This book is containing literally all information that the powerboaters and sailors shall know concerning the storm preparation, associated gear and tactics, including a brilliant collection of the storm photographs and illustrations. The texts of the publication is rich of excellent and really interesting first-hand reports provided by the survivors of the real storms, worst ever on record, together with the valuable interviews with more than thirty professional seafarers revealing for the first time all their secrets of survive. This book is maybe the best available and one of its main features is taking a very active part in battling the major elements. The interested readers of this volume will have their understanding of the "heavy weather" changing as they are proceed with reading the book. The author has managed to present a long-needed examination of the storm tactics proven effective plus heavy weather gear for contemporary boats. Another strength of this volume is the very wide range of practical experiences and storm management solutions detailed. He has also taken a remarkably comprehensive professional look at both positive and negative aspects of such important subjects as running-in and heaving-to, testing of the safety gear, and many others.

The loss of the material occurring on piston crowns which is actually more generally known as piston crown "burn-off will be discussed in this Service Bulletin. Introduction; Loss of material on piston crowns; Countermeasures to minimize the loss of material; Piston cooling water system; Conclusion; Service bulletins published for large bore RTA-type engines. The chemical elements Sulphur, Sodium & Vanadium commonly contained in the HFO, i.e. heavy fuel oil, burned in the two-stroke diesel engines are to be paid particular attention and deserve special consideration with regard to corrosive deposits which subsequently cause the material loss...

This instruction book starts with short introduction followed by the chapters dedicated to the cylinder lubricator drives and checking the relevant engine settings, nomograms, modifications commonly done to the basic settings, cylinder lubrication, practical adjustment of lube oil feed rate, lubricating quills with the accumulators. The last chapter contains the officially released service bulletins for the engines covered within this document, namely RTA-38 and RTA-48 type. In short, all required information will be found here so we would recommend it to the technical personnel.

This Wartsila service bulletin was officially released to address the possible troubles and proposed remedies for the electronic VIT, i.e. Variable Injection Timing. The book provides all necessary information relating to the improvements to be made to the components; the next chapter of the document new positioning unit complete/valve rail, while the fourth chapter is dedicated to the proposed technical remedies and some additional measures recommended by the manufacturer to be taken. Traditionally, the service bulletin released for the large-bore engines of RTA type are at the end of the volume.

The Wartsila service bulletin dedicated to the leakage oil collectors located in the air spring system of the exhaust valves. This document opens with the introductory information followed with the brief technical description of the return line of leakage oil coming from the air spring and of the working mode collector, function test of the collector, non-return valve installed in the air inlet pipe to the exhaust valve and, finally, bulletins released for the large bore diesel engines of RTA type. During regular service of the main engines some slight dripping of the oil and blow of air can be observed at the flow observation box...

As it is clear from the title, this officially published Wartsila NSD Corporation paper has been dedicated to the cracks that are commonly occurring in the columns of the Sulzer RTA-46 engines. The book starts with the introductory section with general info on the subject, followed with three main chapters addressing the design, manufacturing and operational aspects; the remaining chapters of the volume are dealing with the countermeasures to be taken for the engines in service and proposed repair solutions. Service bulletins officially released for these engines conclude the document.

Sulzer RTA-62 Diesel Engines Service Bulletin - Prevention of Water Carry-Over and Liner Polishing. This is the Technical information to all operators and owners of Sulzer RTA engines. Released by Wartsila in 2003. Numerous piston running-related technical problems have been already reported on these engines when passing the tropical waters.

The results obtained in the course of the relevant investigations are showing that the carryover of water could cause the damage to the oil film consequently leading to the SSW, standing for the sudden severe wear. Hard deposits are forming on the piston crowns because of the excessive amount of lube oil and combustion residues, increasing the danger of impairing the lube oil film on the cylinder liners...

Another official service bulletin released by Wartsila - this one addresses the variable injection timing (VIT) and fuel oil quality setting (FQS). The opening introductory part of the document is followed with the one explaining the general working principle of the FQS and VIT. The next part provides the info on the different versions of the FQS and VIT design, while the following two parts are dealing with the mechanically and electronically controlled FW+QS and VIT. The last part is dedicated to the operational aspects to be considered. As usual, the book concludes with the service bulletin.