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376 The Complete Idiot’s Guide to <strong>Boating</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Sailing</strong>, Second Edition<br />

manufacturers, outboard<br />

motors, 24-25<br />

Marconi sails, 328<br />

markers<br />

coastal marker systems,<br />

175<br />

designated l<strong>and</strong>ward<br />

courses, 175<br />

green markers, 172-173<br />

Intracoastal Waterways,<br />

173<br />

lateral buoyage systems,<br />

172<br />

range markers, 175-176<br />

red markers, 172-173<br />

shapes, 173<br />

USWMS (Uniform State<br />

Waterway Marking<br />

System), 175<br />

masts, 312<br />

single-mast sailboats, 322<br />

two-mast sailboats, 322<br />

MAYDAY calls, 266-268<br />

Mercury, 25<br />

mini-outboard motors, 26<br />

monohull sailboats, 323<br />

monthly payment calculations,<br />

4<br />

moon, effects on tides, 222<br />

moorings<br />

docking sailboats, 345<br />

docking techniques, 94-95<br />

motors. See also engines<br />

diesel engines, 30<br />

electric props, 46<br />

fuel economy suggestions<br />

cruising speeds, 32-33<br />

low speeds, 33<br />

top-end performance,<br />

31<br />

inboard/outboard<br />

motors, 8<br />

advantages, 28-29<br />

Volvo Penta DuoProp<br />

system, 29<br />

inboard, 8, 30<br />

outboard, 8<br />

characteristics of, 22-24<br />

compact, 26-27<br />

jet drives, 27<br />

lower unit parts, 22-23<br />

manufacturers, 24-25<br />

mini-outboards, 26<br />

oiling systems, 28<br />

two versus four strokes,<br />

24<br />

redlining, 80<br />

starting procedures, 73-75<br />

trimming. See trimming<br />

motors<br />

trolling motors, 46<br />

twin engines, 33-35<br />

mushroom anchors, 116-117<br />

N<br />

natural tide indicators,<br />

229-230<br />

navigational systems<br />

buoy systems<br />

can buoys, 174<br />

coastal marker systems,<br />

175<br />

designated l<strong>and</strong>ward<br />

courses, 175<br />

green markers, 172-173<br />

heading out to sea,<br />

174-175<br />

Intracoastal Waterways,<br />

173<br />

lateral buoyage systems,<br />

172<br />

nun buoys, 174<br />

range markers, 175-176<br />

red markers, 172-173<br />

shapes, 173<br />

sound buoys, 174<br />

USWMS (Uniform<br />

State Waterway<br />

Marking System), 175<br />

chart plotters, 189-191<br />

compass<br />

CDMVT equation,<br />

186-187<br />

compass cards, 184<br />

deviations, 186<br />

lubber lines, 184<br />

variations, 185<br />

dead reckoning, 205<br />

depth finders<br />

color depth finders, 192<br />

LCD screen displays,<br />

191<br />

scanning depth finders,<br />

191<br />

digital, 170<br />

electronic navigation<br />

GPS, 188-191<br />

LORAN, 187<br />

lighthouses, 175-176<br />

radars, 192<br />

RDFs, 192<br />

vectoring in, 206<br />

navy anchors, 116<br />

neap tides, 229<br />

negative trims, 78<br />

new boats versus used boats,<br />

19-20<br />

night boating rules, 180-182<br />

NOAA (National Oceanic<br />

<strong>and</strong> Atmospheric<br />

Administration), 160-162<br />

nosecones (outboard motors),<br />

23

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