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From the Masthead Preparing for a Survey, Revisited Two years ago, I penned an editorial entitled “Preparing for a Survey”, in which I shared tips for...

Text and Photos By Steve D'Antonio Copyright April 2014    Onboard "alarms"fall into a variety of categories and levels of criticality.  The alarm panels shown here monitor...

Text and photos by Steve D'Antonio Copyright © 2017 From the Masthead About a year ago a client of mine, I’ll call him Frank, had text exchange with...

Text and photos © 2020 Steve D'Antonio Marine Consulting, Inc. From the Masthead Yet another boat fire occurred just a few days ago, on Guntersville Lake...

From the Masthead US Navy 60 Million Dollar Jet Lost Because of a Maintenance Error I’m sure I’m not alone in my fascination with small oversights...

Seacock Selection, Service, and Avoiding the Pitfalls By Steve D’Antonio Photos by Steve D'Antonio   Proper seacock installations, like the one shown here, are robust and reliable.  Many,...

From the Masthead Engine Room Fire; Lessons Learned Of all the tragedies that can befall a vessel, fire is, in my opinion, the most catastrophic.  Flooding...

Text and photos by Steve D’Antonio Copyright © 2017 From the Masthead There are very few quotes that truly epitomize the attraction I have for boats, and the sea. ...

Text and photos copyright © 2018 Steve D'Antonio Marine Consulting, Inc. From the Masthead A few months ago I found myself working on a project in La...

Text and photos © 2020 Steve D'Antonio Marine Consulting, Inc. Primary fuel filter vacuum gauges provide the only accurate means of measuring fuel flow restriction. ...