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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...

Text and photos © 2020 Steve D'Antonio Marine Consulting, Inc. From the Masthead A few months ago, while carrying out an inspection on a new vessel,...

Photos and Text by Steve D'Antonio Copyright 2014 SDMC, Inc. Letter from the Editor  2014 saw a number of changes in the marine industry as well as for...

From the Masthead Crossing the Bar My first impression of Tim Caruso was, “Uh oh, another mechanic prima donna, cranky, cantankerous and always has to get...

Risk Assessment for Offshore Passagemaking Steve D'Antonio All photos copyright Steve D'Antonio Part I In part one of this two part series I'll discuss the means by which...

Text and photos © 2020 Steve D'Antonio Marine Consulting, Inc. From the Masthead Hotel Quarantine Imagine spending two weeks in a hotel, without setting foot outside the...

Text and photos by Steve D'Antonio Copyright December 2013    Fifteen or more years ago this is what commonly passed for a crankcase ventilation "system". The orange juice...

From the Masthead It’s Just Lunch Not long ago I was involved in a pre-purchase inspection aboard a 70 foot vessel.  As is often the case,...

Text and photos by Steve D’Antonio Copyright © 2016 From the Masthead “This is a bulls#*t industry”.  Those words were recently spoken in frustration, by a reader in the...

Complacency and Situational Awareness By Bill Band Photos by Steve D'Antonio and Captain Bill Band A pilot boat carries its all too important cargo,a skilled pilot, to...