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From the Masthead Preparing for a Survey I write this month’s Marine Systems Excellence column while on a flight returning from Taiwan and Malaysia, where I...

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...

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...

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 Editor Every time a tragedy of this sort befalls boat owners and the marine industry, I feel compelled to write about it in...

Text and photos © 2019 Steve D'Antonio Marine Consulting, Inc. Photo Essay: Steering System Plumbing Hydraulic steering is ubiquitous, today it’s found aboard everything from center...

From the Masthead In an effort to go, or appear, green, is the marine industry shooting itself in the foot? I recently attended the North American...

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...

Photos and text by Steve D'Antonio Copyright 2015 SDMC Inc.  From the Editor Dear SDMC Marine Systems Excellence Ezine subscriber: January has been a busy travel and project month...

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...