Setting up your helm requires some thought as to how best to utilize what is often limited space. Whether you are refitting an older boat or buying a new one, make sure the instrumentation works for you, and critical instruments are where you can see and operate them with a casual glance.
Monday Minute - Consider Night Vision
How to Avoid Windlass Woes
A New Take on Single vs Twin Engines
The question of single engine versus twin engines has been beaten to death many times over, in my opinion. It really doesn’t matter which you choose, as a single engine with a bow thruster can perform as well as a boat with twin engines. But given how the marketplace has evolved, many buyers are looking at older trawlers, and the age factor somewhat changes the discussion.
Monday Minute - You Can Fix A Chart Error
The All-Important Spring Sea Trial
Monday Minute - My Chain Hook
Monday Minute - Treat Yourself to A Voluntary Survey
The Engines Go Into the Spencer 74
Monday Minute - Walking the Yard
Monday Minute - Mustang Gets Her Engine Fixed
Monday Minute - Sharing Brian's Eight Year Report
Brian Calvert is still enjoying life in the Philippines aboard his Selene trawler, Further. His adventures continue, but after so many miles and eight years of wandering adventure, it's time to take care of business on the boat and its systems. His experience is worth reading as you plan your own passage to paradise.
Monday Minute - A Fuel Filter Vacuum Gauge at Your Helm
Get With the Program and Conduct a Proper Radio Check
Do you know about Sea Tow's Automated Radio Check service? It should be part of your normal operations routine, and used often to ensure your radios and antennas are working as well as you hope they are.
Far better than the traditional radio check of throwing out a call and hoping someone will respond. And let's leave "10-4, Good Buddy" ashore, please.
It’s been a long time coming but we now see tangible progress emerging to reduce our dependence on fossil fuel. If the U.S. Navy can prove that it works, isn’t it about time the concept of the modern cruising boat includes hybrid forms of propulsion?