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D. Napier & Son Limited was a British engine and pre-Great War (the “brass era”) automobile manufacturer and one of the most important aircraft engine manufacturers in the early to mid-20th century. Their post-First World War Lion was the most powerful engine in the world for some time between the 1920s and the 1930s, and their Sabre produced 3500 hp (2,600 kW) in its later versions.

History

David Napier, second son of the blacksmith to the Duke of Argyll, was born in 1785. While cousins became shipbuilders, he took engineering training in Scotland and founded the company in Lloyds Court, St Giles, London in 1808. He designed a steam-powered printing press, some of which went to Hansard (the printer and publisher of proceedings of the Houses of Parliament), as well as newspapers. They moved to Lambeth, South London in 1830.

Between 1840 and 1860, Napier was prosperous, with a well-outfitted factory and between 200 and 300 workers. Napier made a wide variety of products, including a centrifuge for sugar manufacturing, lathes and drills, ammunition-making equipment for the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, and railway cranes. David’s younger son James, born 1823, joined the firm in 1837, succeeding him as head of the firm in 1867, and after his father’s death in 1873, specialised in beautifully crafted precision machinery for making coins and printing stamps and banknotes. James proved an excellent engineer, but a poor businessman, considering salesmanship undignified. It became so bad that there were as few as seven employees in 1895, and James attempted to sell the business, but failed.

James’ son Montague, born 1870, inherited the business in 1895, along with his father’s engineering talents. Montague was a hobby racing cyclist, and at the Bath Road Club, he met “ebullient Australian” S. F. Edge (then a manager at Dunlop Rubber and colleague of H. J. Lawson in London, and amateur racer of motor tricycles.) Edge persuaded Napier to improve his Panhard (“Old Number 8”, which had won the 1896 Paris–Marseille–Paris), converting from a tiller to a steering wheel and improving the oiling.

Dissatisfied, Napier offered to fit an engine of his own design, an 8 hp vertical twin, with electric ignition, superior to the Panhard’s hot tube type. Edge was sufficiently impressed to encourage Napier to make his own car and collaborated with Harvey du Cros, his former boss at Dunlop, to form the Motor Power Company, based in London, which agreed to buy Napier’s entire output. The first of an initial order of six, three each two-cylinder 8hp and four-cylinder 16hp, all with aluminium bodies by Arthur Mulliner of Northampton and chain drive, was delivered 31 March 1900; Edge paid £400 and sold at £500.

In 1912, following a dispute with Edge, Napier bought Edge’s distribution and sales company and production rose to around 700 cars a year with many supplied to the London taxi trade. That year, only six models were produced. The last Napier car was designed by A. J. Rowledge, who also designed the Lion (and who went to Rolls-Royce in 1921), a 40-50hp 377 cu in (6,178 cc) (101.6 mm × 127 mm or 4.00 in × 5.00 in) alloy six with detachable cylinder head, single overhead camshaft, seven-bearing crankshaft, dual magneto and coil ignition, dual plugs, and Napier-SU Carburettor; it was bodied by Cunard, then a subsidiary. 187 were built in all by 1924, and Napier quit car production with a total of 4,258 built.[3]

Motor yachting
Napier expanded into marine engines and launches. In 1903 a S. F. Edge’s Napier launch won the inaugural British International Harmsworth Trophy for speedboats at Cork Harbour in Ireland, driven by Dorothy Levitt (see picture above). She achieved 19.3 mph (31.1 km/h) in a 40-foot (12 m) steel-hulled, speedboat fitted with a 3-blade propeller. As both the owner and entrant of the boat, “S. F. Edge” is engraved on the trophy as the winner. The third crew member, Campbell Muir, may also have taken the controls.

On 8 August 1903 Levitt drove the Napier at Cowes and won the race. She was then commanded to the Royal yacht byKing Edward VII where he congratulated her on her pluck and skill, and they discussed the performance of the boat and its potential for British government despatch work.

Later in August Levitt won the Gaston Menier Cupat Trouville, France. This was described as the five mile world’s championship of the sea and the prize was $1,750 prize.
In October 1903 Levitt won the Championship of the Seas at Trouville, and the French government bought the boat for £1,000.

The 1905 boat Napier II set the world water speed record for a mile at almost 30 knots (56 km/h).

