Design for: Through-Deck Fittings for Coaxial Cable
Sealing the holes in decks where Loran and VHF antenna cables penetrate is a fairly common problem on modern boats. If there were only...
A Permanent Mount for the Sensibulb LED Reading Light
A Permanent Mount for the Sensibulb LED Reading LightBy Thomas WetherbeeI have always been a big fan of brass berth lights, but have never...
Maintaining Your Boat’s Electrical System
The storage battery’s chemical reaction is reversible, which means that it can be recharged, and will be continuously, as long as the engine is...
Getting the Charge Out of Lightning
Miraculously, relatively few people are injured in lightning strikes. Frequently, of course, no one is aboard the boat when it is struck, and it...
Maintaining Your Boats Electrical System
The storage battery’s chemical reaction is reversible, which means that it can be recharged, and will be continuously, as long as the engine is...
Lightning Protection – Tired Topsides – Yacht Design
Lightning ProtectionDo you have any knowledge of a commercially manufactured lightning arrestor system for a sailboat? If not, do you have any recommendations for...
Battery Care Pays Off
Among the more neglected pieces of gear aboard most boats are the primary storage batteries, which faithfully crank the engine and light the lights....
It’s The Golden Rule for Electronics
If the weather this time of the year is cold enough for you to give up sailing for a few months and curl up...
Its The Golden Rule for Electronics
If the weather this time of the year is cold enough for you to give up sailing for a few months and curl up...
Maintaining Your Boat’s Electrical System
The battery is the heart of a boat’s 12-volt electrical system. In it, a chemical reaction maintains a potential difference or voltage, which “pumps”...
A Rival for Island Packet, Made in China – Outbound 46...
Like Kraken Yachts and some Passport sailboats, Outbound Yachts are made in China. It's heavy like an Island Packet, but fast like a Beneteau....
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Pearson 303 Used Boat Review
The Pearson 303, introduced in 1983, is a fairly typical example of the kind of work Pearson was doing in the mid-1980s, continuing until...