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Learn more →I wrote the following letter to the editor in response to the article titled “Keep Your Insurance Paid Up” in Scuttlebutt 2747: A lightning strike contains an impressive amount of energy. Temperatures in a lightning bolt can easily exceed those found on the surface of the sun,
Learn more →Putting the boat away for the winter…It’s a sad time of year in the Northern Hemisphere. Unless you’re one of those die-hard few that keeps sailing your big boat in the winter, it’s time to put away the big toy until next spring. Most people are very
Learn more →Alas, the plight of the ignoble load cell: doomed to ride for eternity at the point of a knife, dunked in salt water ever and anon, but expected to work flawlessly. Load cells are a tremendous help when tuning the rig for different conditions. They are especially
Learn more →On most mechanical systems, you can tell when something absolutely needs more grease. It starts to squeak and things don’t work as well. You add grease, and everything gets better (most of the time). Do you need grease on electronics? You bet, especially on marine electronics! Now
Learn more →Every once and a while, I get a Matryx display with a broken lens. It usually happens when someone puts a knee into the glass to brace themselves while pulling on a winch. I’ve even done it. The way I figure, each crew member will only do
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