Rudder Awareness Sail Magazine

While many boat owners know about engine speeds and boat styles, fewer know about their boat's bonding system. Following is an overview so you can educate yourself about this system and know how to check it as part of your regular boat maintenance. What is a bonding system? Boat bonding systems are a network of electrically connected metallic.. Bonding Systems and Corrosion Prevention . A text book example of how not to make a bonding system connection. It's a truism, electrical systems, and electricity in general; very likely represent the greatest mystery for most vessel owners. If you are one of these folks don't feel badly, you are not alone.

Bonding systems (can) encompass guidelines from three American Boat and Yacht Council standards: E-2 Cathodic Protection, E-11 AC and DC Electrical Systems, and TE-4 Lightning Protection, which have different goals: corrosion mitigation, electrocution/fire prevention, and lightning strike mitigation, respectively.. All of the conductors shown in green in Figure 1 are part of the boat's "bonding system," or "bonding network." That entire network of conductors works together as a unit. In typical dockside conversation, the "bonding system" is often thought of as limited to the wiring shown on the right-had side of Figure 1, so in fact, there is overlap between what is discussed as the.