April 2023 Newsletter: Fuel Filter “Seaweed”
Photo Essay: Fuel Filter "Seaweed"
Primary fuel filters are the first line of defense against a range of contaminants including sediment, asphaltene, and water. Most...
October 2019 Newsletter
Photo Essay: Emergency Tiller Use
During a recent vessel inspection, I asked the owner of the vessel if he’d ever tested the emergency manual tiller,...
August 2024 Newsletter – Stainless Steel Raw Water Plumbing
Photo Essay: Stainless Steel Raw Water Plumbing
Stainless steel is undoubtedly the most commonly used boat building hardware alloy, and with good reason... it’s durable,...
May 2019 Newsletter
Text and photos © 2019 Steve D’Antonio Marine Consulting, Inc. Photo Essay: Field-Made Bus Bars
Bus bars (it’s not spelled ‘buss’, the likely confusion arises from...
March 2017 Newsletter
Photo Essay: Core Exposure Virtually every fiberglass vessel afloat today, even those that boast of solid fiberglass hulls rely on core material to add stiffness...
December 2019 Newsletter
Text and photos © 2019 Steve D'Antonio Marine Consulting, Inc.
Photo Essay: Refrigeration Maintenance
While it’s all too easy to take it for granted, I never cease...
December 2017 Newsletter
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...
Ask Steve – September 2015
Hello Steve, I'm a long time reader, the first time was with PassageMaker about 14 years ago. I have a question, can I put...
Ask Steve – May 2015
The Q&A posed below is in reference to a previous post to the Marine Systems Excellence E-zine, The Good Samaritan at Sea, published April...
January 2017 Newsletter
Text and photos by Steve D’Antonio Copyright © 2016
Photo Essay: Boiling Water with Batteries A few years ago the thought of boiling water using battery power would have...






