Maintenance
Ocean-Friendly Bottom Paint
- By Eric Colby
- PostedMay 2012
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High-tech paints now can protect both boat bottoms and the environment. Here's a few that do just that...
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How to exercise an unused engine
Sometimes I don’t have the time to actually take my boat out for two or three weeks at a time, but I do have time to run her Cummins diesels now and again. How often, how long, and at what rpm should I do this?
Read ArticleEliminate Osmotic Blisters In Your Hull
- By Kevin Koenig
- PostedApril 2012
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Adore A Vacuum?
Don’t Laugh. This One From Hotvac Is Designed To Eliminate Those Ugly Osmotic Blisters In Your Hull.
Hull blistering is a fairly common sight in boatyards and, as its name implies, consists of small, unsightly bumps on the boat’s hull below the waterline. Blistering can adversely affect a boat’s fuel efficiency, speed, strength, aesthetics, insurability, and in some cases, safety...
Read ArticleRecreating A Boat's Helm
- By Capt. Bill Pike
- PostedApril 2012
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Tired of those old electronics? Why not give your boat a whole new helm?
Here’s how one boater recreated his boat's helm. With mounting frustration, Pasquale Didonato eased his 48-foot Sea Ray Sedan Bridge out of the C&D canal toward the northern end of the Chesapeake Bay. It was well after dark, and a raster-scan radar screen gave his countenance a spooky glow as he leaned to the right in a half-crouch to check his lineup on an upcoming set of buoys...
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