Dave Gerr - Boat Mechanical Systems Handbook-How to Design, Install, and Recognize Proper Systems in Boats

to lower the anchor under control with a power-out or power-down, reel-out mode. Finally, be sure that the chain wildcat ex- act ...

Anchor-Launching Considerations In the old days, traditional Admiralty-pattern or fisherman anchors were launched over the side ...

pulled the keeper pin clean out of the for- ward hole. If you study this photo, you’ll notice that this anchor roller doesn’t ap ...

and massive backing block. Similar require- ments should be met on FRP construction. On aluminum boats (like Imagine), the detai ...

The photo of Imagine’s foredeck in Figure 24-11 shows the foredeck with the twin windlass and roller arrangement. Note how the r ...

you’re retrofitting, reinforce the dickens out of everything—you won’t be sorry. Hawsepipes Though I’ve designed a number of boa ...

anchor and hoist it aboard with some sort of tackle rigged to a crane or boom. For these reasons, almost all yachts fitted with ...

separate, dedicated locker. Two rodes can never share the same locker. If they do, they will get tangled and jam. The further fr ...

Formula 24-6. Recommended Chain-Locker Volume Chain-locker volume in cu. ft. =ft. of chain× (chain size, in.)^2 ÷ 7 or Chain-loc ...

attached to a strong bow eye installed about 9 to 12 inches (23 to 30 cm) or so above the waterline. This is the line you see in ...

chain claw installed. Niro-Peterson (www.niro-petersen.de) also makes stainless devil’s claws (Figure 24-23). 4 .Leave the chain ...

APPENDIX A Most sections through tanks in boats are some form of regular area—a rectangle, trapezoid, circle, segment of a circl ...

Calculating Areas of Plane Figures Triangles: Area (B H)  2 Circle: Area R^2 Area (^1 / 2 D)^2 Half Circle: Area R^2  ...

There are several different piping standards in use around the world. This can be a source of potential confusion. Generally, th ...

International Pipe Standards and Pipe-Size Tables 4-inch schedule 40 pipe has an OD of 4. 5 inches, 0.237-inch wall, for an ID ...

U.S. ISO Pipe Designations—DN Pipe Sizes There’s yet another pipe-size naming system. It is ISO pipe-size designations for U.S. ...

Pipe threads are also male and female. Be sure to specify the gender required for your specific fitting. A barbed hose adapter t ...

TABLE B-4. U.S. IPS (NPS) PIPE-SIZE TABLE Nominal Pipe Schedule Wall Thickness ID Size and Real OD No. in. mm in. mm (^1) ⁄ 8 "0 ...

TABLE B-4. U.S. IPS (NPS) PIPE-SIZE TABLES (CONTINUED) Nominal Pipe Schedule Wall Thickness ID Size and Real OD No. in. mm in. m ...

TABLE B-5. DIN 2448 PIPE TABLE—10.2 to 48.3 mm OD ...