First World War and interwar
Early in the First World War, Napier was contracted to build engines from other companies’ designs: initially the model RAF 3, a V-12 by Royal Aircraft Factory, and then the V-8 Sunbeam Arab. Both proved to be rather unreliable, and in 1916 Napier decided to design their own instead, an effort that led to the superb W-block 12-cylinder Lion. The Lion was a best-seller for the company, and they eventually dropped all the other aero-engines. The Lion went on to be used in to set the Land Speed Record in Malcolm Campbell’s Napier-Campbell Blue Bird and Campbell-Napier-Railton Blue Bird and Henry Segrave’s Golden Arrow.

Vehicle production continued and 2,000 trucks and ambulances were supplied to the War Office. Montague Napier’s health declined and in 1917 he moved to Cannes, France, but continued to take an active involvement in the company until his death in 1931.

During the First World War the company was contracted to build 600 aircraft at the Acton factory (50 Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.7, 400 Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 and 150 Sopwith Snipes).

Second World War
Starting from scratch, Napier decided to use the new sleeve valve design in a much larger H-block 24-cylinder engine, soon to be known as the Sabre. Designed under Frank Halford, the engine was very advanced and proved to be difficult to adapt to assembly line production. Therefore, although the engine was ready by 1940, it was not until 1944 that production versions were considered reliable. At that point efforts were made to improve it, leading eventually to the Sabre VII delivering 3,500 hp (2,600 kW), making it the most powerful engine in the world, from an engine much smaller than its competition.

Napier also worked on diesel aircraft engines. In the 1930s they licensed the Junkers Jumo 204 for production in England, which they called the Culverin. They also planned to produce a smaller version of the same basic design as the Cutlass, but work on both was cancelled at the outbreak of War in 1939.

Napier developed a marine engine from the Lion aero engine, the petrol-driven Sea Lion, which could deliver 500 hp (370 kW) and was used in the “Whaleback” Air Sea Rescue Launches.

During the war (1944) Napier were asked by the Royal Navy to supply a diesel engine for use in their patrol boats, but the Culverin’s 720 hp (537 kW) was not nearly enough for their needs. Napier then designed under the leadership of Ernest Edward Chatterton, Chief Engineer, the Deltic, essentially three Culverins arranged in a large triangle (deltoid). Considered one of the most complex engine designs of its day, the Deltic was nevertheless very reliable, and was taken into service after the war as a locomotive powerplant (in British Rail’s Class 55) in addition to the torpedo boats, minesweepers and other small naval vessels for which it was designed.

Also during the Second World War a six-cylinder 300 cubic inch road-vehicle engine was commissioned by the government, but this design was sold to Leyland Motors by 1945.

Post-war
Last of the great Napier engines was the Nomad, a “turbo-compound” design that combined a diesel engine with a turbine to recover energy otherwise lost in the exhaust. The advantage of this complex design was fuel economy: it had the best specific fuel consumption of any aircraft engine, even to this day. However, even better fuel economy could be had by flying a normal jet engine at much higher altitudes, while existing designs filled the “low end” of the market fairly well. The Nomad was largely ignored by the market, and was duly cancelled.

Along with every other engine company in the post-war era, Napier turned to jet engine designs. Deciding to attack the only market not yet wrapped up by the larger vendors, Napier started the design of a number of turboprop designs which saw some use, notably in helicopters. Their first design, the Naiad and Double Naiad were intended for various Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm designs, but saw no use in the end. Smaller models, the 3,000-hp-class Eland and 1,500-hp-class Gazelle did somewhat better, notably the Gazelle which powered several models of the popular Westland Wessex helicopter.

English Electric
Napier had been taken over by English Electric in 1942. In 1961, Rolls-Royce purchased Napier’s aero-engine business, and continued to market the Gazelle, dropping the Eland. Today Napier is no longer in the engine business, with the ending of the Deltic sales in the 1960s they had no new modern designs to offer. They continue on today as a primary supplier of turbochargers, which can be found on many engines.

Recent history
GEC bought English Electric in the late 1960s. Later GEC became part of GEC-Alsthom and later Alstom. Siemens acquired the Napier business when it bought the Lincoln operations of Alstom in March 2003. Napier Turbochargers was bought from Siemens in June 2008[22] in a management buyout headed by the managing director, Andy Thacker. The buyout was funded by the private equity company Primary Capital and cost around £100 million.[23] Early in 2013 Napier Turbochargers became part of Wabtec. Napier Turbochargers produces turbochargers for the marine, power and rail industries, employing around 150 people.

