Surveying yachts and small craft

Surveying yachts and small craft / by Paul Stevens.

This is the only book linked to a practical surveying course. Highly practical in nature, and packed with detailed close-up photography, step by step procedures, and helpful checklists, this definitive handbook will prove a godsend to small craft owners who want to check out defects on their own boa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stevens, Paul
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Adlard Coles Nautical, 2010.
Subjects:
Boats and boating > Inspection > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Yachts > Inspection > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Sailing.
Ships & boats: general interest.
Boating.
Navigation & seamanship.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
Boats and boating > Inspection
handbooks.
Handbooks and manuals
Handbooks and manuals.
Guides et manuels.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; List of abbreviations; 1. MANDATORY STANDARDS, SURVEYING BODIES AND TERMINOLOGY; What standards apply to the type of craft we are most likely to encounter?; Recreational Craft Directive (RCD); The Boat Safety Scheme (BSS); Maritime and Coastguard Agency of Practice; SOLAS regulations for pleasure vessels; Do we survey to these standards?; If we are not surveying to any particular common standard, where do we start?; Who regulates this industry?; Associations, institutes and professional bodies operating in the field.
  • Terminology you will come across in the description of pleasure craft2. GOING EQUIPPED TO SURVEY; What tools will we need?; Recording information; What next?; What are we trying to achieve in the report?; 3. BASIC FRP CONSTRUCTION AND COMMON DEFECTS; 1. The material; 2. Hull building methods found in FRP production small craft; Heavy solid FRP layup with chopped strand matt; Solid FRP layup with additional reinforcing integral with the shell moulding; Solid FRP layup with structural frames and stringers integral with inner mouldings bonded to the shell moulding; Part sandwich construction.
  • 3. Deck and superstructure building methods found in FRP production small craftSolid FRP layup with moulded beam reinforcing; FRP sandwich construction with foam or end grain balsa core between two layers of solid FRP; FRP sandwich construction overlaid with teak; 4. Ballast keels and associated reinforcing; Encapsulated keels; Bolted on keels; 4. MOISTURE RELATED DEFECTS: RECOGNITION AND DETECTION; Basic definitions; Aeration of the gelcoat; Wicking; Osmotic blistering; What means of detection do we have?; Visual examination; Scraping away antifouling; Moisture readings.
  • 5. THE USE AND ABUSE OF MOISTURE METERSUsing moisture meters below the waterline; The Sovereign Quantum moisture meter; Original Tramex and Sovereign moisture meters; Using moisture meters to detect moisture in FRP sandwich structures; Others uses for moisture meters in the FRP survey process; THE SURVEY INSPECTION IN MANAGEABLE STAGES; 6. INSPECTION SECTIONS 1-9: TYPE AND STRUCTURE; 1. Details of subject vessel; 2. Keel; 3. Hull below waterline; 4. Topsides above waterline; 5. Deck moulding; 6. Coachroof; 7. Cockpit; 8. Hull/deck join.
  • 9. Bulkheads and structural stiffening including internal mouldings7. INSPECTION SECTIONS 10-13: STEERING, STERN GEAR, SKIN AND FITTINGS ETC; 10. Rudder and steering; 11. Stern gear; 12. Cathodic protection; 13. Skin fittings and other through hull apertures; 8. INSPECTION SECTIONS 14-20: ON DECK; 14. Main companionway and other accesses to accommodation; 15. Ports, windows etc; 16. Pulpit, stanchions, pushpit, lifelines and jackstays; 17. Rigging attachment points; 18. Ground tackle and mooring arrangements; 19. Other deck gear and fittings; 20. Davits and boarding ladders.

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