Marine Systems Excellence eMagazine

From the Masthead You have Enemies? If you are in this industry long enough, you are bound to make a few enemies, but that’s not necessarily...

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...

From the Masthead Just Say No to Varnished Steps and Treads A few years ago, I wrote an editorial for Professional BoatBuilder magazine entitled, “No More...

Text and photos © 2020 Steve D'Antonio Marine Consulting, Inc. From the Masthead Commissioned Advice I’ve worked with the same investment advisor for almost 20 years.  His...

From the Masthead "Killed by a filing cabinet", that was the title of a story I read a few months ago, written by a Coast...

Bilge Pump Plumbing By Steve D'Antonio All photos and text copyright SDMC, Inc. 2015   ‘A menagerie of disparate plumbing components’ would be an apt caption for this...

Text and photos copyright © 2018 Steve D’Antonio Marine Consulting, Inc. From the Masthead It’s happened on countless occasions, most recently just a few weeks ago while...

Photo Essay: Belts & Pullies The internal combustion engine fan belt and pully arrangement has been around since the early 1900s, with the first “endless”...

From the Masthead A Blue-Collar Resurgence; In Praise of the Trades                Back in 2017 I wrote an editorial entitled, “The Need for Vocational Training”; I lamented...

Please note, our first two questions are in regard to a previous Photo Essay. Steve, I agree with your advice for grounding electronic equipment, but no...