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There are a lot of things to consider when owning and looking after a sailing yacht. When it comes to sail-boat-maintenance there is marine-paint and marine-varnish, and all types of yacht-paint, and yacht-varnish. I used to own a wooden-sailboat and that sure took a lot of work and materials to maintain, let alone the yacht-repair bills. The same applies to a steel-sailboat that I built. For me the steel-sailboat is a thing of the past simply on maintenance grounds.
Whether it is a sail-boat-part, or some essential sail-boat-supplies, or those impossible to do without sailboat-accessories, you can find it online somewhere, or you can read that veritable marine bible The West-Marine Catalog, and you will always find a reason to spend money. My ex-girlfriend once said to a red faced West Marine Store salesman that I oooohhed! and aaaahhhed! more over the catalog than her. I am a great one for recommending good preservation on board to save maintenance and the one area where the investment pays off is with sailboat-covers, so cover everything as it pays off. For those of you who live somewhere very cold then winterizing-a-sailboat is an important part of your end of season work. Sail-boat-rigging is another important area that needs careful monitoring and anyone who has had a rigging failure at sea knows why. Of course also you need to know about repair-sail, and just as importantly when sailing, About sailboat-rigging-parts
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Use Your Marine-Electrical Systems to Make Your Sailing Even Safer
Electrical power is the basic back bone for keeping your yacht safe. Battery power and electrical charging are essential parts of getting your engine started.
Reliable marine-battery power is also essential to powering your marine electronics equipment, including the GPS, chart plotter, autopilot and a lot more. It is essential for keeping the lights on, the inverter powering your entertainment and other systems, as well keeping pumps and refrigeration operating. Look after the electrical system and the system will look after you and your crew. Then there is that important subject of sailboat-lightning-strike-protection and I will cover all about that on this site
What Everyone Ought to Know About Boat Wiring Systems?
It is a fact that the some 90% of all sailing boat electrical and electronics failures are directly attributable to faulty wiring and cable connections. These very same faults are also a major of cause of fires on yachts. Just because the average yacht has only a 12 volt electrical system, will not prevent serious failures or fires. One improperly rated and installed wire and an equally poor connection could potentially wreck you boat. About sailboat-rigging-parts
Who Am I?
My name is John Payne, and I am a Marine Electrical Engineer and I started my long career as a marine electrician in the merchant marine. I am a qualified and practising marine electrical and electronics engineer as well as a marine surveyor. Yacht electrical problems are not so different to yacht and sailboat electrical problems. I am also the author of the best selling Marine Electrical and Electronics Bible and the updated and revised 3rd Edition is out now or you may have one of my other marine electrical or marine electronics books in the Understanding Boat series I have over the last 25 years built, owned, cruised and lived aboard several sailing yachts and have had most of the problems you may now have. I know and understand what the problems are and how to fix them I offer practical advice based on experience and reality.
Some reviews on The Marine Electrical and Electronics Bible The Marine Electrical and Electronics Bible More than 400 Pages of practical information on Yacht Electrical and Electronics Systems for the boat-builder and boat-owner THE COMPLETE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS REFERENCE TOOL Marine Electrical and Electronics You Can Finally Understand! What Reviewers are saying... “...This is, perhaps, the most easy-to-follow electrical reference to date.” Cruising World Magazine “A bible this really is…the clarity and attention to detail make this an ideal reference book that every professional and serious amateur fitter should have to hand.” Cruising Magazine “…An excellent book for someone fitting out a boat, or building new, and for those preparing for an Atlantic circuit or extended cruising. Well worth the investment and a must have on board book.” World Cruising Club Magazine Need more information? then why not go to Amazon and get one of my books to keep on board for easy reference The latest edition of The Marine Electrical and Electronics Bible is out now, fully revised and updated with all the latest technology
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