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Napier 2 & 4-Stroke Cycle Gasoline & Diesel Marine Engines

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MODEL CYL DISPLACEMENT ASP kW HP MHP @RPM YEARS
ΞModelΞ ⊗-⊗ ⊗cc / ⊗L / ⊗ci ⊗-⊗ ⊗ ⊗ ⊗ ⊗ ⊗∼⊗
ΞModelΞ ⊗-⊗ ⊗cc / ⊗L / ⊗ci ⊗-⊗ ⊗ ⊗ ⊗ ⊗ ⊗∼⊗

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NapierDeltic.4

Specifications For Napier Deltic
2-Stroke Cycle Diesel Marine Engines
(1946-1962?)

TABLE KEY:
BASE ENGINE: Manufacturer/Vendor & Model of Base Engine followed by Specifications.
CYL: Cylinder Configuration – (Dash w/no spaces) Number of Cylinders:
^ Cylinder Configuration:  …Δ… = Delta.
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DISPLACEMENT = Swept Volume: …cc = Cubic Centimeters (cm³). …L = Liters. …ci = Cubic Inches (in³).
MODEL RATINGS: Base Engine Model, Duty Ratings, Power Ratings, etc.
A-F: Aspiration-Fueling: N = Naturally Aspirated. …b = w/Blower.
^ Diesel Fueled: M = Mechanical Injection. …i = I = Integral Injector.
DR = Duty Ratings: See the Engine Duty Ratings at the end of the Table.
POWER: kW = Kilowatts. HP = Horsepower. BHP = Brake Horsepower. MHP = Metric Horsepower.
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BASE ENGINE:
NAPIER CYL BORE STROKE DISPLACEMENT
Deltec D9-? Δ-9 ⊗mm / ⊗in ⊗mm / ⊗in ⊗cc / ⊗L / ⊗ci
MODEL RATINGS:
NAPIER A-F DR kW BHP MHP RPM YEARS DS
Deltec D9-? Ab-Mi ⊗ ⊗ ⊗ ⊗ ⊗ ⊗-⊗ W

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BASE ENGINE:
NAPIER CYL BORE STROKE DISPLACEMENT
Deltec D18-25B? Δ-18 ⊗mm / 5.125in ⊗mm / 2×7.25in ⊗cc / ⊗L / 5‚384ci
MODEL RATINGS:
NAPIER A-F DR kW BHP MHP RPM YEARS DS
Deltic D18-11B? Ab-Mi C 1398 1875 ⊗ 1875 ⊗-⊗ W
Deltic D18-11B? Ab-Mi M 1900 2500 ⊗ 2000 ⊗-⊗ W
Deltic D18-25B? Ab-Mi C ⊗ 1875 ⊗ 1875 ⊗-⊗ Ptf2
Deltic D18-25B? Ab-Mi M ⊗ 2500 ⊗ 2000 ⊗-⊗ Ptf2
Deltic D18-? Ab-Mi ⊗ ⊗ 3100 ⊗ 2100 ⊗-⊗ Ptfp

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Engine Duty Ratings

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C = Continuous (1000 Hour Life)
M = Maximum (Intermittent 15-minute rating)

