The Reliable Boat

<p>You cannot buy a reliable boat. Rather you create a reliable boat based on your knowledge and skill. This book shows you how to apply methods based on sound principles gleaned from a lifetime of boating boat repair and 25+ years of designing ship systems for the U.S. Navy. You can make your boat as reliable as a Navy Destroyer if you have the knowledge resources and the skill. There is no end to this journey.</p><p>According to the author “ A reliable boat is as much a mindset as it is analysis planning and configuration”.</p><p> In it you'll learn:</p><ul> <li>Why you should make your boat as reliable as possible</li> <li>Examples of disasters that could have been avoided and how to avoid them yourself</li> <li>What are the correct Captain's objectives</li> <li>A “Systems Approach” to a reliable boat. Make a real trade off study of your boat</li> <li>What happens in an emergency and why you need a plan</li> <li>One striking fact that NIST found during a study of the 9/11 Twin Towers disaster that reveals how your brain works in unfamiliar emergency situations</li> <li>How to prevent an emergency; Fire Flood loss of capability MOB</li> <li>Is a first mate really necessary?</li> <li>How to make emergency repairs</li> <li>Why and which systems should you monitor on your boat?</li> <li>What to do if you lose an engine or a prop</li> <li>What to do if you run aground</li> <li>Why two $75 bilge pumps are better than one $150 bilge pump.</li></ul><p>And much more.</p>