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Century deep cycle battery installed with a DC charger and fuse panel

Marine Batteries: Start, Deep Cycle or Dual Pur...

Start, deep cycle or dual purpose - what each build is for, and which suits a tinnie, a cruiser or an electronics-heavy fishing rig.

Marine Batteries: Start, Deep Cycle or Dual Pur...

Start, deep cycle or dual purpose - what each build is for, and which suits a tinnie, a cruiser or an electronics-heavy fishing rig.

Volvo Penta D1-30 diesel in a yacht engine bay during a service

When Should You Replace Your Impeller?

The cheapest part in the cooling system can generate the biggest bill. When to replace an impeller, and how failures cascade into overheats.

When Should You Replace Your Impeller?

The cheapest part in the cooling system can generate the biggest bill. When to replace an impeller, and how failures cascade into overheats.

Boat trailer hubs and disc brakes raised on a jack stand for bearing service

Boat Trailer Bearings: The Roadside Failure You...

Hot hubs dunked in cold salt water: why boat trailers eat bearings, the five-minute pre-tow check, and the repack habit that prevents the tow of shame.

Boat Trailer Bearings: The Roadside Failure You...

Hot hubs dunked in cold salt water: why boat trailers eat bearings, the five-minute pre-tow check, and the repack habit that prevents the tow of shame.

Cruiser on the hardstand with fresh black antifoul below the waterline and a serviced sterndrive

Antifouling in South Australia: How Often, and ...

Trailered boats barely need it, moored boats live by it. How often to antifoul in SA, and hard versus ablative without the jargon.

Antifouling in South Australia: How Often, and ...

Trailered boats barely need it, moored boats live by it. How often to antifoul in SA, and hard versus ablative without the jargon.

Twin Volvo Penta IPS diesels viewed from above in an engine bay

Volvo Penta Service Kits, Engine by Engine

The genuine maintenance kit and filter part numbers for every common Volvo Penta family, from the D4 and D6 back to the MD2010.

Volvo Penta Service Kits, Engine by Engine

The genuine maintenance kit and filter part numbers for every common Volvo Penta family, from the D4 and D6 back to the MD2010.

New Volvo Penta engine and drive unit in the workshop ahead of a repower

Which Anode Does My Volvo Penta Need?

Zinc, aluminium or magnesium, and where they hide on your drive, shaft and engine - how to pick the right sacrificial anode for SA waters.

Which Anode Does My Volvo Penta Need?

Zinc, aluminium or magnesium, and where they hide on your drive, shaft and engine - how to pick the right sacrificial anode for SA waters.