About sail-boat-partAll About Sail-Boat-Part If you own a sailing racing yacht then you also comprehend that they are relatively complicated and have numerous systems that can fail or necessitate maintenance. You may have one of my marine electrical or marine electronics books or a book in the Understanding Boat series and I hope you found it helpful and instructive I am a certified and practising marine electrical and electronics engineer as well as a marine surveyor. I am also a yachtsman just like you and I have built and cruised several sailing boats. I have performed sailing boat overhaul work on lots of other cruising yachts lived aboard several cruising yachts for a decade or more. You discover a lot about what works and what fails. I put forward real world tips based on experience and reality. Like many I choose to execute my own yacht repair work as professionals can charge some frightening hourly rates. It is a truth that the majority of all cruising yacht electrical and electronics failures are directly caused by wrong wiring and unsound wire connections. These same problems are also a fundamental cause of fires on sailing boats. Just because the average cruising yacht has only a 12 volt electrical system, this will not preclude life-threatening faults or fires. One wrongly rated and installed cable and an equally deficient connection could potentially destruct you boat. The latest edition of The Marine Electrical and Electronics Bible is out now, fully revised and updated with all the latest technology
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