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For those who don’t know it, Taiwan is a mecca for boat building...
Editorial: Island Lady Fire Analyzed – Feature: Understanding and Preventing Aluminum Corrosion
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With the fall boat show season in our wake, the Marine Systems Excellence...
Alternator Charge Regulation
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Apprenticeships Revisited Readers of this column know that I’m passionate about marine industry professionalism and expertise, an integral...
Boat Building and ABYC Standards, Again
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Readers may have noticed that the Marine Systems Excellence eMagazine missed a deadline last week. That was intentional, however, we also had...
A Boat Buyer’s ‘Top Ten’ Guide to a Pre-Offer Evaluation Part I – ...
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It’s no understatement to say access to critical machinery, engineering and bilge areas is vitally important. It’s a subject on which virtually...
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...
Neutral to Ground Demystified
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From the Masthead Yet another boat fire occurred just a few days ago, on Guntersville Lake...
Greenland Odyssey Part II
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Each time I receive an e mail or a call from a client or reader, seeking assistance with...
Horsepower and Torque
Horsepower and Torque Explained
By Steve D'Antonio
Copyright October 2013 The relationship between horsepower, torque, rpm and gear reduction is clear. The affect this relationship has on...
Editorial: The AI Conundrum – Feature: Know Thy Multimeter
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The AI Conundrum Hardly a day goes by that I don’t receive an email from a client or reader, posing a question, and...









