Posted by Dave on Jul 6th 2022
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For good and bad (mostly good in our eyes), the popularity of Edson steering systems on production sailboats down through the years leads many many sailboat owners to assume that they have Edson steer
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Posted by Dave on Jun 29th 2022
Cable tension dos and don'ts
A few weeks ago, we published a post about steering cable tension (link) which has proven to be remarkably popular and useful. The photo at the bottom of that post shows the tightening nut instal
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Posted by Dave on Jun 22nd 2022
Orange hats and all
If you're not already addicted to at least a couple of YouTube sailing channels, there's a whole great world you're missing out on. Starting from before the pandemic and absolutely catching fire durin
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Posted by Dave on Jun 16th 2022
Crossing Oceans
The ocean crossing hype is real. Last night we watched the premiere of 11th Hour Racing's film Under The Hull (link) at Fort Adams in Newport RI, the Newport to Bermuda Race (link) starts to
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Posted by Dave on Jun 8th 2022
World Oceans Day
Today is World Oceans Day, which is a critical day for all of us as alpha citizens of the ocean. Edson is proud to be a leader in promoting ocean health through the ubiquity of our pumpout statio
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Posted by Dave on May 26th 2022
Engine Cables 101
Growing up, I think one of the reasons I got so into sailing was a) I loved being on the water and b) engines scared the crap out of me. This might have been reinforced when my brother and his friends
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