Hi Dick. We’re based in Corner Brook. Our boat (project) is in North Sydney at the yacht club. Hoping to…
Hi Viv, Where in NL do you live? We plan on returning to its waters next season after 3+ seasons…
Matt: Yes a good point re seacock pricing. I have looked at the Marelon option and may go that route…
Hi Eric, Sorry, I don’t have a good solution. That said, I don’t remember having this problem on the M&R…
Hi Jordan, Not broken, temporarily offline while I rewrite it. You should have seen a page saying that. Your point…
This article really resonated with me because of the boat, a C&C 35. I bought a 1984 C&C MkIII in…
The survival suits link is broken.
Indeed, Eric – the best way to prevent machinery accidents is to set up the entire process in a way…
Hi John and others, I have a related fouling question so hopefully this is the right place to put it.…
Hi All, Lots of good thoughts above on emergency stop switches, deadmen, etc. Of course, the best safety system is…
Hi Matt, That’s sobering indeed, particularly your last parra.
Hi Alastair, Lots of good thoughts, as usual from you. Good point on the windlass. Our partial solution to that…
Hi Philip, Really interesting. Obviously on a boat we also have to be guided by practicality, but still, I can…
Hi Matt, John, Agree completely. We left a nice protected anchorage on Isle Royale in Lake Superior last year in…
Hi Jordan, Sure, I like immersion suits too, but I don’t see them as a replacement for a liferaft: https://www.morganscloud.com/category/safety/liferaft-survival-equipment/…
Hi Andrew, As you say, with T class fuses and an external BMS, assuming the BMS controls the battery main…
I agree. Hypothermia is THE big risk in early & late season sailing here. The rescue helicopter crews are excellent…
Rotating machinery is terrifying. And this is coming from an engineer whose day job involves multi-kilowatt lasers that are capable…
As an industrial automation engineer who regularly designs and implements systems with a similar potential to maim or kill -…
John that definitely does! Boats like that are hard to find. I looked for a year and covered many miles…