[techmati]

Technical books are rather expensive (although some cover their cost many times over with the use of the information provided) but it is disappointing to start reading a book and the topics are getting superficially covered.

At the moment i am reading "Marine Diesel Engines" by Nigel Calder. Now thats a fine book indeed.

So please give us your recommendations for books.

It is disappointing though that there are so few books for superyachts whilst the small boat owner and crew have many books available...... if anybody has the inclination to write then there is definitely a market for superyacht related books.

[AMG]

As Technical Books and Manuals aren´t written in your ordinary School English, what I think is useful is a Technical Dictionary from English and perhaps German to your native language. I have an English/Swedish of more than 1.000 pages that has paid for itself many times over...

[techmati]

already we have Italian, German and Russian.....

whats next?

[comship]

In http://www.marinecomposites.com/ you will find an excellent free online book regarding composites. It has proved priceless many times

[comship]

another source of many technical issues is http://www.bodrum-bodrum.com/vorteks/arsenal/papers.htm

[infvoyager]

Basic information and the next step up I haven't seen anything better than Nigel Calder (diesel,Boat electric etc).Chapmans piloting has some good dope and is one of the books req'd on larger boats (US,may use duttons bowditch or knights or chapmans) . I have my clients that crew for themselves get these and a boater's pocket reference for the pilothouse.