The first book to cover the design, selection, installation and evaluation of mechanical systems on boats, Boat Mechanical Systems Handbook will be an invaluable guide for boat designers, builders, owners, buyers, mechanics, surveyors and insurers. Dave Gerr recommends design guidelines and components for drive trains, engine fuel and exhaust systems, bilge pumps, steering, ventilation, anchor handling systems and more. Biographical note Dave Gerr is the director of the Westlawn Institute of Marine Technology--the only accredited distance-learning school of small-craft design in the United States--and since 1983 the principal of Gerr Marine, Inc., a designer of yachts and commercial vessels. A fellow of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects, he is the author of Propeller Handbook, The Elements of Boat Strength, and The Nature of Boats, all from International Marine/McGraw-Hill.