Download or read book How Boat Things Work written by Charles Wing and published by International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Including drawings of eighty different systems and devices of a boat, this book provides explanations of how they're assembled, how they work, and how they can go wrong. It explores systems such as: engines, transmissions, bearings, stuffing boxes, propellers; steering systems, autopilots, windvanes, compasses; rigging, and, splicing.