Stormproof Your Boat: The Complete Guide To Battening Down When Storms Threaten

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Stormproof Your Boat: The Complete Guide To Battening Down When Storms Threaten

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Stormproof Your Boat: The Complete Guide To Battening Down When Storms Threaten

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Stormproof Your Boat is the how-to manual for protecting your boat from the violent side of nature. Every boater knows that weather can severely damage his craft; this book shows you how to keep that from happening. Stormproof Your Boat includes example plans and checklists to help you learn how to defend your watercraft from the elements.

Regardless of where your boat is secured - in a slip, dry-dock, or trailer - the author, has included everything you need to know. A lifelong boater, William M. Burr, Jr. has written a book that will have you storm proofing your boat in no time. Every aspect of weather troubles has been covered, from the purely natural problems to the legal aspects of storm damage.

Stormproof Your Boat includes details on:

  • How to guard your vessel against all types storms.
  • How to storm proof your boat best for the weather in your area.
  • How to handle insurance and other legalities.
  • How to track storms and prepare for them.

Amid details about readying your boat for heavy weather, there are accounts of boaters whose craft were destroyed by storms, to illustrate the dangers of being unprepared. With this book, though, you'll be able to read these accounts and relax, knowing that your boat has been storm proofed.


Subject: How to storm proof your boat instructions and procedures. ISBN-10: 007146283X | ISBN-13: 9780071462839 | McGraw-Hill 6283X
Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • The Nature of the Beast
  • Hurricanes
  • Tornadoes, Thunderstorms, Nor'easters, and Regional Winds
  • Marine Insurance
  • Creating a Plan
  • Tracking a Storm
  • Shelter from the Storm: Where to Leave Your Boat
  • Preparations at Slips and Docks and in Canals
  • Preparations on Moorings and at Anchor
  • Preparing Your Boat
  • Recovering and Restoring Your Boat
  • Marine Salvage
  • Storm Stories from Hurricane Hugo
  • Appendices
  • About the Author
  • Index

Specifications

  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill
  • Author: William M. Burr,Jr.
  • Pages: 152 - Over 100 b&w photos and illustrations
  • Binding: Paperback - 7.25 x 9.25 inches
  • ISBN: 978-0-07-146283-9