How to Build an Electric Boat
By Dan Fannon For quite some time, I’d wanted to build a boat. But what kind of boat? Would it float when it was done? …
Keep your boat fungus-free in winter
You’ve winterized your boat, perhaps wrapped and sealed it against the elements so it will be clean and ready to sail come spring. Or will …
How to retrofit a laptop to a nav station
By Scott Mackenzie Convergence can mean the capability of a piece of electronic equipment to perform more than one function or activity. For instance, today’s …
Make a winterizing to-do list
By Rex Allen Holden With the end of another boating season fast approaching, it will again be time to haul and winterize my sailboat. Every …
4 steps to fix a leak on your boat
By Keith Dahlin Back in the early ’90s, I lived aboard my Columbia 28 while attending university. I often walked down the dock like a …
Rig your own emergency lightning protection
In my 14 years as a vessel examiner, I have rarely seen a set of jumper cables on a boat, and I don’t carry jumper …
Connect your GPS to your VHF radio
By Ron Schwiesow Modern VHF marine radios include Digital Selective Calling, a semiautomated method of making radio calls. DSC allows mariners to send instant, digitally …