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02.06.11 – Safety Equipment: (Life Rafts‚ PFDs‚ Firefighting Eq.‚ Alarms‚ Medical Kits‚+). T
02.06.12 – Domestic Systems: T
02.06.12.01 – LPG & CNG Systems: T
02.06.12.02 – Cabin Heating & Cooling: T
02.06.12.03 – Galley Appliances: (Refrigeration‚ Galley Stoves‚+). T
02.06.12.04 – Water & Waste Systems: T
02.06.14 – Boat Tenders: T
02.06.15 – Boat Trailers: T
02.07 – Marine Suppliers: (CAN‚ GBR‚ USA‚+). T
02.08 – Boat Builders A∼Z: (w/Vessel Types‚ Country & Years active). T
02.09 – Boat Refitters: (CAN‚ GBR‚ USA‚+). (Shipyards‚ Boatyards‚ Riggers‚ Repair Shops‚+). T
02.10 – Boat Building‚ Outfitting‚ Refitting & Repair Schools: (Incl. DIY). T
02.11 – DIY Boat Building‚ Outfitting‚ Refitting & Repair: (Maintenance‚ Troubleshooting‚+). T
03 – BOAT MARKETING: Boat Shows‚ Dealers‚ Brokers‚ Importing‚ Exporting‚ Auctions‚ Sales‚+. T
04 – BOAT INSPECTION: Types of Surveys‚ Marine Surveyors‚ Schools‚ DIY Inspections‚+. T
05 – BOAT TITLES & VESSEL REGISTRY: Boat Title & Registration‚ Vessel Registry‚ Title Co's‚+. T
06 – BOAT FINANCING: Conventional (Banks‚ Credit Unions‚+)‚ Unconventional (Creative)‚+. T
07 – BOAT INSURANCE: Policies‚ Claim Processing (Filing‚ Repair‚ Claim‚ Subrogation‚ Cases)‚+. T
08 – BOAT TRANSPORT: By Sea (Piggyback‚ Delivery Skippers & Crews‚ & Towing)‚ Over-Land‚+. T
09 – BOAT LAUNCHING & HAULING: Drydocks‚ Ways‚ Lifts‚ Cranes & Hoists‚ Launch Ramps‚+. T
10 – BOAT MOORAGE & STORAGE: Builders‚ Anchorages‚ Marinas‚ Yards‚ Racks‚ Stacks‚+. T
11 – BOATING ORGANIZATIONS: Yacht Clubs‚ Paddling Clubs‚ Owners‚+. Education‚ Gov-Aux‚+. T
12 – BOATING & TRAVEL: Events‚ Destinations‚ Boat Rentals‚ Charters‚ Cruises‚ Voyages‚+. T
13 – BOATING & MARITIME EDUCATION: Recreational Seamanship‚ Ship's Master & Crew‚+. T
14 – MARINE LAWS & REGULATIONS: International & National Laws‚ Lawyers‚ Investigators‚+. T
15 – DO-IT-YOURSELF (DIY): T
15.01 – DIY Boat Building‚ Outfitting‚ Refitting & Repair (Incl. Maintenance & Fault Finding). T
15.02 – DIY Boat Sales (Buyers & Sellers). T
15.03 – DIY Boat Inspections (Pre-Survey‚ Pre-Purchase‚ Pre-Sale‚ Pre-Voyage‚ Sea Trials‚+). T
15.04 – DIY Schools & Classes (Boat Building‚ Refitting‚ Inspection‚ Troubleshooting‚ Repair‚+). T
15.04 –  ^  Anchors Aweigh Academy. V
16 – MEDIA w/Creator Directory: (Authors‚ Editors‚ Publishers‚+) + Academy eLibrary. T
16.01 – Documentation: (Catalogs‚ Ads‚ SpecSheets‚ Manuals‚ TechVids‚ Bulletins‚ Recalls‚+). T
16.02 – Books: (Bound‚ eBooks‚+). T
16.02 –  ^  12 Volt Bible for Boats — Miner Brotherton B
16.02 –  ^  12 Volt Doctor's Practical Handbook — Edgar J. Beyn B
16.02 –  ^  Advanced Marine Electrics and Electronics Troubleshooting — Ed Sherman B
16.02 –  ^  Boat Engines : A Manual for Work and Pleasure Boats — P. J. Bowyer B
16.02 –  ^  Boat Maintenance : The Essential Guide — William Burr Jr B
16.02 –  ^  Boat Mechanical Systems Handbook — Dave Gerr B
16.02 –  ^  Boat Owner's Manual — Intertec B
16.02 –  ^  Boat Repair Made Easy - Engines — Kaufman B
16.02 –  ^  Boatbuilding Manual — Robert M. Steward B
16.02 –  ^  Boatbuilding Methods — Peter Cook B
16.02 –  ^  Boating Magazine's Powerboater's Guide to Electrical Systems — Edwin R. Sherman B
16.02 –  ^  Boating Magazine's Quick & Easy Boat Maintenance — Sandy Lindsey B
16.02 –  ^  Boatkeeper : … Maintenance‚ Repair‚ Improvement — Gladstone & Bottomley (Eds) B
16.02 –  ^  Boatman's Handbook : The New Look-it-up Book — Tom Bottomley B
16.02 –  ^  Boatowner's Fitting Out Manual — Jeff Toghill B
16.02 –  ^  Boatowner's Illustrated Electrical Handbook — Charlie Wing B
16.02 –  ^  Boatowner's Illustrated Handbook of Wiring — Charlie Wing B
16.02 –  ^  Boatowner's Mechanical & Electrical Manual — Nigel Calder B
16.02 –  ^  Boatowner's Practical & Technical Cruising Manual — Nigel Calder B
16.02 –  ^  Boatworks : Sailboat Maintenance‚ Repair‚ and Improvement … — Sail Magazine (Ed) B
