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
Smarter steering means frequent, but only short, glances at the chartplotter.
In an emergency, a properly maintained, easy-to-launch life raft can make all the difference.
Why we chose to build our dream version of a Selene 60 from the keel up.
Exploring the Utrechtse Vecht on the redesigned Elling E4.
Two decades after their first circumnavigation, Don and Anja Richards are crossing oceans again to help their son, Keith, kickstart his own cruising dream.
We caught up to the liveaboards at their winter roost in Southwest Alaska to chat about following your dreams and living a life less ordinary.
The gig is more workaday than champagne and caviar, and sometimes the harbor patrol saves our bacon.
How I learned to love the solitude and adventure of cruising with my canine companions.
A veteran sailor brings celestial navigation skills to a motoryacht’s transatlantic passage.
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