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"Second edition - more than 8,000 copies sold worldwide With over 350 illustrations, this book shows you everything you need to know to maintain a marine diesel system - winterize the diesel system, protect from heat and humidity, and recommission to ensure reliable and trouble-free service. - step-by-step instructions in clear, simple drawings - explains the complete system - fuel, lubrication, cooling, breathing, electrical, running gear (shaft, stuffing box, propeller) - lists all necessary tools and supplies to get each task done - covers sailboats, motorboats and canalboats - indirect and direct cooled diesel engines - saildrives - maintenance, lay-up, recommission Maximize the joy and freedom of being out on the water, knowing your diesel system is properly maintained and a reliable and robust friend in all conditions. Marine Diesel Basics shows you how. Praise for the 1st edition: "". . . The best guide on the subject I've seen, this book has a place on every diesel equipped boat."" - Sail Magazine ""Essential material for anybody just starting out on diesel engines due to its clear illustrations...I highly recommend it."" - Good Old Boat ""As good a guide as you'll get."" - Australian Sailing ""Clearly knows the subject intimately and has the rare gift of being able to transfer his knowledge to the reader in an extremely easy-to-understand manner."" - Sailboat Cruising This book is the first in the Marine Diesel Basics series. MDB2 - How Things Work & Installation Guidelines will be published in summer 2022."

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Praise for the 1st edition: . . . The best guide on the subject I've seen, this book has a place on every diesel equipped boat. - Sail Magazine Essential material for anybody just starting out on diesel engines due to its clear illustrations...I highly recommend it. - Good Old Boat As good a guide as you'll get. - Australian Sailing Clearly knows the subject intimately and has the rare gift of being able to transfer his knowledge to the reader in an extremely easy-to-understand manner. - Sailboat Cruising

"Praise for the 1st edition: "". . . The best guide on the subject I've seen, this book has a place on every diesel equipped boat."" - Sail Magazine ""Essential material for anybody just starting out on diesel engines due to its clear illustrations...I highly recommend it."" - Good Old Boat ""As good a guide as you'll get."" - Australian Sailing ""Clearly knows the subject intimately and has the rare gift of being able to transfer his knowledge to the reader in an extremely easy-to-understand manner."" - Sailboat Cruising"

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DENNISON BERWICK is a sailor, marine mechanic (ABYC certified), writer and illustrator. He lives aboard his 36-foot Chevrier sloop Oceans Five. He has sailed solo across the Indian Ocean, and in sub-Arctic Labrador, Europe, the Great Lakes, the North Atlantic, and in South-East Asia. Before taking up sailing, he walked 3,000 kms. across India and travelled solo in a small canoe in the Amazon rain forest for several years, staying with Yanomami Indians for a time. He has published three books about these adventures. DENNISON BERWICK is a sailor, marine mechanic (ABYC certified), writer and illustrator. He lives aboard his 36-foot Chevrier sloop Oceans Five. He has sailed solo across the Indian Ocean, and in sub-Arctic Labrador, Europe, the Great Lakes, the North Atlantic, and in South-East Asia. Before taking up sailing, he walked 3,000 kms. across India and travelled solo in a small canoe in the Amazon rain forest for several years, staying with Yanomami Indians for a time. He has published three books about these adventures.

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