Securing Your Boat to a Dock, with a Homage to Cleats
From the Editor
Australia is a huge country, the sixth largest by land mass, after the US and Brazil, yet, it's very sparsely populated, fifty-second,...
August 2017 Newsletter
Text and photos by Steve D'Antonio Copyright © 2017
My Love/Hate Relationship with Bilge Pump Control Panels
While it's often given short shrift, bilge pump design and installation is every...
Photo Essay – January 2015
Is your Belt the Right Size
Photo and text by Steve D'Antonio Copyright 2015 SDMC, Inc. The belts used to turn various engine accessories- raw water pumps,...
Steering Clear of Trouble
Photos and Text by Ralph Naranjo Copyright 2013 SDMC, Inc. With dedicated radar on one display and a chart plotter on another, the person on watch has much greater versatility....
Feature: Damper Plates – Editorial: It’s Dangerous Out There
From the Masthead
It’s Dangerous Out there; Pay attention, your life, limbs, or eyesight, may depend on it. When I was a U.S. Naval Sea...
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...
Planning for and Dealing with A Sinking Ship
By Dick Stevenson Copyright March 2014 Dick and Ginger Stevenson's Valiant 42, Alchemy, underway off the coast of Turkey.
A strategy for managing a flooding situation aboard your...
September 2023 Newsletter: Start Battery Installation
Photo Essay: Battery Installation It’s an all-too-common occurrence; while conducting an inspection I reach the area where batteries (often for starting but occasionally house as...
The Relationship between Battery Bank Size and Charge Capability
The Relationship Between Battery Bank Size and Charge Capability
The house battery bank is the electrical heart of most cruising vessels; it supplies all the...
Fuel Polishing Systems Explained
Fuel Polishing Systems Explained
By Steve D'Antonio
Copyright September 2013 Seaweed-like tendrils, similar to those shown here, are a sure sign of water contamination Among other things,...








