Reeds marine surveying (2nd ed)

"Reeds Marine Surveying" is an expanded and updated new edition of the author's "Handbook of Marine Surveying".

Aimed at students of marine surveying, professional marine surveyors, boatyard operators and technically-minded boat owners, it covers the latest marine surveying technology, including analysis of the mechanical behaviour of materials, failure analysis, stress concentration, fatigue and fracture, corrosion, wood-damaging organisms, polymer chemistry, and the composition and characteristics of common plastics, metal, alloys and composite materials.

There is also a useful survey checklist that provides practical techniques and hints for conducting a survey. "A concise collection of practical, theoretical and regulatory information" - "Sailing". "Now it all makes sense!" - William F. Buckley.