Diesel Engine Care and Repair: A Captain's Quick Guide (Captain's Quick Guides) [Pamphlet]

Nigel Calder (Author)

Book Description

Series: Captain's Quick Guides | Publication Date: March 8, 2007

When it's sink or swim, this Quick Guide will keep you afloat!

On the water, when an engine problem surfaces, there is no time to spend searching through an exhaustive manual. Diesel Engine Care and Repair provides all the answers--fast.

Drawn from the world's largest boating library, it presents 14 color panels of authoritative, concise information on diesel engines. This on-the-spot reference is a convenient, accessible, and utterly streamlined information resource.

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About the Author

Niger Calder is the author of Marine Diesel Engines (1987, 1991) and Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual (1989, 1995), the success of which has made him the most sought-after marine how-to writer in the U.S. and U.K. He has published more than 800 magazine articles in SAIL, Cruising World, Ocean Navigator, Yachting World, etc., and lectures on cruising to sell-out crowds. He is also the author of The Cruising Guide to The Northwest Caribbean (IM, 1991) and Cuba: A Cruising Guide (Imray, 1996). He will be testing his newest ideas with his family during a six-month cruise to the Caribbean and South America this winter.

Product Details

• Pamphlet: 16 pages
• Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press; 1 edition (March 8, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071474684
• ISBN-13: 978-0071474689
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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