Marine Systems Excellence eMagazine

From the Masthead When you read this, I will be cruising in Southeast Alaska aboard the Fleming 65 Venture.  As I write this, we are...

Text and photos © 2019 Steve D'Antonio Marine Consulting, Inc. From the Masthead For those who don’t know it, Taiwan is a mecca for boat building...

The Importance of Grounding Electronic Equipment Photos and text by Steve D'Antonio Copyright 2015 SDMC, Inc. “Yeah, you don’t need that unless it’s a metal boat”. Those...

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,...

From the Masthead. Marine Systems Excellence is Underway Once Again Let me begin by apologizing for the unintended hiatus taken by the Marine Systems Excellence eMagazine.  ...

Text and photos © 2022 Steve D'Antonio Marine Consulting, Inc. From the Masthead “We’re going over”, with those words my world was turned upside down, literally. I’ve...

Hello Steve, We are in the planning stages for our next sail boat. It will be a new off-shore mono haul, 54-60 LOA (Oyster /...

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...

Text and Photos By Steve D'Antonio  Copyright May 2014   While some alarms afford users a simple convenience, a warning regarding a nearly full holding tank for...

From the Masthead August 2014 August has been a busy month for SDMC, I began writing this editorial in a hotel room in Xiamen, China.  From...