Boat manufactures and repair manual ?

[sam111]

Question 1
I am wondering if anybody with some boating experience knows like a percentage breakdown of how many companies make up most of the boats. I.e for example in cars we have the top 3 manufactures and my experience with cars tells me there is close to a handful of major ones. I have less experience with boats so I am wondering what the major players in the boating game are interms of manufacturing the engines , propellers , actual boat body.

Question 2
Is I am interested in learning how to repair the most amount of boats on the waters and wondering what oem manuals or seloc books I should start with. I have just ordered Outboard Engines: Maintance,troubleshooting , and repair by Edwin Sherman McGraw hill. I thought this would be a good start in a general procedures of most outboard engines.
I need the equivalent for most of the inboard ones then my thought is to get more particular into a particular make/model if need be.

One other thing is I am told the oem manuals are better then the dyi Haynes/seloc manuals. I have to say from the Haynes manuals I have read they are really informative. Would seloc be equivalent informative for boats as Haynes is for cars?

Question 3
I am also curious if these boat manuals will cover non-engine repairs like the boat body , plumbing system , fuel system and common navigation /radar/radio tools/equipment uses /repair.

 

[GT1000000]

Re: Boat manufactures and repair manual ?

Question 1
I am wondering if anybody with some boating experience knows like a percentage breakdown of how many companies make up most of the boats. I.e for example in cars we have the top 3 manufactures and my experience with cars tells me there is close to a handful of major ones. I have less experience with boats so I am wondering what the major players in the boating game are interms of manufacturing the engines , propellers , actual boat body.

Question 2
Is I am interested in learning how to repair the most amount of boats on the waters and wondering what oem manuals or seloc books I should start with. I have just ordered Outboard Engines: Maintance,troubleshooting , and repair by Edwin Sherman McGraw hill. I thought this would be a good start in a general procedures of most outboard engines.
I need the equivalent for most of the inboard ones then my thought is to get more particular into a particular make/model if need be.

One other thing is I am told the oem manuals are better then the dyi Haynes/seloc manuals. I have to say from the Haynes manuals I have read they are really informative. Would seloc be equivalent informative for boats as Haynes is for cars?

Question 3
I am also curious if these boat manuals will cover non-engine repairs like the boat body , plumbing system , fuel system and common navigation /radar/radio tools/equipment uses /repair.

#1...there have been hundreds over the years...just look at the bottom of this page, towards the lower right and see "Boat Manufacturers" 250+
#2...Reading and theory are good primers to get started in any endeavor, but practice and experience are what will make them profitable
#3...Factory manuals are the best, they are, after all, who built them to begin with...
The rest of the knowledge comes from #2 above...

 

[sam111]

Re: Boat manufactures and repair manual ?

Don't necessarily agree with your view on #2 completely
But how about a general inboard engine repair manual such as the outboard on I order.
And one for the general boat body , plumbing , and equipment operation/fixing.
manufacture neutral.

 

[jbcurt00]

Re: Boat manufactures and repair manual ?

Powerboat Maintenance Manual may be among the books you'd find interesting.

Do you want to become a marine mechanic? A trade school would probably be a good start, and give you hands on experience & a heaping handful of book knowledge.

IMHO, GT nailed it:

#2...Reading and theory are good primers to get started in any endeavor, but practice and experience are what will make them profitable
#3...Factory manuals are the best, they are, after all, who built them to begin with...
The rest of the knowledge comes from #2 above...

I have a Hayne's manual for my tow rig. I've read it, and understood most of what I read. I am not informed enough to rebuild it's engine, solo, whether I'm equipped to accomplish the task or not.

If you don't mind me asking, how old are you? And what is all this ^^^ and the other thread, research for?

Inboard vs outboard boat ?

The questions seem to suggest no basic knowledge of boats, motors, or their components.

Read thru some of the resto threads and motor threads. LOTS of good info, how & why to do things they way they're done. Most have pix for reference, and some have videos too.

 

[sam111]

Re: Boat manufactures and repair manual ?

Ya, I know I should have did a little more research.
Only last question on this thread follows

1) I know one of the main benefits of outboard is its ability to be taken off and totally replaced more easier then inboard.
What I know is if an inboard is totally done (in the sense you don't want to do a total engine overhaul ) one could easily slap outboard motors on the board. ( i.e logic tells me it is easier to convert a in inboard to an outboard boat ) But can marina's or ( more properly is it a cost effective option ) to convert a out board engine boat into an inboard engine boat. Or would the cost of labor on the hull (to make a spot for the inboard) and the installation of the inboard engine be more or equivalent to just getting a new boat


I hope you understand what I am getting at inboard to outboard easy though the other way converting an outboard to an inboard ? Since what if you really don't care if it is an O or an I engine but the hull and other parts are what you want. So the engines hps is what you want come to find out 10 years down the line the O engine boat you bought because of the hull and the engine hps / how well it drives where important but now having it inboard is more important since you want to go into more choppy waters and other reasons ...etc. Could you convert it for less or enough less then just saving up a few extra thousand and buying new.

Anybody with experience with this one I have read post/google with people having experience with the other way inboard to outboard and alot didn't have any problem with it some said it was temporary an old outboard they slap on until they bought the new/rebuilt inboard one. So I got peoples opinions on those but I don't have any opinions on the other way. Basically if the marine or engineers costs weather it is economical then just buy a new boat ...etc

 

[QC]

Re: Boat manufactures and repair manual ?

Like your other thread, sam, there appears to be no coherent thing you are trying to achieve. Please ask a question that we can answer. One liner.

In case this is what you want to know, conversions from inboard to OB are rarely good as the weight balance is seriously different. OB to IB is just not done without mental illness.

 

[sam111]

Re: Boat manufactures and repair manual ?

So OB to IB is never really done. How about the IB to OB you say the weight balances and maybe the mounting distance ...etc can be an issue. But can it be done , how common is it done , and when should it be done . Or is it like the OB to IB... so are you telling me if you buy an Outboard board it usually is restricted to being just an Outboard board , and if you buy an inboard boat it is restricted to being just an inboard boat. I have read people doing IB to OB though so maybe you are a little off to. I already know I am

Maybe though IB to OB can only be done in smaller vessels like 10' to 25ish' I can see as the boat gets bigger , the shape of hull ,... though it could go the other way just curious on what normally happens with boats do they ever get converted...