16.02 –  ^  Commissioning & Decommissioning — Practical Sailor Library B
16.02 –  ^  Complete Book of Yacht Care — Michael Verney B
16.02 –  ^  Complete Powerboating Manual — Tim Bartlett & Simon Collis B
16.02 –  ^  Cruising Boats : Sail & Power — Jay R. Benford & Associates‚ Inc B
16.02 –  ^  Diesel Engine Mechanics — Wayne A. Kelm B
16.02 –  ^  Diesel Engines — J. W. Anderson B
16.02 –  ^  Diesel Troubleshootier — Don Seddon B
16.02 –  ^  Diesels Afloat : The Must-Have Guide for Diesel Boat Engines — Pat Manley B
16.02 –  ^  Don Casey's Complete Illustrated Sailboat Maintenance Manual — Don Casey B
16.02 –  ^  Electrical Handbook for RVs‚ Campers‚ Vans‚ Boats & Trailers — Herb Gill B
16.02 –  ^  Electrics Afloat — Alir Garrod B
16.02 –  ^  Engines Afloat : From Early Days to D-Day Vol 2 — Stan Grayson B
16.02 –  ^  Essential Boat Maintenance — Pat Manley & Rupert Holmes B
16.02 –  ^  Fiberglass Boat Survey Manual — Arthur Edmunds B
16.02 –  ^  Fiberglass Boats : Construction‚ Repair‚ and Maintenance — John Roberts B
16.02 –  ^  Fiberglass Boats : Construction and Maintenance — Boughton Cobb B
16.02 –  ^  Fitting Out : Preparing for Sea — J D Sleightholme B
16.02 –  ^  Fitting Out a Fibreglass Hull — Mike Collins B
16.02 –  ^  Gammelmotoren — Valdemar Steiro B
16.02 –  ^  Handling Troubles Afloat : What to Do When It All Goes Wrong — John Mellor B
16.02 –  ^  Handyman Afloat & Ashore — Ken Bramham B
16.02 –  ^  How Boat Things Work : An Illustrated Guide — Charlie Wing B
16.02 –  ^  How To Repair Diesel Engines — Paul Dempsey B
16.02 –  ^  Inboard Motor Installations — Glen L. Witt & Ken Hankinson B
16.02 –  ^  Inspecting the Aging Sailboat — Don Casey B
16.02 –  ^  Internal Combustion Engines — USCG B
16.02 –  ^  Inboard Engine‚ Transmission and Drive Service : Manual — Intertec B
16.02 –  ^  Know Your Boat's Diesel Engine — Andrew Simpson B
16.02 –  ^  Look Inside : Cross-Sections · SHIPS — Moira Butterfield B
16.02 –  ^  Maintenance — Time-Life B
16.02 –  ^  Managing 12 Volts : How to Upgrade‚ Operate‚ and Troubleshoot — Harold Barre B
16.02 –  ^  Marine Diesel Basics — Dennison Berwick B
16.02 –  ^  Marine Diesel Engines : Maintenance‚ Troubleshooting‚ and Repair — Nigel Calder B
16.02 –  ^  Marine Diesel Engines : Maintenance & Repair Manual — Jean-Luc Pallas B
16.02 –  ^  Marine Diesels — M. David Burghardt & George D. Kingsley B
16.02 –  ^  Marine Electrical Care & Repair — David MacLean B
16.02 –  ^  Marine Electrical Electronics Bible — John C. Payne B
16.02 –  ^  Marine Electrical Systems — DIY Boat Owner Magazine B
16.02 –  ^  Marine Engine Room Blue Book — William D. Eglinton B
16.02 –  ^  Marine Engines & Propulsion — Ranger Hope B
16.02 –  ^  Marine Fire Prevention‚ Firefighting and Fire Safety — US DoC MA B
16.02 –  ^  Marine Investigations — David Pascoe B
16.02 –  ^  Marine Metals Manual — Roger Pretzer B
16.02 –  ^  Metal Corrosion In Boats — Nigel Warren B
16.02 –  ^  Metal Boats : A Practical Guide for Building or Buying … — Ken Scott B
16.02 –  ^  Metals Handbook — ASM B
16.02 –  ^  Modern Boat Maintenance — Bo Streiffert (Ed) B
16.02 –  ^  Motor Boat Building (1946) — Charles F. Chapman (Ed) B
16.02 –  ^  Motor Boat Engines — Alan C. Wilson B
16.02 –  ^  NYNEX Boaters Directory — NYNEX B
16.02 –  ^  Powerboating : Your First Book for Your First Boat — Ken Kreisler B
16.02 –  ^  Practical Small Powerboat Maintenance — Allen D. Berrien B
16.02 –  ^  Propeller Handbook — Dave Gerr B
16.02 –  ^  Quick & Easy Boat Maintenance : 1‚001 Time-Saving Tips — Sandy Lindsey B
16.02 –  ^  Reeds Diesel Engine Troubleshooting Handbook — Barry Pickthall B
16.02 –  ^  Replacing Your Boat's Engine (Adlard Coles Manuals) — Mike Westin B
16.02 –  ^  Run Your Diesel Vehicle on Biofuels — Jon Starbuck & Gavin D. j. Harper B
16.02 –  ^  RYA Book of Diesel Engines — Tim Bartlett B
16.02 –  ^  RYA Diesel Engine Handbook — Andrew Simpson B
16.02 –  ^  Sailboat Buyer's Guide : Conducting Your Own Survey — Karel Doruyter B
