Engine Maintenance: Keeping Your Fuel Clean
No good ever comes of fouled diesel fuel. And while it’s true contaminated fuel affects rag-bagger and stinkpotter alike, sailors have to be particularly...
Additives for ULSD Fuels
I just read an editorial in another magazine stating that next year, only low-sulfur diesel will be sold at fuel docks. They went on...
Winterizing the Engine: Maintenance that Is Truly Preventive
Winterizing an inboard engine installation means a lot more than filling the cooling system with antifreeze and stuffing a rag in the exhaust outlet....
Winterizing the Engine: Maintenance that Is Truly Preventive
Winterizing an inboard engine installation means a lot more than filling the cooling system with antifreeze and stuffing a rag in the exhaust outlet....
Upgrading the C&C 33 Part I
In July 1990 we bought a 1975 C & C 33 to function as a test platform for Practical Sailor. We chose it above...
Hard-to-Find Mercedes Parts – Knotmeter Fouling
Hard-to-Find Mercedes PartsI have a 190 DC diesel auxiliary. I desperately need to find a good exhaust manifold for it. It has a heat...
Practical Sailor Compares 3 Electric Outboards
When it comes to the development of electric drive systems large and small, there’s a double-headed challenge. The first is the propulsion system itself,...
Yamaha Updates F-series Outboards with New F4 and F6
It seems the only people who dare label a 75-pound outboard engine "portable" are marketers and engine manufacturers (and perhaps, He-Man). In the world...
Practical Sailor Tests 4-horsepower Electric Outboard
Exploring the benefits of electric propulsion is an ongoing effort at Practical Sailor. As we test products currently on the market, we also keep...
Mailport: 12/09
Electric OutboardsI have a Pearson Ensign 1962 now at a slip in New Rochelle, N.Y. This season marked the first time we had the...