Upgrading Your Thruster
Outfitting your boat with proportional speed control thrusters.
Outfitting your boat with proportional speed control thrusters.
How to upgrade to proportional speed control thrusters, presented by IMTRA.
During the spring fit-out season, a longtime voyager urges sailors to consider adding a wind or water generator for plentiful green energy aboard.
While sailors were getting along just fine without engines for thousands of years, a crowded harbor might make you reconsider going engineless.
While other boats are fixing systems you don’t have, you can be sailing free if you just keep it simple.
When it comes to your boat’s electrics, make sure you properly inspect everything to avoid damaging important systems.
If your season’s done, a washing, inspection, and any needed repairs will ensure that your sails are ready to go next season.
If dreams of long showers aboard and frequent deck washdowns have you thinking about adding a watermaker to your cruising kit, here are things to consider before plunging in.
How does that even happen? The crew of Del Viento finds out.
A more effective cooling system for the alternator than basic engine room ventilation (especially on sailboats) is a great idea
Running wires through a bilge invites corrosion, shorts, and fire risks, so smart routing is key to safe boat systems.
What constitutes appropriate separation for antennas on boats to ensure that mysterious “cross talk” interference from one system to another doesn’t occur.
Outfitting your boat with proportional speed control thrusters.
How to upgrade to proportional speed control thrusters, presented by IMTRA.
During the spring fit-out season, a longtime voyager urges sailors to consider adding a wind or water generator for plentiful green energy aboard.
While sailors were getting along just fine without engines for thousands of years, a crowded harbor might make you reconsider going engineless.
While other boats are fixing systems you don’t have, you can be sailing free if you just keep it simple.
When it comes to your boat’s electrics, make sure you properly inspect everything to avoid damaging important systems.
If your season’s done, a washing, inspection, and any needed repairs will ensure that your sails are ready to go next season.
If dreams of long showers aboard and frequent deck washdowns have you thinking about adding a watermaker to your cruising kit, here are things to consider before plunging in.
How does that even happen? The crew of Del Viento finds out.
A more effective cooling system for the alternator than basic engine room ventilation (especially on sailboats) is a great idea
Running wires through a bilge invites corrosion, shorts, and fire risks, so smart routing is key to safe boat systems.
What constitutes appropriate separation for antennas on boats to ensure that mysterious “cross talk” interference from one system to another doesn’t occur.
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