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Weekly Update - Victron Nail It With An Integrated 220VAC Power System.

Commissioning a Victron power distribution system, on an advanced explorer yacht design.

Commissioning Our Explorer Yacht Control System

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Explorer Yacht Vanguard is now afloat and we can start to commission all her various support systems.

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...

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...

Water Glycol Cooling System Calculations?

Gut feel is an accepted water-glycol cooling system design tool but has its limitations and all solutions are possible given infinite...

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...

Explorer Yacht Electrical System Design – Power System

We have split Vangaurd’s electrical system into three parts. Power, Hotel, and Instrumentation. A bit complicated due to the redundancy...

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...

Thoughts on Electric or Hybrid Drives

Open any number of yachting magazines, and you’ll come across mention of electrical and hybrid drives. More than a fad, these propulsion...

Yacht Batteries Make The World Go Around.

Batteries. Simple things, just a block of lead and acid that’s charged, discharged, and sits in the bilge most of its life. Or that at...

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