Systems & Propulsion

MARINE INSURANCE REDUXI have been reading with much interest your articles about marine insurance this year (April and May 2006). Every year, I look...

It was mid-July 1990 on the Caicos Banks, a stretch of shallow, gin-clear water extending for about 70 miles east to west in the...

The installation and setup manual was comprehensive, easy to follow, and includes a reasonable amount of information on the theory of operation and setup...

We have among us those who carry around thin, pocket-sized multimeters, so that they can probe this and trace that. Nerd alert! There are...

Last year we tested battery switches (PS June 2005) and a favorite was the Blue Sea Systems 9001e. The company recently introduced a new...

Thermos ClassicUnlike the other eight coolers, the Thermos has a rigid plastic insert, basically a square tub. Insulation is multi-layered Isotec, which the company...

To put it mildly, the battery test on the previous pages presented a recharging nightmare. Ideally, what we needed was an intelligent multi-bank battery...

Updated April 11, 2017 The term lead acid battery usually conjures up the image of a standard flooded cell battery commonly found in cars and...

To put it mildly, the battery test on the previous pages presented a recharging nightmare. Ideally, what we needed was an intelligent multi-bank battery...

Saildrive CorrosionI purchased a 1983 Sweden 41 in September, 1999. Since that time I have had to purchase three saildrives because of corrosion. I...