16.02 –  ^  Sailboat Electrics Simplified — Don Casey B
16.02 –  ^  Sailor's Assistant : Reference Data for Maintenance‚ Repair & Cruising — John Vigor B
16.02 –  ^  Seaworthy: Essential Lessons from BoatUS — Robert A. Adriance – BoatU.S. B
16.02 –  ^  Shipshape - The Art of Sailboat Maintenance — Ferenc Mat B
16.02 –  ^  Simple Boat Maintenance — Pat Manley B
16.02 –  ^  Small Boat Engines - Inboard & Outboard — Conrad Miller B
16.02 –  ^  Small Boat Guide to Electronics Afloat — Tim Bartlett B
16.02 –  ^  Sorensen's Guide to Powerboats — Eric W. Sorensen B
16.02 –  ^  Surveying and Restoring Classic Boats — J C Winters B
16.02 –  ^  Surveying Fiberglass Power Boats — David Pascoe B
16.02 –  ^  Surveying Small Craft — Ian Nicolson B
16.02 –  ^  Take the Mystery Out of Boat Maintenance — Lawrence A. Diamond B
16.02 –  ^  The Adlard Coles Book of Diesel Engines — Tim Bartlett B
16.02 –  ^  The Boat Repair Manual — George Buchanan B
16.02 –  ^  The Boatowner's Guide to Corrosion — Everett Collier B
16.02 –  ^  The Care and Repair of Small Marine Diesels — Chris Thompson B
16.02 –  ^  The Complete Book of Pleasure Boat Engines — Ernest A. Zadig B
16.02 –  ^  The Diesel Companion — Pat Manley B
16.02 –  ^  The Essential Boat Maintenance Manual — Jeff E. Toghill B
16.02 –  ^  The Motorboat Electrical and Electronics Manual — John C. Payne B
16.02 –  ^  The Napier Way — Bryan Boyle B
16.02 –  ^  The Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor — Darcy Lever B
16.02 –  ^  Theory and Practice of Propellers For Auxiliary Sailboats — John R. Stanton B
16.02 –  ^  Troubleshooting and Repairing Diesel Engines — Paul Dempsey B
16.02 –  ^  Troubleshooting Marine Diesels — Peter Compton B
16.02 –  ^  Ultimate Boat Maintenance Projects — Scott Smith B
16.02 –  ^  Understanding Boat Corrosion‚ Lightning Protection… — John C. Payne B
16.02 –  ^  Understanding Boat Diesel Engines — John C. Payne B
16.02 –  ^  Watch It Made in the USA : Visitor's Guide to the Best Factory Tours — Karen Axelrod B
16.02 –  ^  What Shape Is She In?. A Guide to the Surveying of Boats — Allan H. Vaitses B
16.02 –  ^  Your Boat's Electrical System — Conrad Miller & E. S. Maloney B
16.03 – Magazines: (Incl. Articles‚ Back Issues‚+). T
16.03 –  ^  The ANCHOR — Anchors Aweigh Academy M
16.03 –  ^  DIY Boat Owner - The Marine Maintenance Magazine — BoatUS ⇒ Mad Mariner (OoB) M
16.03 –  ^  PassageMaker M
16.03 –  ^  ^  House Call: How To Perform A DIY Diesel Engine Test — Nigel Calder – PassageMaker MA
16.03 –  ^  ^  Maintaining A Diesel Engine For The Long Run — Gene & Katie Hamilton – PassageMaker MA
16.04 – Videos: (How-to-Tutorials‚ Documentaries‚ Travelogues‚+). T
16.05 – Websites: (Incl. Articles‚ Forum Posts‚ Tech Tips‚ Tech Notes‚ Social Media‚+). T
16.05 –  ^  Anchors Aweigh Academy V
16.05 –  ^  Barrington Diesel Club (Engine Specs and Manuals) — BarringtonDieselClub.com W
16.05 –  ^  BoatDiesel.com — Peter Compton W
16.05 –  ^  Lancing Marine W
16.05 –  ^  ^  Lancing Marine Engine Swap Guide — Lancing Marine WA
16.05 –  ^  Martin's Marine Engineering Page — Martin Leduc W
16.05 –  ^  ^  The Diesel engine and its development: A historical timeline — Martin Leduc WA
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FROM Huey: "I agree with my Uncle, I too have found the articles to be very enlightening. They say that it will take about 100,000 articles to cover the full scope that they have envisioned for the website. They have over 20,000 articles so far and that's doing pretty well, but it could take several years to get the rest. I also noticed that many of the Main Topic Pages and some of the article pages are still in the rough draft stage. I guess that they will fill in as they can get volunteers to work on them. But what I can't figure out is why anyone would spend the time writing informative in depth articles just to give away free to this website for publication? What's in it for them?"

