
Boat Handling Under Power
A Captain's Quick Guide
Robert Sweet(Author)
McGraw-Hill Professional (Publisher)
Published on 16. September 2005
Book
Other book format
16 pages
978-0-07-144094-3 (ISBN)
Description
The essential information every boater needs--onboard and at your fingertipsOn the water, when questions arise, there is no time to spend searching through an exhaustive manualThe Captain's QuickGuides provide all the answers--fast. Drawn from the world's largest boating library, each laminated QuickGuide presents 14 colour panels of authoritative, concise information on a critical topic.This on-the-spot reference is ideal for boaters who need a convenient, accessible, and utterly streamlined information resource.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Illustrations
45 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 109 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
72 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-144094-3 (9780071440943)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Bob Sweet has more than 30 years of experience in the technology and electronics markets and 30 years of boating experience. He has held engineering and senior executive management positions with a number of companies including GTE, Harris, ABA Industries, Inframetrics and Elbit Systems - the last three at the President and CEO level. He has both BS and MS degrees in electrical engineering from Penn State. He started his career as a radar and communications system engineer and, throughout his career, gained extensive experience with GPS including managing a corporate business unit that developed major portions of GPS for the Air Force. More recently, Bob was instrumental in the boating education for the Power Squadrons in Southeastern New England. HOMETOWN: East Falmouth, MA