Feature Article: Fuel System Bleeding – Editorial: “The Sand Pebbles”
From the Masthead
“The Sand Pebbles” a tribute to one of Hollywood’s best sea-going gearheads If you are a Baby Boomer, you have likely seen this...
Original Equipment vs. Aftermarket Oil and Fuel Filters
Original Equipment vs. Aftermarket Oil and Fuel Filters Is there a difference? by Steve D’Antonio All photos copyright Steve D'Antonio
This Ford Lehman engine has cruised for years...
The Perils of Chronic Under-Loading
From the Editor Every time a tragedy of this sort befalls boat owners and the marine industry, I feel compelled to write about it in...
August 2021 Newsletter “Full Throttle vs. Full Load”
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...
The Trend Toward Complexity
The Trend Toward Complexity
A call to the marine industry to stop apologizing for it, and simply get on with making systems work reliably.
by Steve...
October 2023 Newsletter: Prop Shaft Taper
Photo Essay: Prop Shaft Taper
The engagement between a propeller and a propeller shaft is among the most important of interfaces aboard your vessel. Most...
Cruising Log of S/V Alchemy
Dear SDMC blog subscribers: What follows is a recent cruising log entry from SDMC Captains' Club members Dick and Ginger Stevenson, cruising aboard their Valiant...
Editorial: The Demise of Kadey Krogen and American Tug – Feature: Multimeters; AC and...
From the Masthead
The Demise of Kadey Krogen and American Tug This was not the subject I intended to discuss this month, however, it’s the...
The Good Samaritan at Sea
From the Editor
I’m composing this month’s column as I sit in the pilothouse of a 68-foot trawler, moored at Limehouse Basin, London, the UK. ...
July 2023 Newsletter: Steering Gear Wear
Photo Essay: Steering Gear Wear
Steering gear falls into the category of a ‘key system’. Without it you are not only dead in the water,...