Exhaust Temperature Alarms: Early Warning for Raw-Water Cooling Failure Imagine you are helming through a long, dark night and a floating plastic bag or other debris gets sucked into your raw-water intake. That obstruction can quickly reduce or stop the flow of cooling water to one or more engines. While there are many possible outcomes, … Read more
A simple, strong way to bond King Starboard: a real‑world test of Chem‑Set 6105 The talk around the docks has long been the same: bonding King Starboard—a popular marine-grade polyethylene sheet used by today’s boat builders and restorers—to itself or to other materials is difficult. Traditional approaches have required a sequence of demanding surface preparations: … Read more
A Bubbly Solution to Rust If you keep chrome-plated box-end wrenches and other hand tools aboard, you know how quickly salt, humidity and a stray splash of seawater can leave them looking ugly with rust and discoloration. Before you toss a set of otherwise serviceable tools or hide them away out of embarrassment, try a … Read more
America’s Cup Hall of Fame to Open in Newport Through New Partnership The National Sailing Hall of Fame and the Herreshoff Marine Museum & America’s Cup Hall of Fame have announced a strategic partnership to establish an America’s Cup Hall of Fame presence in Newport, Rhode Island. By joining forces, the two organizations aim to … Read more
How I Cleared a Clogged Marine Air Conditioner Without Buying Expensive Parts At first I noticed a thinner-than-usual stream of cooling water draining from my self-contained marine air-conditioning unit. I shrugged it off, assuming it was a temporary glitch. A few days later the stream was noticeably weaker, but I convinced myself that repairing it … Read more
How I Enlarged a Hole in My Boat’s Steering Console to Fit a New GPS Plotter When I installed a new GPS plotter on the flybridge, I ran into a small but real installation challenge: the cable connectors on the new unit were too large to pass through the existing hole in the steering console. … Read more
Prepare Your Boat for the 2020 Hurricane Season: Forecast and Practical Steps The 2020 hurricane season begins today and runs through November 30. Forecasters at the Colorado State University Tropical Meteorology Project are predicting an above-average season, calling for 16 named storms, eight of which are expected to become hurricanes and four of which could … Read more
Essential Offshore Medical Kit and Training for Boaters Picture this: you’re offshore, enjoying a day on the water, when a crewmate slips climbing to the flybridge and sustains a deep wound. Bone is exposed and blood is flowing. You reach for the inexpensive $29 “first aid kit” you keep on board and find only small … Read more
Northeast Marlin Migration: Why Big-Game Anglers Are Chasing White Marlin North Blue skies, cobalt water and puffy white clouds can make these Northeast fishing grounds look like the Caribbean, but the scene is real and increasingly familiar: high-powered sportfishing boats spread baits and teasers across open ocean, anglers stand in cockpits of multimillion-dollar yachts, and … Read more
Video produced by John V. Turner Editors from Power & Motoryacht and Soundings take a close look at the Summit 54, the new model from a newly formed sister company of Kadey-Krogen, and they trace the vessel’s remarkable, rapid delivery to the United States. In this conversation, the editors explore how the boat’s design, construction, … Read more
