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
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.
America’s Great Loop Cruisers’ Association has been helping boaters complete the ultimate voyage for a quarter century.
The steel-hull Nightfall, designed by William Garden, connects generations of this family through a love of cruising.
Larry Graf, the founder, designer and lead engineer of Aspen Power Catamarans, talks about Aspen’s proa hull designs and adventure cruising on his own creations from the Arctic to the Sea of Cortez.
With her vertical bow, reverse raked windshield and indoor-outdoor living space, the Galeon 430 EXP defies categorization.
It is called a razor because it shaves away unnecessary complexities, providing a simple solution to complicated questions.
Remembering Lifelong Marine Journalist Chris Caswell
A Master of Quiet Cruising
This imposing 55-footer is a comfortable, well-appointed coastal cruiser primed to take on more ambitious journeys.
