Avoiding Engine Room Disaster
A little training and some quick thinking save a couples long weekend.
DIY
Troubleshooter: Generate Solutions
A reliable genset can be essential to comfortable cruising. These skills can save your cruise.
Troubleshooter: Steering Systems
Technical contributor Steve Zimmerman on how to manage and maintain cable and hydraulic steering systems
Do-It-Yourself: Fashioning Canvas Covers For Your Boat
Before we begin, I will readily admit that I’ve never been a seamstress (seamster?) and, when I was a young man, my mother insisted I learn how to hem the cuffs on my jeans.
Campbells' Quest: Becoming Quiquizoani Or Building Your Own Conch Horn (BLOG)
In our time living aboard, Karen and I have come to love the sound, and recently decided to make our own horn for Largo. Lucky for us, our cruising home du jour is the Bahamas, where Queen Conch or Strombus gigas shells are plentiful.
The DIY Lithium Battery Bank; Bob Ebaugh Has 330 Cycles So Far (BLOG)
During their Caribbean Cruise, Bob managed to research, assemble, test and install a 1,200 amp hour do-it-yourself lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) battery bank.
