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Communication Options for Your Explorer Yacht

When we take a small boat out into the expansive marshes of coastal South Carolina, help is simply a matter of calling on our ubiquitous...

Hybrid Marine Propulsion - Why Bother?

Vanguard will have twin hybrid diesel-electric drive systems. New technology, is it simply fashion or do they have a practical use? Their...

Point and Click - Reliable Marine Steering

My day started early, 2.30 am to be precise, EST. Our Owner Rep, Akan, from his home is Marmaris Turkey, began by asking questions about...

Explorer Yacht Electrical System Design

We had to specify our explorer yacht electrical system. Oh dear, I was quite stumped. But I did know a man who could help, enter Rob...

Shore Power & Worldwide Yachting

The availability of shore power is both a blessing and a curse. It is convenient to supplement systems when in a marina or harbor. At the...

Docking Assistance for a Large Yacht

XPM-002 Vanguard will operate with a short-handed crew. Minimum one and average two crew. Safely docking and maneuvering a 78-foot motor...

Building a Yacht in our "Covid World"

We live in changing times; what was once attributable to poor planning is now written off as "Covid-induced delays". Some of these delays...

Risk in Buying Yacht Equipment Overseas

Where to buy yacht equipment? We have been on a spending spree in a concerted effort to secure all the components we need to progress...

A Novel Water Glycol Cooling System for our Explorer Yacht

We have a water-glycol cooling system issue with the build of our Explorer Yacht, Vanguard. We have implemented cutting-edge hybrid...

Yacht Fuel and Water Tank Capacities

The time has come for us to review fuel and water tank capacities on Vanguard. We were spurred by adding a unique need for Water/Glycol...

Greening your Explorer Yacht

Global warming? if you don’t believe it by now, why build a boat? If, as most of us do, we think it’s real, then we need to take...

Yacht Propeller choices, Autoprop vs CPP ?

The following letter was written by Wayne, owner of Mobius in answer to a question of fitting either a Controllable Pitch Propeller or a...

Further Marine Hybrid Drive Thoughts for our Explorer Yacht

Selecting the correct marine hybrid drive configuration for our Explorer Yacht was a learning curve, the biggest hurdle for us?...

Yacht Stabilizers: Thoughts on Stabilizers

No one likes rolling. It can be bilious without a sail to steady you, but it’s potentially worse at anchor. That is especially true when...

Designing Our Yacht Steering Wheel System

I’ve spent my working life working with engineers frequently more knowledgeable on a yacht steering subject than myself or speaking to...

How We Picked Yacht Generators (or not)

What to do about a generator? We prevaricated here a little while, not having a definite opinion on the best way forward. Sometimes...

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