Delius Klasing Motorboat Handbook Suitable for beginners and experienced skippers, guide for motorboat drivers, compact overview with practical tips and detailed drawings

"Motorboats" provides the perfect introduction to this exciting hobby and offers a compact overview, from the technical and legal basics to the most important aspects of good seamanship. Concise text, numerous practical tips, and, of course, more than 100 detailed drawings with their detailed explanations are helpful. As a manual, "Motorboats" is suitable for beginners with and without a license as well as for experienced skippers – regardless of whether they are sailing under their own steam or on a charter boat.

How does a modern pleasure craft lock work? What should you be aware of when encountering commercial vessels? What's involved in planning a trip? This expert guide answers these and other questions.

The German inland waterways, where the majority of motorboat drivers travel, and their special features, for which there is often little time available in driving license training, form a focus of the book.

Author Christian Tiedt is a long-time editor of the motorboat magazine "boote," specializing in travel and boating. For his reports, he travels the waters of Germany and Europe with a wide variety of boats. As a co-owner of a motorboat, the Hamburg native spends a large portion of his free time on the water.