Cover -- Contents -- Welcome to boat maintenance -- Essential Tools -- Safety first -- General maintenance tools -- Mechanical tools -- Electrical tools -- Woodworking tools -- Essential spares -- General Boat Care -- Cleaning hull & deck -- Canvas care -- Rope care -- Cleaning saloon & cabins -- Cleaning heads & galley -- Maintaining headlinings -- Upholstery care -- Lockers & bilges -- Hull and Deck Repairs -- Removing stains from fibreglass -- Polishing fibreglass -- Refurbishing wood trim -- Refurbishing deck fittings -- Re-bedding leaking deck fittings -- Repairing seals -- Locating & fitting ventilators -- Re-sealing through-hull fittings -- Replacing anodes -- Working with fibreglass -- Cracks, voids & crazing -- Impact & surface damage -- Treating osmosis & delamination -- Repairing a centreboard case -- Repairing/replacing wood trim -- Renewing non-skid decks -- Repairing teak-finished decks -- Working with wood -- Checking & replacing fastenings -- Making & fitting a graving piece -- Caulking & paying methods -- Refurbishing solid teak decks -- Repairing wooden rudder fittings -- Painting and Varnishing -- Preparing fibreglass -- Fairing fibreglass -- Preparing wooden boats -- Stripping & repainting wood -- Preparing metal boats -- Repainting -- Preparing & painting decks -- Painting other areas -- Antifouling -- Maintaining brightwork -- Varnishing -- General Mechanics -- Fresh water system -- Fixing a water pipe leak -- Fixing a leaking tap -- Changing contaminated water pipes -- Cleaning a contaminated water tank -- Servicing the water pump -- The gas system -- Replacing gas piping & fittings -- Servicing heads -- Clearing blocked heads -- Black water systems -- Servicing bilge pumps -- Servicing seacocks -- Cooking equipment -- Refrigeration -- Servicing cabin heaters -- Servicing steering systems -- Anchor windlasses.

Testing & marking ground tackle -- Electrics -- Wiring system & earthing -- Fuses & circuit breakers -- Soldering & replacing connectors -- Battery installation & maintenance -- Charging the batteries -- Cabin lights -- Navigation lights -- Navigation equipment -- Solar panels -- Wind turbines -- Engine Maintenance -- Servicing the engine -- Bleeding the fuel system -- Adjusting the belt drive -- Water pump maintenance -- Servicing the transmission -- Throttle & gear controls -- Cleaning out the fuel tank -- Replacing a propeller -- Repacking a stern gland -- Servicing the generator -- Daily & weekly checks -- Essential spare parts -- Troubleshooting -- Powerboat Maintenance -- Stern drives -- Jet drives -- Trim tabs -- Sailboat Maintenance -- Aluminium mast checks -- Inspecting wooden masts -- Standing rigging -- Tuning rigging -- Running rigging & blocks -- Servicing a winch -- Headsail roller reefing -- Halyards & mainsail reefing systems -- Sail valeting & stowage -- Repairing sails & boltropes -- Bending on sails & covers -- Dinghy Maintenance -- Regular checks -- Hull & deck repair -- Repairing foils -- Trailers & tarpaulins -- Inflatable dinghies -- Wooden dinghy maintenance -- Outboard Engines -- Getting a stubborn outboard started -- Changing spark plugs & shear pins -- Servicing, checks & troubleshooting -- Safety Gear -- Lifejackets, lifelines & flares -- Fire fighting, first aid & EPIRBs -- Liferaft & man overboard gear -- Laying up for Winter -- Laying up a boat -- Winterisation & damp prevention -- Engine winterisation -- Spars & rigging -- Tarpaulins -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- W -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Acknowledgements.