I love it when readers write in. Eric wrote in over the weekend with what I think actually ends up being three good questions. One of them has to do with bonding and grounding, the other anode consumption, and the third with transducers and fairing blocks. For those of you who have no idea what the bonding system on your boat looks like, the photo below shows a green wire connected to a sea strainer. That wire is there to attach the strainer to the boat's bonding system.

Boaters with few exceptions tend to be environmentally concerned people. With that though in mind a new tool has just been introduced just in case you have your own private Deep Water Horizon experience, either at the boat or on your dock. Enter the C.I. Agent Oil Spill response kit. Seems like a good idea for both boater's and marina operators. Check out the following press release to learn more about the kit.

With Spring just weeks away and daylight savings time in effect I'm starting to think about intelligent upgrades for my boat, or anyone else's boat for that matter. Sometimes I come up with ideas by poring over the hundreds of photos I take when I serve as a Boat Of The Year Judge for Cruising World magazine. I use these photos to help find things I like or don't like about the boats we inspect. One of the things that I'm seeing more and more on the new boats is really good and proper ...

New friends at www.BoaterExam.com contacted me last week and asked if I'd mind if they posted a safety related article here. Seems like a good idea to me so here's the artcle and a short video. Be sure to check out their website to learn about the basic boater safety exam requirements in your area.