Gordon West

Articles From This Author

Solar-02
Ask Sail

Ask Sail: Underperforming Solar

Ask Sail

Ask Sail: Is Wacky Wiring Fatal?

SAIP-110500-BWfuse-04-1
Ask Sail

Ask Sail: Is Wacky Wiring Fatal?

Ask Sail

Ask Sail: New VHF Nomenclature

Ask Sail

Ask SAIL: VHF Portables on Land

Ask Sail

Ask SAIL: Ready About!

Do believe the hype: today’s radars really do require less power to achieve better resolution
Ask Sail

Ask SAIL: Better Radar, Less Power

Switch out an AIS antenna as a means of checking it
Ask Sail

Ask SAIL: A Low Cost AIS Test

calder11-256x144
Ask Sail

Ask SAIL: Noisy LED Lights?

NMEA 0183 wiring is confusing
Ask Sail

Ask SAIL: True Colors

Ask Sail

Ask SAIL: The Ultimate Ground

Ask Sail

Ask SAIL: Short on Shortwave Weather

Ask Sail

Ask SAIL: Bad Plug?

Ask Sail

Ask SAIL: Thumb Trick Test Coax

Ask Sail

Ask Sail: Not so Sweet Sounds

Ask Sail

Ask SAIL: Plastic Top Gone

Ask Sail

Ask Sail: VHF Radios Ashore

Ask Sail

Ask Sail: Forward-looking Sonar to Spot Floating Deadheads?

Ask Sail

Ask SAIL: Wet Batteries in a “Waterproof” Portable Marine Electronic Device

Ask Sail

Ask Sail: Two AIS Numbers

Ask Sail

Ask SAIL: Scrub or Paint?

Ask Sail

Ask SAIL: Guests are Scrambling my Pilot

Ask Sail

Hum Another Tune: Installing Audio Aboard

Ask Sail

Ask Sail: Portable Battery Power

Ask Sail

Ask SAIL: Installing Satellite TV

Ask Sail

Ask Sail: MMSI Numbers

Ask Sail

Ask SAIL: Stereo Trouble

Ask Sail

Ask SAIL: Coast Guard on SSB?

Ask Sail

Ask SAIL: Latest on LED Lighting Strips

Ask Sail

Ask SAIL: Autopilot Interference

Ask Sail

Ask SAIL: Fix a Misleading Sonar

Ask Sail

Ask Sail: Dead Fish Magnet

Ask Sail

Ask Sail: Zinc-Air Batteries

Ask Sail

Ask Sail: The Price of Safety

Ask Sail

Ask Sail: So Many Numbers

Ask Sail

Ask Sail: VHS/GPS Interface Woes

Ask Sail

Ask Sail: Dueling Sensors

Ask Sail

Ask Sail: Dockside Interference

Ask Sail

Ask Sail: AIS Antenna

Ask Sail

Radar on High

Ask Sail

New Directions

Ask Sail

Freeze Frame

Ask Sail

One MMSI For All?

Cruising Tips

Rescue 21

Ask Sail

Don't Get Zapped

Electronics and Navigation

Transducer Tricks

Ask Sail

VHF Frequency Confusion

Ask Sail

Slashed Mast Wires

Ask Sail

Test Calls

Ask Sail

Smoking Windlass