Engine Maintenance: Top Ways to Keep Your Exhaust System’s Water Out of the Engine
Maintenance and inspection of exhaust systems helps avoid expensive damage to diesel engines.
Maintenance and inspection of exhaust systems helps avoid expensive damage to diesel engines.
You have options for recharging your batteries, including adding high output units and secondary chargers.
During a refit of the lifelines on his brigantine schooner, writer Roger Hughes discovers forming an eye splice with Dyneema is easier than splicing double braided line.
Serpentine belts are a game-changer, as long as you know when and how to change them in a pinch.
A look at varnish and varnish alternatives for modern cruising sailors.
A young couple take on transforming a well-traveled Open-60 race boat – the late, legendary Mike Plant’s Duracell – into the long-distance cruising boat of their dreams.
After a Pacific adventure, a young couple make plans to refit Mike Plant’s Open 60 Duracell for an extended cruise.
That annoying noise emitted by a slipping drive belt on a sailboat auxiliary engine can be caused by a lot of things, but there’s one common denominator: You need to replace the belt as soon as possible.
High-latitude cruising and winter sailing require adequate preparations.
Hydrogenerators and wind generators can help sailors keep battery levels high and diesel hours down.
Should you replace your lifelines with wire or Dyneema? Explore the pros, cons, costs, and installation tips for both options.
Electronics Editor David Schmidt takes a look at some exciting new gear, including evolutionary Garmin handheld GPS units, Furuno Radar, and emergency equipment advancements from Sirius Signal.
Maintenance and inspection of exhaust systems helps avoid expensive damage to diesel engines.
You have options for recharging your batteries, including adding high output units and secondary chargers.
During a refit of the lifelines on his brigantine schooner, writer Roger Hughes discovers forming an eye splice with Dyneema is easier than splicing double braided line.
Serpentine belts are a game-changer, as long as you know when and how to change them in a pinch.
A look at varnish and varnish alternatives for modern cruising sailors.
A young couple take on transforming a well-traveled Open-60 race boat – the late, legendary Mike Plant’s Duracell – into the long-distance cruising boat of their dreams.
After a Pacific adventure, a young couple make plans to refit Mike Plant’s Open 60 Duracell for an extended cruise.
That annoying noise emitted by a slipping drive belt on a sailboat auxiliary engine can be caused by a lot of things, but there’s one common denominator: You need to replace the belt as soon as possible.
High-latitude cruising and winter sailing require adequate preparations.
Hydrogenerators and wind generators can help sailors keep battery levels high and diesel hours down.
Should you replace your lifelines with wire or Dyneema? Explore the pros, cons, costs, and installation tips for both options.
Electronics Editor David Schmidt takes a look at some exciting new gear, including evolutionary Garmin handheld GPS units, Furuno Radar, and emergency equipment advancements from Sirius Signal.
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