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iStress-free Motorboatingi is the answer to all single- or short-handed crews? prayers. Highly illustrated with step-by-step photographs, this highly practical handbook tackles the most common motorboating scenarios anyone will ever have to manage, whether cruising along a river or around the coast.br brThe author covers groundbreaking and dependable procedures for getting off (and then back on to) a berth, anchoring, picking up mooring buoys, boat-handling in tides, fast-flowing rivers, managing locks and even picking up a man overboard. QR codes link to helpful instructional action videos to clarify the procedurees, and invaluable advice is given about fuel monitoring, engine care and maintenance - in fact all the essential issues that affect motorboats.br brWhether you're aboard a 60-foot displacent cruiser, crossing the Channel or pottering along a river or coast, Stress-Free Motorboating will make life aboard that much easier - and with less stress comes more enjoyment for everyone.

Stress-Free Motorboating

  • Duncan Wells

    This indispensable guide takes the stress out of motorboating, the step-by-step photographic instructions helping owners with essential boat-handling techniques for coastal and river motorboaters.
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    Imprint: Adlard Coles brPublication date: 23032017 brFormat: 246 x 189 mm | 160 pages
  • About the Author

    Duncan Wells is an RYA instructor and sailing school principal. He has written for many leading boating magazines in the UK and US. He is the author of the bestselling Stress-free Sailing, which has helped countless sailors learn helpful boat handling and berthing techniques (also published by Adlard Coles Nautical).

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