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    Robert Neefus

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    A leak-proof deck gland

    It lets wires in and keeps water out Issue 98: Sept/Oct 2014 So you’re planning to add solar panels and a wind turbine to your boat. How can you lead the wires belowdecks without creating yet another ...

    Robert Neefus
    May 20, 2026
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    In need of an inexpensive tender for his new liveaboard accommodations, Robert resurrected an old fiberglass dinghy that had been entombed as a planter, above. It was generally sound except for a few thin areas. Cleaned up, patched, and painted, it serves its new master well, at top.
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    The Lazarus dinghy

    After pushing up daisies, a whole new life Issue 106 : Jan/Feb 2016 I recently moved aboard a 30-foot trawler yacht and needed a dinghy for shore excursions. It had to be small to fit on what passes f...

    Robert Neefus
    April 24, 2026
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