This is a book about practical powerboat driving in boats large and small, operating at speeds between 20 and 100 knots. It is about techniques that can only be picked up from experience - practical ways to make your driving safer, easier and better, whatever the conditions.
This book starts where most other books finish. You may have learnt the important basics of powerboat driving, but now it's time to see how to translate these basics into practical handling techniques that you can use to give a better ride and have a smoother passage. With the help of this book, readers will pick up expert tips such as
Handling a fast boat in waves and head seas
Matching response times to sea conditions
Using the throttle to affect trim
50 Ways to Improve Your Powerboat Driving distils Dag Pike's experience gained from over 50 years of driving a whole range of craft from high-speed powerboats and lifeboats to ships. Written by one of the most experienced powerboat drivers in the world, it is your passport to practical handling techniques that will get you safely to your destination whether in fine weather or foul.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- 1 The time factor
- 2 Safety margins
- 3 Reactions and response times
- 4 Concentration
- 5 Before you leave
- 6 Depth of vee
- 7 The benefit of steps
- 8 The effect of beam
- 9 Spray rails and chines
- 10 Catamarans and trimarans
- 11 What keeps your boat stable?
- 12 The benefits of RIBs
- 13 Make sure you can see
- 14 Setting up outboards
- 15 Flaps and interceptors
- 16 Propellers
- 17 Propulsion response
- 18 Torque reaction
- 19 Engine response
- 20 Separate throttle and gear levers
- 21 The throttle is the key
- 22 Throttle response
- 23 Types of steering
- 24 The effect of steering on trim
- 25 Power trim
- 26 Power trim for surface drives
- 27 Setting up the flaps
- 28 Heeling into the wind
- 29 The benefits of 2-speed gearboxes
- 30 Ballasting
- 31 Balancing the boat
- 32 Reading the waves
- 33 Driving in head seas
- 34 With the waves on the beam
- 35 Coping with following seas
- 36 Expect the unexpected
- 37 Porpoising
- 38 Driving on the edge
- 39 Spinning out
- 40 Broaching
- 41 Night driving
- 42 Fog driving
- 43 Coming off the plane
- 44 Fine-tuning the chart
- 45 Navigation preparation
- 46 Visual navigation
- 47 Tacking to increase the wavelength
- 48 Taking the longer route
- 49 Electronic navigation
- 50 Anticipating the waves
- OTHER TITLES IN THE SERIES
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