OK I'll admit it, I'm a bit depressed. For most of us here in North America, we're roughly half way through the boating season. For me that means time is flying by too fast. Badly depleted shaft anodes, time to replace them! Anyhow, one of the super important maintenance items you must remember to check at this time of year is the sacrificial anodes on your boat. If they look like the ones in the photos below, replace them to be certain that your boat's underwater metal stays in good shape. ...

I'm just back from one of my favorite annual missions. For the last few years I've been honored to be a judge at the Mystic Seaport classic boat rendezvous in Mystic, Connecticut. This year I was assigned to be one of the judges in the 40 ft. and up power yacht category and I had the pleasure of checking out some absolutely exquisite boats. My favorite in this year's grouping, and ultimately the big prize winner for the weekend was a beauty named Dolphin from Sorel, Quebec, Canada. The boat ...

  It's been a year and I've just heard from our friend Vincent regarding his Alerion/Mastervolt electric yacht. As discussed last summer one of the big questions that remained unanswered regarding the boat was the actual range with just battery power and limited regeneration capability. Well, as some of us expected, and the designer wisely anticipated, the second set of Mastervolt LION batteries has been installed. Vincent reports: " After a methodical 11 hour day yesterday, and some sore ...

Should battery cells be equalized? The July 4th holiday weekend sent me into super busy mode so sorry for not posting in a few days. I received an email from a reader today though that asks a good question that I'll bet a few of you may have. Dave writes in: Ed, I saw a product advertized as "Battery Equaliser 12 Ounce # BE12oz" which is to increase battery longevity... what do you think?I have two four year old 8D wet cell batteries and these things are expensive! Cat 3208120 amp ...