October 26, 2021

Mike Smith

Articles From This Author

prm3-sunshade
Refit and Upgrade

Installing a Sunshade on Your Boat

Oct 18, 2021
prm_boat-struck-by-lightning
Maintenance

How to Protect Your Boat From a Lightning Strike

Oct 6, 2021
prm-repower
Maintenance

Time to Repower Your Boat?

Aug 30, 2021
prm-transom recore[1]
Maintenance

How to Prevent Water from Seeping into Your Boat’s Core

Oct 12, 2021
prm_sunk_boat
Maintenance

How to Prevent Your Boat from Sinking at the Dock

May 19, 2021
prm-outboard-survey
Maintenance

How to Survey Outboards

May 10, 2021
prm-essential-boating-tools
Maintenance

Boating Essentials: Tools, Spare Parts and Skills

Apr 23, 2021
prm_Searay32-Glossmeter
Refit and Upgrade

Nano Ceramic Coatings for Boat Hulls

Apr 9, 2021
prm_Installing a Bow Thruster
Refit and Upgrade

Installing a Bow Thruster

Dec 18, 2020
prm-Help Your Genset Live Forever
Maintenance

How to Help Your Genset Live Forever

Dec 7, 2020
prm-nonskid-deck
Maintenance

How to Maintain Your Boat’s Nonskid Deck

Oct 29, 2020
prm2-stabilizer
Maintenance

How to Maintain Your Boat's Stabilizers

Oct 15, 2020
prm-how-to-choose-a-boatyard
Maintenance

How to Choose the Right Boatyard

Sep 30, 2020
prm-Unsung Heroes_Opener_FINAL_1
Design

Unsung Heroes of Yacht Design

Sep 28, 2020
prm-hydraulics-on-boat
Maintenance

Keep the Pressure On

Sep 25, 2020
prm_boat_lift
Maintenance

How to Install a Boat Lift

Aug 12, 2020
prm-Krogen_44AE
Refit and Upgrade

How to Set Your Boat Up For Extended Cruising

Jul 20, 2020
prm_lithium_boat_batteries
Refit and Upgrade

Time for Lithium?

Jun 11, 2020
prm-clean-fuel
Maintenance

Clean Fuel, Happy Engine

May 6, 2020
prm-boat-on-the-hard
Maintenance

Tips for When Your Boat is on the Hard

Apr 29, 2021
prm-sea-water-cooled-system
Maintenance

How to Keep the Pipes Clear on Seawater-Cooled Systems

Feb 24, 2020
prm-tender-care
Maintenance

How to Make Your Inflatable Boat or RIB Last Longer

Jan 17, 2020
prm-main-jan-boatyard-paint
Maintenance

How to Make Your Boat's Paint Job Last Longer

Apr 26, 2021
prm-outboard-maintenance
Marine Engines

How to Make Your Outboard Last Forever

Nov 22, 2019
prm-main-diy
Maintenance

Is DIY Dead?

Oct 15, 2019
prm-rudder
Maintenance

The Importance of Tuning the Rudders on Your Boat

Apr 26, 2021
prm2-Solace-345
Boats

New Boat: Solace 345

Sep 20, 2019
prm-genset
Maintenance

How to Choose the Right Generator for Your Boat

Jun 10, 2019
prm-varnishing
Maintenance

How To: Choose the Best Varnish for Your Boat

Apr 27, 2021
prm-turbo
Maintenance

How To: Make Sure Your Turbo Runs Forever

Mar 10, 2021
prm-main-get-home-power
Maintenance

The Merits and Drawbacks of Engine Redundancy

Apr 5, 2019
prm-PMY_Presidents
Boats

Lost Tales from the Presidential Yachts

Mar 14, 2019
prm-hull-windows
Maintenance

What to do if a Hullside Window Breaks

Mar 1, 2019
prm-repower
Refit and Upgrade

How to Repower Your Outboard-Powered Boat

Jan 31, 2019
prm-Engine Room Ventillation
Maintenance

How to Properly Ventilate Your Boat’s Engine Room

Apr 26, 2021
prm-heavy-metal
Boat Design

Heavy Metal

Jan 2, 2019
prm1-water
Maintenance

Is It Time For a Watermaker?

Apr 29, 2021
prm-hull-color-choices
Refit and Upgrade

Color Coordinated

Oct 19, 2018
prm-fiberglass-repair
Maintenance

Fiberglass Repair: DIY (or Not)

Apr 26, 2021
prm-drivetrain
Maintenance

Be Kind to Your Drivetrain

Jul 16, 2018
prm-art-of-props
Maintenance

The Science and Art of Rejuvenating Propellers

Sep 6, 2019
prm-Fuel-dock01
Blogs

Hinckley Opens New Yacht Yard

Jun 6, 2018
prm_vinyl-wrap-video
Refit and Upgrade

How To Vinyl Wrap Your Hull

May 26, 2021
prm-FuelTank
Refit and Upgrade

Let’s Get Fuel-ish

Apr 15, 2021
How to Maintain Your Thrusters
Maintenance

How to Maintain Your Thrusters

Apr 2, 2018
prm-swim-platform
Refit and Upgrade

How to Upgrade Your Boat With a Hydraulic Swim Platform

Jan 19, 2018
New Outboards
Marine Engines

Time for a New Outboard?

Jan 12, 2018
prm-pods
Marine Engines

The Real Price of Pods

Jan 4, 2018
prm-Contender32withSK3Inside
Maintenance

At Sea With Seakeeper

Oct 13, 2021
Here’s a nice little refit. Check out the sprayrails at the bow, just above the bootstripe. Vinyl rails often crack with age. You can either refurbish or replace.
Maintenance

Can This Yacht Marriage Be Saved?

Sep 25, 2017