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With expert advice on everything you need to know before parting with your money, this book will be a boon to all boatowners and would-be boatowners looking for a new or second-hand motorboat.
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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Motorboating Start to Finish is the perfect book for you if you are new to motorboating and need to learn the basics, or if you are experienced, but wish to broaden your skills and develop your techniques. This easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide takes you through the basic principles, preparing to go to sea, your first voyage and safety at sea. It includes advice on choosing and buying a motorboat, essential equipment, boat handling, tides, weather and navigation, all taken from courses delivered by the UK's biggest sailing school, the UKSA. This book is accessible to all levels, giving those new to motorboating straightforward advice, and showing experienced powerboaters how to take the sport to the next level with professional tips that will help improve speed, skill, safety and enjoyment. It is a complete reference for every level of tender, RIB, fishing boat, motor cruiser or sportsboat driver. This book is packed with hundreds of illustrations and photographs, and is a great way to learn, develop and refresh your powerboating skills.
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Excerpt from Motor Boats: A Review of the Development and Construction of Marine Motors and Motor Boats, Their Advantages and Their Future Scope The most striking development of modern times is undoubtedly the development of the motor car on the road. While it is possible that there might have been an extension of mechanical traction with steam as a motive power on a small scale, there is no doubt that the essential reason for the enormous extension which has taken place is the great improvement in the internal combustion motor, which has put into the hands of the user a very much simpler and lighter form of motive power than the steam engine, and one which is cheaper to build. As steam was ...