Avoiding Engine Room Disaster
A little training and some quick thinking save a couples long weekend.
Technical
From battery selection and yacht maintenance on your trawler, to fuel system design and filtration, to stabilizers and hydraulics, to refits and repairs, to engines types and oil, our selection of technical articles offers you a wide range of subjects. Where power cruiser technical articles are concerned, chances are good if you’re interested in it, we’ve written about it.
Seamanship: Narrow Straits
Understanding our responsibilities for operating in narrow channels with large ships
Great Loop Shoptalk
A conversation with Kim Russo, the Executive Director of the American Great Loop Cruising Association.
Troubleshooter: Generate Solutions
A reliable genset can be essential to comfortable cruising. These skills can save your cruise.
Night Shift: Seamanship Skills For Cruising Past Daylight
Distant harbors beckon the power cruising boater, but distant harbors take time to reach, which means you may need to use that second set of 12 hours we get each day—you know, the ones in the dark.
The Importance Of Rule 5 And Situational Awareness
An important Seamanship article from our friends at Soundings Magazine regarding COLREGS Rule 5.
Just Another Day on the Outer Banks (Video)
Check out this video from a day of surf drills in 10 to 12 foot seas
Electronics Product: The Lowrance FishHunter 3D
A castable fish finder, with 3D and mapping capabilities, all in the palm of your hand.
Troubleshooter: The Fuel Burn
Regular contributor, Steve Zimmerman of Zimmerman Marine, dives deep into the often confusing metric of fuel burn.
Night Watch: Tips & Tricks for Running at Night
Boaters University Instructor for Fundamentals of Seamanship: Rules of the Road course, Robert Reeder gives us advice on the importance maintaining a proper lookout while running at night.
A Lesson in Strong Current Maneuvering (Video)
These Galician fishermen handle a boat through five-knot current.
Raymarine Tips and Techniques with Lighthouse 3
Raymarine provides 3 tips & techniques for making the most out of Lighthouse 3 on their Axiom displays
Troubleshooter: Steering Systems
Technical contributor Steve Zimmerman on how to manage and maintain cable and hydraulic steering systems
The two-way messaging is a real plus, and so is a system you see working every day that can also call for help
Hands on with Ben Ellison as an “Armchair Transatlantic”
