Fuel Filtering Systems
I am the new owner of a 1979 Tayana Vancouver 42 with a Volvo D2-55B diesel engine installed in 2004. Fuel is held in...
Practical Sailor Tests Manual and Electric Outboard Engine Brackets
We used a four-stroke Honda BFP 9.9 horsepower outboard (92 pounds) and a Mercury ME 9.9 (84 pounds) four-stroke to test eight engine brackets...
Oil and Fuel Filters
Are there any significant differences in the quality of an OEM Yanmar Oil Filter and a Fram filter from K-Mart?Warren Milberg1986 Hunter 28.5Deale, Md.One...
Propulsion of Tomorrow
There is a lot of dispute about the benefits of diesel-electric propulsion over traditional diesel, and comparable numbers are hard to come by. Could...
9.9-horsepower Outboard Engines Put to the Test
Todays 9.9-horsepower four strokes pack just the right amount of punch for a portable dinghy engine. The downside, as you may have guessed, is...
Diesel Fuel Tank Replacement
It's sad but true: Boats often last longer, much longer, than their diesel fuel tanks.
If that day should come when you find yourself looking...
Chandlery: Filter BOSS
For people concerned about losing fuel flow to their sailboat auxilliary engine while underway due to a clogged fuel filter, the FilterBOSS looks like...
Jabsco Oil Changing System Turns Chore Into Cakewalk
The best way to get all of the oil out of the engine (after a thorough warm-up) is to drain it from the plug...
Dinghy Engines
Editor's note: Although many of the engines profiled in this archive report have changed since it was first published in 2006, many of these...
Mailport: 12/06
MARINE INSURANCE REDUXI have been reading with much interest your articles about marine insurance this year (April and May 2006). Every year, I look...
$650,000 Yacht Tour : Hanse 460 – This Luxury Cruising Sailboat...
In the $500,000+ cruising sailboat market, the competition for world traveling sailboats is full of exceptional sailing yachts like the Catalina 445, the Amel...
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MacGregor 26M Used Boat Review
MacGregor 26 has been a staple in the trailerable sailboat market for decades, and company literature claimed more than 7,000 of the original model...