Separation anxiety: fuel filters keep water and gunk from ruining your day

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Fuel filters are crucial to the performance of boat engines, since they prevent dirt and water from mixing with the fuel and reaching the fuel pump or injectors. A fuel polisher such as Alfa Laval's MMB 203 applies centrifugal force to keep water and solid impurities from the fuel oil.

Author: Frederiksen, Peter
Publisher: Time, Inc.
Publication Name: Yachting
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0043-9940
Year: 1997
Usage, Boats and boating, Boating, Boats, Fuel and fuel systems, Fuel filters

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Rules to live by

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The International and Inland Navigation Rules published by the Coast Guard is an important tool to prevent accidents and collisions at sea. The 212-page guide contains easy-to-comprehend techniques to ensure water craft operators' safety.

Author: Frederiksen, Peter
Publisher: Time, Inc.
Publication Name: Yachting
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0043-9940
Year: 1998
Laws, regulations and rules, Yachts and yachting, Yachting, Yachts

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The ghost guard

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Cost cutting exercises carried out by the US Coast Guard have introduced a number of more up to date boats but with fewer able to make necessary rescues.

Author: Frederiksen, Peter
Publisher: Time, Inc.
Publication Name: Yachting
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0043-9940
Year: 2000
United States, Finance, Services, Rescue work

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