April 2019 Newsletter
Text and photos © 2019 Steve D’Antonio Marine Consulting, Inc. Photo Essay: Anchor Rode Cut-Away Lines
Other than for inspections or testing, it’s a part of...
Ask Steve – October 2014
Hi Steve, You often see shore cords in the water for a few feet between the pedestal and the boat. Sometimes it is difficult...
May 2020 Newsletter
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,...
April 2018 Newsletter
Photo Essay: Below the Waterline Welded Stainless Steel; Does it Make Sense?
I’ve written about stainless steel; its strengths and weaknesses, on many occasions, in the...
Ask Steve – April 2015
SDMC Special Offer The SDMC Marine Systems Excellence E-zine readers are being offered a special 15% discount on their Top Shelf Marine Products purchase. Please...
December 2020 Newsletter “Means of Escape”
Text and photos © 2020 Steve D'Antonio Marine Consulting, Inc.
Photo Essay: Means of Escape
The recent fire and resulting fatalities aboard the dive boat Conception,...
July 2020 Newsletter
Text and photos © 2020 Steve D'Antonio Marine Consulting, Inc. Photo Essay: Battery Box Installation Battery installations aren’t sexy; once installed years can go by without...
July 2017 Newsletter
Text and photos by Steve D'Antonio Copyright © 2017
Photo Essay: Direct-Bearing Terminals
Shipboard electrical connections face a host of challenges, vibration, stress, extremes of temperature, and humidity or...
Ask Steve – November 2014
Hi Steve, Greg Lee here. Having sold our N47 we are about to close on our purchase of N3522. The sanitation hose badly needs replacing...
June 2026 Newsletter – Avoiding Heat Shrink Butt Splice Woes
Photo Essay: Avoiding Heat Shrink Butt Splice Woes
Butt splices are ubiquitous, the average 50-foot vessel contains scores, perhaps even a hundred or more of...






