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 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...

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...

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...

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”...

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”...

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,...

Tayana 37: What You Should Know | Boat Review

Looking to buy a 35-40 foot sailboat? Considering a Tayana 37? See a Tayana 37 for sale? What are the pros and cons of...