Marine Diesel Basics 1: Maintenance, Lay-up, winter Protection, Tropical Storage, Spring Recommission

Dennison Berwick

May 2017 · Voyage Press

About this ebook

Seeing is Understanding. The first VISUAL guide to marine diesel systems on recreational boats. Step-by-step instructions in clear, simple drawings explain how to maintain, winterize and recommission all parts of the system - fuel deck fill - engine - batteries - transmission - stern gland - propeller. Book one of a new series. Canadian author is a sailor and marine mechanic cruising aboard his 36-foot steel-hulled Chevrier sloop.

Illustrations: 300+ drawings
Pages: 222 pages
Published: 2017
Format: softcover
Category: Inboards, Gas & Diesel


Ratings and reviews

Everything I know about engines I've learned since I've had my boat. I spent most of the first year painfully out of my depth (boat puns lol), engine manual in one hand, google in the other, discovering that yelling "start you b*stard" doesn't really work that well. I'd done the RYA Diesel Maintenance course, which was half a day of "here's how to change your oil" - a course that really wasn't any help when I started dealing with real issues. On the other end of the spectrum were the bibles like Nigel Calder's "Marine Diesel Engines" - indepth tomes that were often poorly illustrated walls of text that assumed a level of knowledge I didn't yet possess. What I needed was a mid level manual - preferably with loads of pictures! - to help me though that awkward adolescence of boat ownership where I made many painful mistakes. Marine Diesel Basics is far more accessible than the 'bibles', mostly due to its hundreds of simple, clear illustrations. Basically its the book I wish I had four years ago and I heartily recommend it to all new mechanics.

Very easy to read and understand. You can find any detail you may need in your boat.

About the author

 Dennison Berwick is a sailor, marine mechanic, writer, illustrator and adventurer. He lives aboard his 36-foot Chevrier steel sloop Oceandrifter. He has sailed in Europe, the Great Lakes, the North Atlantic, sub-Arctic Labrador and the Andaman Sea in South-East Asia. Before taking up sailing, he walked across India and travelled solo in a small canoe in the amazon rain forest for five years; the subjects of three earlier books.