 195 Tuning In to Marine Forecasts Before You Go Out 195 Checking weather on the Web 196 Using VHF and weather radios to monitor weather on the water 197 Locating weather information on your GPS 197 Knowing about Warnings and Advisories for Small Crafts 198 Taking small craft advisories seriously 198 Knowing regional advisory differences 199 Taking Precautions When the Forecast is Bad 200 Tweak your departure or destination plans 200 Head for port at a hint of lightning 200 Anticipate sudden weather changes 201 Secure or relocate your boat in named storms 201 Dealing with Weather Conditions 201 Gauging wind, waves, and seas 202 Understanding the power of thunderstorms and lightning 202 Navigating through fog 203 Handling Your Boat in a Storm 205 Preparing your crew 206 Riding out the storm 206 Handling your boat in rough seas or waves 207 Chapter 12: Preparing for and Handling Boating Emergencies 211 Being Equipped for Dealing with Boating Hazards 211 Checking your safety equipment 212 Stowing a first-aid kit 213 Bringing communication gear 214 Taking navigation tools 215 Filing a float plan and checking insurance 216 Tackling Types of Emergencies 217 Equipment failure 217 Fire 218 Grounding on hazards below the surface 219 Collision with another vessel 220 Weather 221 Personal accident or injury 221 Calling for the Help You Need 221 Making a mayday call 222 Making a pan-pan call 223 Other means of getting attention 224 Deciding whether to wait for help or head for shore 225 Deciding to Abandon Ship 225 Attempting Temporary Repairs 226 Assessing the damage 227 Fixing what you can 227 Part IV: Keeping Your Boat Shipshape 229 Chapter 13: Keeping Up with Routine Boat Maintenance 231 Checking and Changing Your Engine's Oil 232 Lubing up four-stroke outboards 232 Dealing with oil in two-stroke outboards 236 Changing inboard and sterndrive engine oil 237 Changing the oil in a jet-drive engine 240 Changing Gear-Case Lubricant and Transmission Fluid 240 Changing gear-case lubricant 241 Checking and changing inboard transmission fluid 243 Other Sterndrive Lubricants You Should Monitor 244 Checking the power-steering fluid 244 Checking the hydraulic engine trim fluid 245 Protecting Your Engine from the Effects of Ethanol 245 Understanding the negatives of ethanol 245 Dealing with the effects of ethanol 246 Monitoring Engine Gauges 247 Maintaining Your Boat's Battery 248 Using a battery charger 251 Replacing a worn-out battery 252 Washing, Waxing, and Preserving Your Boat's Good Looks 253 Getting the right boat-cleaning tools 253 Using the right soaps and waxes for boats 254 Chapter 14: Getting Your Boat Ready for Winter and Spring 257 Preserving Your Fuel and Engine 258 Changing Your Oil for Long-term Storage 259 Preventing Your Engine from Freezing Up 260 Keeping Your Battery in Shape for Spring 261 How to Freeze-proof Your Plumbing 261 Freshwater systems 262 Locker drains and other plumbing 262 The bilge 263 Covering the Boat Lengthens Its Life 263 How to Get Your Boat Ready in the Spring 264 Chapter 15: Repairing Leaks and Other Damage to Your Boat 265 Doing Quick Repairs to Keep Things from Getting Worse 266 Fix leaks 266 Tighten or replace bolts and screws 267 Check and tighten hose clamps 268 Tighten and repair hardware 269 Spotting and Fixing Loose or Damaged Belts 271 Testing belt tension 271 Knowing when a belt needs changing 272 Understanding Propeller Types and Repair 272 Getting propeller dimensions right 272 Having the right number of blades 273 Knowing the differences in prop materials 273 Determining if your prop is damaged 274 Removing the propeller to replace or repair it 275 Repairing different types of propellers 277 Handling Electrical Problems 279 What do those colored wires mean? 279 Working on a 12-volt battery system 281 Resetting circuit breakers or replacing fuses 282 Tampering with 110 volts is dangerous 283 Tracking down electrical problems 283 Using some helpful wiring tools 285 Part V: Enjoying Your Boat 287 Chapter 16: Finding a Safe Harbor for Your Boat 289 First Things First: Make Sure You Have a Mooring Cover 290 Floating Your Boat in Wet Slip Storage 291 Getting what you want from a wet slip 291 Preparing your boat for wet slip storage 294 Another alternative: Hoisting your boat 296 The cha-ching factor of wet slip storage 297 Weighing the pros and cons of floating your boat 298 Stacking the Deck for Dry Storage 299 What you can expect from dry-stack storage 300 Preparing your boat for dry storage 301 Racking up the costs of stacking your boat 302 Weighing the pros and cons of racking up 302 Buying into Convenient Moorings 304 Sizing up the 'minium craze 304 Enjoying premium marina amenities 305 Using a Trailer for More Freedom and Frugality 305 Where to keep your trailered boat 306 Preparing your boat for open storage 306 Weighing the pros and cons of trailering 308 Chapter 17: The Well-Fed Boater 309 Navigating Your Galley 309 Refrigerators and coolers 310 Appliances that bring the heat 311 Civilized eating: Tools and utensils 312 Planning to Eat, Drink, and Be Merry 313 Keeping your stuff cold: You gotta pre-chill 313 Having plenty of drinks on the drink 314 A navy travels on its stomach 315 A word about alcohol 318 Chapter 18: Getting Your Feet Wet with Boat Clubs 319 Getting Hooked on Fishing Clubs 319 What fishing clubs have to offer 320 Finding the right fishing club for your interests 320 Joining Boat-Brand Clubs and Rendezvous 322 Finding boat-brand clubs 322 Tapping in to rendezvous 323 Joining a Watersports Club 323 Joining the U.S Coast Guard Auxiliary 324 Some Boat Clubs Are Like Timeshares 325 Joining a fractional ownership boat club 325 Weighing benefits and liabilities 327 Part VI: The Part of Tens 329 Chapter 19: Ten Tactics That Separate Pros from Amateurs 331 Chapter 20: Ten Important Items to Keep Onboard 339 Chapter 21: Ten (Plus Two) Mechanical Checks for Buying a Pre-Owned Boat 343 Index 351

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB03167524
• ISBN:
  • 9780470409565
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Hoboken, N.J.
• ページ数/冊数: xvi, 368 p., [8] p. of plates
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • DC22 : 623.8231
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Motorboats
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA22893377