Powerboat Handling Illustrated

How to Make Your Boat Do Exactly What You Want It to Do
Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-0-07-146881-7
Verlag: McGraw Hill LLC

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 217 mm x 275 mm, Gewicht: 526 g

From docking to surviving storm waves,everything you need to know before you hit the waterUsing hundreds of illustrations and photos, Powerboat Handling Illustrated shows you step-by-step how to do tasks such as docking, trimming, wave handling, and close-quarters maneuvering. These maneuvers are adapted to different types of boats under various conditions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sweet, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Wassersport

Über Autor(innen)

Sweet, Robert
Bob Sweet has more than 30 years of experience in the technology and electronics markets and 30 years of boating experience. He has held engineering and senior executive management positions with a number of companies including GTE, Harris, ABA Industries, Inframetrics and Elbit Systems - the last three at the President and CEO level. He has both BS and MS degrees in electrical engineering from Penn State. He started his career as a radar and communications system engineer and, throughout his career, gained extensive experience with GPS including managing a corporate business unit that developed major portions of GPS for the Air Force. More recently, Bob was instrumental in the boating education for the Power Squadrons in Southeastern New England. HOMETOWN: East Falmouth, MA

Bob Sweet's top-selling boating guidesinclude The Weekend Navigator and GPS for Mariners.