This is Part 1 of 2 of The Captain's Guide to Alternative Energy Afloat.Part 1 covers the following topics:• Main Power Plant• Engine Alternators• Gas & Diesel Generator Sets• Alternative Fuels• Cranking and House Batteries• Solar Panels• Wind Generators• Hydro Generators• Voltage Regulators and Controllers• Monitoring SystemsA successful ocean passage on a small to midsize sailing vessel means keeping t...

This is Part 1 of 2 of Sun, Wind, & Water, The Essential Guide to the Energy-Efficient Cruising Boat.Part 1 covers the following topics:• Main Power Plant• Engine Alternators• Gas & Diesel Generator Sets• Alternative Fuels• Cranking and House Batteries• Solar Panels• Wind Generators• Hydro Generators• Voltage Regulators and Controllers• Monitoring SystemsA successful ocean passage on a small to midsize s...

This is Part 2 of 2 of The Captain's Guide to Alternative Energy Afloat.Part 2 covers the following topics:• Lighting, Navigation, and Communication• Refrigeration• Windvane Self-Steering• Autopilots• Manual Windlasses• Electric Windlasses• Tools, Spare Parts, and Maintenance Supplies• The Essence of Green Voyaging.• Energy Efficiency: Three Cruising YachtsA successful ocean passage on a small to midsize sailin...

This is Part 2 of 2 of Sun, Wind, & Water, The Essential Guide to the Energy-Efficient Cruising Boat.Part 2 covers the following topics:• Lighting, Navigation, and Communication• Refrigeration• Windvane Self-Steering• Autopilots• Manual Windlasses• Electric Windlasses• Tools, Spare Parts, and Maintenance Supplies• The Essence of Green Voyaging.• Energy Efficiency: Three Cruising YachtsA successful ocean passage...

The epic and tumultuous story of the Lions and the city of Detroit—and how the team and the city have come together on the cusp of a new era.Revised and updated edition***A Michigan Notable Book*On Nov. 22, 1963, William Clay Ford, the youngest grandson of auto pioneer Henry Ford, made a successful bid to buy the Detroit Lions of the National Football League for the unheard-of sum of $6 million. As Ford an...

An acclaimed journalist and novelist makes history personal,painting a rich and vivid portrait of the time when America become modern by tracing the life of one man who lived through it.It all began with a black-and-white family snapshot of a distinguished elderly gentleman with a fine head of spun-sugar hair. He was wearing round, tortoise-shell glasses, a three-piece suit and an expression of delight mixed with terror, for on his right knee he was balancing a swa...

Willie Bledsoe, only in his twenties, is totally burned out. After leaving behind a snug berth at Tuskegee Institute to join the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in Detroit to try to change the world, Willie quickly grows disenchanted and returns home to Alabama to try to come to grips about his time in the cultural whirlwind. But the surprise return of his Vietnam veteran brother in the spring of 1967 gives him a chance to drive a load of stolen guns back up to the Motor City, wh...

From the critically acclaimed author of Motor City, Detroit comes alive in a powerful and thrilling novel set amid the chaos of the 1960s race riots and the serenity of baseball's opening day.Willie Bledsoe, once an idealistic young black activist, is now a burnt-out case. After leaving a snug berth at Tuskegee Institute to join the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, he has become bitterly disillusioned with the civil rights movement and its leaders. He returns hom...

On November 22, 1963, William Clay Ford, the youngest grandson of auto pioneer Henry Ford, made a successful bid to buy the Detroit Lions of the National Football League for the unheard-of sum of $6 million. As Ford and his entourage settled down to a celebratory luncheon, their waitress delivered the news that President John F. Kennedy had been shot dead in Dallas."Born under a bad sign" is how Bill Ford's ownership of the Lions began. After a decade of supremacy, Ford led the tea...

Major public figures go back to their beginnings and uncover where they really startedJohn Wilson (acclaimed arts and culture reporter and journalist, and presenter of Front Row, Newsnight Review and Pick of the Week) meets up with a variety of public figures from such diverse fields as food, mathematics, politics, writing and music, and takes them back to the influential schools, teachers, and early workplaces they may have forgotten, but which have not forgotten ...

Here's what reviewers have said about this book:This book is full of well-illustrated ideas to make your boat safer and more comfortable. All of the projects are easy and economical to perform most with common items available at any hardware store. This is a great read for novices as well as seasoned sailors and particularly for those with smaller boats and weekend cruisers.. . .Downloaded the book before I went sailing.........big mistake! All I wanted to do was get b...

". . . the perfect place to begin, or continue, your education."--SailingWhether you are shopping for a used fiberglass boat or prioritizing maintenance tasks on the one you already own, this book saves money--and perhaps even disaster. With clear step-by-step drawings and instructions, Don Casey explains how to recognize problems--both surface and hidden--and how to separate cosmetic flaws from serious faults.