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Bill Morris

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Tech Tip: Battery Management Systems

Maintaining the health of your vessel’s battery banks is essential to the operation of every onboard electrical device, from the mast lights to the chartplotter, cabin amenities and bilge pump.

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Bottom Paint for a Cleaner, Faster Hull

One thing sure to slow down an otherwise fast boat is excessive growth on the bottom and keel. If left too long without a thick coat of protective paint, your

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Manual and Electric Windlasses

Every ocean-going vessel needs to have a dependable anchor windlass to take the hard work out of deploying and retrieving the anchor. We can choose between a traditional manual windlass

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Protect Your Boat from Lightning

To a sailor at sea, the fear of falling overboard is equaled only by the fear of being struck by a highly unlikely bolt of lightning at sea. Like a

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Communicate Offshore with a Satellite Phone

Until recently, the only means we had for communicating with other vessels or with family back home while underway offshore was via VHF marine radio or HF amateur radio, the

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Anchors and Chain

If you’ve spent much time hanging around with some of the “old salts” in our local marinas, you no doubt have heard the old saying, “The most important piece of

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Tech Tip: Maintaining Your Vessel’s AC System

With warmer days coming up in only a few months, it’s time to make sure our vessel’s air conditioning system is in top working order. Those balmy, warm summer nights

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Selecting a New Switch Panel

A key component of a sea-going vessel is the switch panel, where all electrical and electronic systems are brought together for easy management. Just like the circuit breaker panel mounted