Message to readers We published The BEST SEAMANSHIP "A Guide to Deck Skills" in 2004. This was primarily aimed at deck cadets, deck crew and students who want to become seaman, (0 enable them to learn practical seamanship and various kinds of basic repair work on board. To our delight, this first text book has been praised for its practicality Consequently, we have been asked to produce a new book as an ' using the same style as the "Deck Skills Considering the particularity of the engine space on board, where so many kinds of repair work are required by engine crew, we have produced this publication, ‘The contents of this guide starts with Lathe work, and Gas and Are welding work of several kinds, involving big and small work required on a daily basis in the Engine room. In addition to the basic rope work shown in the "Deck Skills" textbook we have covered some usage of slings , which we believe , are more suitable for engine crew. gine version! ‘The skills covered in the book cannot always be easily understood through written descriptions. So for this reason we have been very liberal in the number of photos and illustrations used to support the text. We also have available an accompanying Video Tape, which shows how to practice the lathing and welding safely. We hope that you will fine this guide helpful for learning new skills and improving your existing engine work techniques. ‘The editorial committeeTHE BEST SEAMANSHIP A Guide to Engine Skills Published by International Mariners Management ‘Association of Japan (IMMAJ) (B1)-3-3580-0833 Sponsored by ITEJSU CA Training Levy Copyright All copyright is reserved. No part of this publication maybe reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electroni mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise ‘without the prior written permission of the publisher. Supervisor ‘Toshio HIKIMA, Professor, Marine Technical College, Japan Chief Editor Captain Jun WAKI Editor ‘Masaru NAKANO, Engineer KEYMAX MARITIME CO.,LTD. M,O. Marine Consulting, Ltd. Producer WAYTS CO.,LTD. Printed in Japan Oct.31.2005,