‘One electronic fault shouldn’t be enough to cripple your entire boat’ – Lu Heikell

After a computer fire nearly spelled disaster, Lu Heikell explores why integrated yacht electronics might be a "Jenga tower" ready to fall

Electrical fumes and smoke billowed out of my computer the other day, and soon after my busy screen turned BIOS black. A full-on fire was only prevented when I switched it off at the plug.

Reasonably dramatic, but not too much damage was done and the critical hard drive turned out to be recoverable. It could have been a whole lot worse. But it got me thinking.