Onboard Alarms – Part II

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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...

Onboard Alarms – Part I

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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...

Planning for and Dealing with A Sinking Ship

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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...

Fuel and Air Filter Service Protocols

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By Steve D'Antonio  Copyright February 2014  Engines will often continue to run even when filters are extremely contaminated, as are the ones shown in this image....

Demystifying Electromagnetic and Radio Frequency Interference

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By Steve D'Antonio  Copyright January 2014    Electrical interference can take on several forms, including electromagnetic or EMI, and radio frequency, or RFI.  In the latter...

Closed Crankcase Ventilation: What is it and what purpose does it serve?

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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...

Water Heater Primer

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Water Heater Primer By Steve D'Antonio Copyright November 2013    Marine water heaters come in a variety of shapes and sizes with a similar range of quality and efficiency. "It...

Horsepower and Torque

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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...

Fuel Polishing Systems Explained

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Fuel Polishing Systems Explained By Steve D'Antonio Copyright September 2013    Seaweed-like tendrils, similar to those shown here, are a sure sign of water contamination Among other things,...

The Ins and Outs of Cored Composite Construction

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The Ins and Outs of Cored Composite Construction Hardware Installation By Steve D'Antonio Copyright July 2013    Fiberglass cored composite construction is a reliable, proven boat building technique...

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