Bill Morris 
The Captain’s Guide to Alternative Energy Afloat — Part 2 of 2 [EPUB ebook] 
Marine Electrical Systems, Water Generators, Solar Power, Wind Turbines, Marine Batteries

Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
11. Lighting, Navigation, and Communication
Navigation Lights
Cabin Lights
Navigation
Charting
Communications
AC Appliances
12. Refrigeration
Assessing Refrigeration Needs
How Refrigeration Works
Refrigeration and Climate
Air-Cooled Systems
Water-Cooled Systems
Keel-Cooled Refrigeration
Cruiser Options
13. Windvane Self-Steering
Windvane Versus Autopilots
Servopendulums
Trim Tabs
Wind-Powered Auxiliary Rudder
Matching Windvane to Boat
Installation Tips
Emergency Rudder Capability
14. Autopilots
Operating Theory
Above-Deck Systems
Below-Deck Systems
Sailing With an Autopilot
15. Manual Windlasses
Overview of Manual Windlasses
The Simpson-Lawrence Legacy
New Manual Windlasses
16. Electric Windlasses
Overview of Features
Horizontal
Vertical
Drawbacks of Electric Windlasses
Electric Windlass Advantages
17. Tools, Spare Parts, and Maintenance Supplies
Engine and Drive Train
Electrical
Plumbing
Hand Tools
Power Tools
Hull and Deck
Rigging Materials
18. The Essence of Green Voyaging.
Bilge
Marine Sanitation Device
Gray Water
Garbage Overboard
Anchoring and Mooring
Sailing Versus Motoring
Going Ashore
Responsible Fishing
Establishing Personal Standards
19. Energy Efficiency: Three Cruising Yachts
Going the Distance
Contessa 32
Tayana 37
Hallberg-Rassy 46
References
Appendices
Appendix 1: AWG Battery Cable Sizes
Appendix 2: AWG Wire Gauge Sizes
Appendix 3: Beaufort Scale
Appendix 4: Cruiser’s Ham Bands
Appendix 5: Marine Fire Extinguishers
Appendix 6: Sailboat Specifications Decoded
Special Thanks
About the Author

Circumnavigator-author Bill Morris, a native of Los Angeles, received his first inspiration to sail the world’s oceans at the age of twelve when his father offhandedly suggested selling the house and circling the globe aboard a large yacht.
Though the proposal was soon abandoned, the idea was permanently engraved in Bill’s imagination. Serving as a radio repairman and later as an outboard motor mechanic in the U.S. Army while stationed in the Panama Canal Zone during the mid-1970s, he picked up valuable skills that would help him later in life as a cruising sailor.
He went on to receive a Ph.D. in Administrative and Policy Studies in Education from UCLA, amassing nearly 30 years’ experience in teaching writing at the secondary and college levels in Southern California, South Florida, and American Samoa. Bill and his wife Marilu eventually crossed the Pacific from Panama to Mooloolaba Harbour, Queensland, Australia, and then to Darwin, Northern Territory, aboard their 1966 Cal 30 Saltaire.
After Marilu left Saltaire to give birth to their daughter, Yasmin, Bill continued west back to Los Angeles by way of the two canals, surviving a Somali pirate attack in the Gulf of Aden. Bill is the author of The Windvane Self-Steering Handbook (International Marine, 2004), and he has written many articles on both cruising adventure and alternative energy for offshore vessels in Afloat, Blue Water Sailing, Latitude 38, Ocean Navigator, and Ocean Voyager magazines.