Engine Mounts: A Balancing Act
May 6, 2021
We love engine mounts, perhaps the hardest-working hardware in your engine room. Here’s how to make sure they love you back.
We love engine mounts, perhaps the hardest-working hardware in your engine room. Here’s how to make sure they love you back.
Large 10- to 12-gauge butt connectors? Much finer wire? Try this trick and keep right on chuggin’.
Sometimes, all your marine air conditioner needs is a couple of shots from a common dock hose.
A low-tech alternative to holding tanks and treatment, “composting” makes the best of a stinky situation.
Our expert troubleshooter, Steve Zimmerman, unpacks the often confusing metric of fuel burn.
Quiet hybrid power systems have manufacturers chasing the dream of noiseless, vibration-free setups.
Is get-home power really necessary? Seldom-used get-home engines might not work when you need them most.
Manage these engine exhaust system components to keep your diesels firing on all cylinders.
When you think of it, it makes perfect sense. An owner may become acclimated to a substandard cruising speed or an above-average fuel bill, but a boat that’s loud will drive everyone crazy.
Heritage: Something passed down from generation to generation. It used to be common in boat building, as family-run boat yards built just a handful of
Island time is great, except in an emergency. This medevac service is for boaters who need help fast.
Black streaks, yellow mustaches and rust all require different solutions to keep a boat looking clean.
A Down East icon provides inspiration for this gentlemanly cruiser.
We follow the path of explorers who ran the Northwest Passage over a century ago, but our journey is a lot more fun
We can spend years planning for a bucket-list trip and then life gets in the way. Go now.
Splashing later this year.
Karly and Evan Nietzel—aka YouTube’s @Navigating Nietzels—tailored their careers for remote work after buying a trawler, moving onboard and completing the Great Loop. Along with their pup, Ripley, they’re just getting started.
This aluminum vessel’s throwback design belies its modern systems, all installed for a Great Loop cruise.
The three-stateroom, semidisplacement model has a range of power options and a low air draft.
A solar-power system on our classic trawler lets us spend time moored or anchored with more than enough juice to meet our energy needs.
