Stainless Steel Corrosion
By Steve D'Antonio
Stainless steel; the very name implies virtual metallurgical immortality. Since its accidental discovery nearly 100 years ago, stainless steel has become a fixture in everything from automobile and household appliance manufacturing to skyscraper trim and turbine blades. Of course, it’s also well known to recreational boatbuilders, boatyards, and owners
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New Boats
By Nobody Yet
It’s going to be a busy show season for those who want to keep up with the newest trawlers and oceangoing cruisers. Starting with the first show of the fall season, the Newport International Boat Show, and running through the Solomons Trawler Fest, TrawlerPort at the Annapolis Power Boat Show, and Ft. Lauderdale International Boat Show, here’s a quick preview an
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Healthy Boat
By Nobody Yet
Most of us tend to eschew “boat water” in favor of those cumbersome gallon jugs of “spring” water. But, what if your boat water were actually fresh and clean tasting—and safe as well? Wouldn’t it be nice to eliminate all those big jugs and their companion cases of individual water bottles?
The PR folks at bottled water
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Boat Handling
By Nobody Yet
We were up long before breakfast at a yacht club moorage on Cortes Island in British Columbia, planning an early departure to gain a knot or more in speed from a favorable current for a day’s run south. And there was a small problem.
Quadra was at a starboard tie on the long leg of an L-shaped dock. There w
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