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Steve, Congratulations on your latest professional move.  It leaves me a bit disappointed with PassageMaker in not supporting your independent writing. I have a Holland 38...

Text and photos © 2021 Steve D'Antonio Marine Consulting, Inc. Photo Essay: Full Throttle vs. Full Load Sea trials are an opportunity to identify problems...

After a fall boat show hiatus, the SDMC Newsletter is back on watch. Text and photos copyright © 2017 Steve D'Antonio Marine Consulting, Inc. Photo Essay: Exhaust Back...

Text and photos © 2020 Steve D'Antonio Marine Consulting, Inc. From the Masthead Ever the optimist, I believe if Covid 19 isn’t yet in our wake,...

Text and photos © 2020 Steve D'Antonio Marine Consulting, Inc. Photo Essay: Stuffing Box Hose Clamps Conventional stuffing boxes leak, they are supposed to, it’s how...

Photo Essay: Leakage Current It’s an insidious, and frequently misunderstood, phenomenon; AC power leaking into water, creating an electric field around the vessel.  Under the...

Hello Steve, We are in the planning stages for our next sail boat. It will be a new off-shore mono haul, 54-60 LOA (Oyster /...

Text and photos © 2019 Steve D'Antonio Marine Consulting, Inc. Photo Essay: The Importance of AC Safety Grounds Most folks, even those with little or no...

Photo Essay: Steering Components Steering falls into what I call one of the three critical systems, along with propulsion and raw water plumbing/watertight integrity.  On...

Text and photos © 2020 Steve D'Antonio Marine From the Masthead In what now no doubt feels like a lifetime to many, a couple of weeks...