Don Green has a business of making sheaves and rebuilding Genoa cars and blocks. You can find him on FaceBook and the Sailing and Cruising Page. ~~~⛵️~~~Matt

We’re in! May be a minute or 5 late, as I am helping a friend work his booth at the show. ~~~⛵️~~~Matt

Pat and Diane, Everyone wants to be near you! ~~~⛵️~~~Matt

Paul, you may be mixing up amps and amp-hours (ah). Amps is the real-time power. Ah is over a time period. ~~~⛵️~~~Matt

You, sir, are correct! Amps is an instantaneous measurement of current. Amp hours are over time. ~~~⛵️~~~Matt

Polyurethane is best as long as its not constantly exposed to direct sun. We finished our cabin in polyurethane. Works very well..... ~~~⛵️~~~Matt

Good idea! ~~~⛵️~~~Matt

We found these, that work on 12 or 24 volt input (8-30). The lowest price I saw was on eBay. https://www.ravpower.com/p/ravpower-24w-4.8a-dual-usb-car-adapter.html ~~~⛵️~~~Matt

Just to interject, this is from my previous boat, a Moody. The previous owner installed it in Trinidad, more than 20 years ago. It’s been working very well, all these years. Rolls up, completely out o

The only way to prevent lightning damage to electronics is to be far away from a strike. You need to find a carrier that covers electronics. It’s a pricey fix! Ask Pantaenius again to rewrite your cov

Courtney, When did this happen. I’m shopping for insurance for our new Amel, and was steered away from Pantaenius USA by many.... Thanks, ~~~⛵️~~~Matt

We’re already signed up. This is the Italian place right at the circle, right? ~~~⛵️~~~Matt

Mangia, right? Friday? ~~~⛵️~~~Matt

About 3 years ago, we performed an experiment. We removed the swivel. After 3 years, anchoring 5 months at a time, we’ve never had a twisted chain. The anchor always came up properly. I feel a bit mor

We lived aboard our previous boat in Florida. Air conditioning was a requirement, running pretty much non-stop through the summer. In 18 years, we went through 3 brands. Marine air was the first. It l

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A foam luff is not relevant to sail construction. It’s relevant to how a sail rolls up on the furler. It’s required if you want to optimize performance while partially furled (reefed).... ~~~⛵️~~~Matt

AquaMaps. It has active captain. Navionics is also good. ~~~⛵️~~~Matt

Previous boat didn’t have a chart plotter. We used OpenCPN with a waterproof, daylight readable tablet at the helm, connected via WiFi to the hardwired pc at the nav station. The NMEA bus, AIS, Radar,

INavX is quite good. It’s just missing Active Captain inputs, which would make it perfect! ~~~⛵️~~~Matt

Excellent article, thanks! ~~~⛵️~~~Matt