The Reliable Boat: Find and Eliminate Hidden Problems that Can Disable or Destroy Your Boat

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.According to the author A reliable boat is as much a mindset as it is analysis planning and configuration. In it youll learn: Why you should make your boat as reliable as possibleExamples of disasters that could have been avoided and how to avoid them yourselfWhat are the correct Captains objectivesA Systems Approach to a reliable boat. Make a real trade off study of your boatWhat happens in an emergency and why you need a planOne striking fact that NIST found during a study of the 9/11 Twin Towers disaster that reveals how your brain works in unfamiliar emergency situationsHow to prevent an emergency; Fire Flood loss of capability MOBIs a first mate really necessary?How to make emergency repairsWhy and which systems should you monitor on your boat?What to do if you lose an engine or a propWhat to do if you run agroundWhy two $75 bilge pumps are better than one $150 bilge pump.And much more.