TECNOSEAL Tecnoseal X10 Shaft Anode - Zinc - 2-1/4" Shaft Diameter / X10 /

Hello and welcome to Yachting Monthly's How To series brought to you in association with GJW Direct. I'm Matthew Sheahan and over the course of 13 episodes we're going to be dealing with some of the key issues when it comes to maintenance and talking to some of the experts to get their tips. In this episode we're going to look at what the anode does on our boat, how to check it's working, and how to make sure the key items on your boat are nicely bonded. So we're going to talk a little bit now about galvanic corrosion. It's a phenomenon that affects the majority of boats out there and you absolutely don't have to understand the chemistry behind it but it is good just to have a bit of an understanding so that you know what to look for and how to prevent it attacking your boat. The very simple chemistry of it is that you have two dissimilar metals, so think of a common seacock or other ty