Electronics Afloat - Tapa blanda

Bartlett, Tim

 
9780906754726: Electronics Afloat
Tapa blanda
ISBN 10: 0906754720 ISBN 13: 9780906754726
Editorial: Fernhurst Books, 1992

Sinopsis

From the simplest echo-sounder to the computerised instrument network installed on an offshore racing yacht, electronics have become a fact of life aboard modern yachts and powerboats. You can buy electronic devices to pinpoint your position, steer you to a waypoint, plot your track, keep tabs on the weather, monitor the wind, boatspeed and distance covered, and even check your sailing performance and tell you when you should be doing better!

But how accurate are these systems? How do they work, and what do you need to know to get the best out of them? Which devices should you invest in first, and how can you build up a system to suit your particular needs? How do you use them, in practice, out there in the wind and the waves? This book will tell you.

Includes:

  • Electronic navigators: GPS, Transit, Loran, Decca
  • Chart plotters
  • Depth sounders
  • Flux-gate compasses
  • Logs and wind indicators
  • Autopilots
  • Interfacing
  • Performance computers
  • Power supplies and installation

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Acerca del autor

As an ex-officer in the Royal Navy, a practising yachtsman and a navigation instructor, Tim Bartlett has had ample opportunity to get to grips with all manner of electronic devices aboard all types of vessels.  Now technical editor of the magazine Motor Boat & Yachting, he spends much of his time testing and using the very latest equipment and techniques developed for small craft under power and sail.

De la contraportada

From the simplest echo-sounder to the computerised instrument network installed on an offshore racing yacht, electronics have become a fact of life aboard modern yachts and powerboats. You can buy electronic devices to pinpoint your position, steer you to a waypoint, plot your track, keep tabs on the weather, monitor the wind, boatspeed and distance covered, and even check your sailing performance and tell you when you should be doing better!

But how accurate are these systems? How do they work, and what do you need to know to get the best out of them? Which devices should you invest in first, and how can you build up a system to suit your particular needs? How do you use them, in practice, out there in the wind and the waves? This book will tell you.

Includes:

  • Electronic navigators: GPS, Transit, Loran, Decca
  • Chart plotters
  • Depth sounders
  • Flux-gate compasses
  • Logs and wind indicators
  • Autopilots
  • Interfacing
  • Performance computers
  • Power supplies and installation

"Sobre este título" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.

Editorial
Fernhurst Books
Año de publicación
1992
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0906754720
ISBN 13 
9780906754726
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
96
Contacto del fabricante
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Persona responsable
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