FROM Dewey: "Well Huey, to me It looks like most of the articles on this website are written by very informed people, like boating instructors, boat designers, boat builders, riggers, electricians, fitters, marine repair technicians and marine surveyors. Writing such articles helps establish them as knowledgeable professionals. After all, this website was originally created by a school for marine technicians and marine surveyors. The website is growing in content every day. They even had to move to a bigger, more powerful server because the website's traffic has been growing exponentially."

FROM Louie: "I agree with everyone above. This site is quickly becoming the ultimate reference resource about every aspect of boats and ships for everyone from the beginning recreational boater to the seasoned professional mariner. I use the topic pages on the right sidebar to browse around the website. It's like a Junior Woodchucks' Guidebook for Boaters. Their Members' Library of over 300 popular and obscure books and over 200 magazine back issues that can be viewed online is fabulous. The Academy's magazine is especially informative. On top of that, there is the "Ask-An-Expert program for members where you can get an expert's answer to any of your boat questions. And a whole years membership is only $25. What a deal! I really love being part of this "Everything About Boats" community and help provide thousands of helpful articles free to the public. I think that I'll sit down right now and write an article about my experiences boating with my uncle."

FROM Scrooge: "You rave about this website like it was the best thing since sliced bread. Well, I think it stinks. Sure, it has a lot of good information for boaters, and they're adding more every day, but it will probably never be finished. Furthermore, I don't even own a boat. And I wouldn't have a boat even if someone gave me one. Boats are a waste of money and time and energy and money! They're just a hole in the water you pour money into. If you gave me a boat, I'd sell it quicker then you could say Baggywrinkle. Then I'd lock up the cash with all my other money so I could keep my eye on it and count it every day. Bah humbug."

FROM Daisy: "I'm just so glad that Donald got the boat so we and the boys could enjoy boating — together. And of course all of the girls, April, May, and June, love to be on the water too, especially when that is where the boys are. Oh poor Scrooge, boating is more fun then you could possibly imagine."

FROM Scrooge: "After seeing how much fun you all have on the water together, I regret that I didn't have that much fun when I was young. I've had a change of heart, and I'm giving each of you a Lifetime Academy Membership."

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