Boatowner’s Mechanical and Electrical Manual Third Edition Edit By Nigel Calder
Preface and Acknowledgments to the Third Edition Boatowner’s Mechanical and Electrical Manual.
Over time, the audience for this book has evolved. The first edition was written for hard-core cruising sailors. It paid scant attention to such things as the voluntary boat building standards promulgated by the American Boat and Yacht Council (ABYC) in the United States, and none whatsoever to the legally enforceable standards then being developed by the International Standards Organization (ISO) in Europe. But then I found that in addition to cruisers, the book was being used by a significant number of marine professionals— surveyors, designers, and boat builders. So, for the second edition I not only added a considerable amount of new material, but I also “cleaned up” the book from a standards-compliance perspective.
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