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Maintenance

How to Maintain Your Boat Trailer

By Mike SmithMay 6, 2022
prm_Take_Charge
Refit and Upgrade

Using Outboards to Power Your Boat

By Mike SmithMar 21, 2022
prm-stay-in-touch-while-cruising
Communication

How to Stay Connected While Cruising on Your Boat

By Mike SmithFeb 23, 2022
prm_Boat_Restoration
Maintenance

Are You Ready for a Restoration?

By Mike SmithFeb 9, 2022
prm_boat-cleaning
Maintenance

How To Sell Your Boat for Maximum Profit

By Mike SmithJan 10, 2022
prm_Viking-Yacht-Engine-Room
Maintenance

The Benefits of Oil Analysis

By Mike SmithDec 16, 2021
prm3-sunshade
Refit and Upgrade

Installing a Sunshade on Your Boat

By Mike SmithOct 18, 2021
prm_boat-struck-by-lightning
Maintenance

How to Protect Your Boat From a Lightning Strike

By Mike SmithOct 6, 2021
prm-repower
Maintenance

Time to Repower Your Boat?

By Mike SmithAug 30, 2021
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Maintenance

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

By Mike SmithOct 12, 2021
prm_sunk_boat
Maintenance

How to Prevent Your Boat from Sinking at the Dock

By Mike SmithMay 19, 2021
prm-outboard-survey
Maintenance

How to Survey Outboards

By Mike SmithMay 10, 2021
prm-essential-boating-tools
Maintenance

Boating Essentials: Tools, Spare Parts and Skills

By Mike SmithApr 23, 2021
prm_Searay32-Glossmeter
Refit and Upgrade

Nano Ceramic Coatings for Boat Hulls

By Mike SmithApr 9, 2021
prm_Installing a Bow Thruster
Refit and Upgrade

Installing a Bow Thruster

By Mike SmithDec 18, 2020
prm-Help Your Genset Live Forever
Maintenance

How to Help Your Genset Live Forever

By Mike SmithDec 7, 2020
prm-nonskid-deck
Maintenance

How to Maintain Your Boat’s Nonskid Deck

By Mike SmithOct 29, 2020
prm2-stabilizer
Maintenance

How to Maintain Your Boat's Stabilizers

By Mike SmithOct 15, 2020
prm-how-to-choose-a-boatyard
Maintenance

How to Choose the Right Boatyard

By Mike SmithSep 30, 2020
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Design

Unsung Heroes of Yacht Design

By Mike SmithSep 28, 2020
prm-hydraulics-on-boat
Maintenance

Keep the Pressure On

By Mike SmithSep 25, 2020
prm_boat_lift
Maintenance

How to Install a Boat Lift

By Mike SmithAug 12, 2020
prm-Krogen_44AE
Refit and Upgrade

How to Set Your Boat Up For Extended Cruising

By Mike SmithJul 20, 2020
prm_lithium_boat_batteries
Refit and Upgrade

Time for Lithium?

By Mike SmithJun 11, 2020
prm-clean-fuel
Maintenance

Clean Fuel, Happy Engine

By Mike SmithMay 6, 2020
prm-boat-on-the-hard
Maintenance

Tips for When Your Boat is on the Hard

By Mike SmithApr 29, 2021
prm-sea-water-cooled-system
Maintenance

How to Keep the Pipes Clear on Seawater-Cooled Systems

By Mike SmithFeb 24, 2020
prm-tender-care
Maintenance

How to Make Your Inflatable Boat or RIB Last Longer

By Mike SmithJan 17, 2020
prm-main-jan-boatyard-paint
Maintenance

How to Make Your Boat's Paint Job Last Longer

By Mike SmithApr 26, 2021
prm-outboard-maintenance
Marine Engines

How to Make Your Outboard Last Forever

By Mike SmithNov 22, 2019
prm-main-diy
Maintenance

Is DIY Dead?

By Mike SmithOct 15, 2019
prm-rudder
Maintenance

The Importance of Tuning the Rudders on Your Boat

By Mike SmithApr 26, 2021
prm2-Solace-345
Boats

New Boat: Solace 345

By Mike SmithSep 20, 2019
prm-genset
Maintenance

How to Choose the Right Generator for Your Boat

By Mike SmithJun 10, 2019
prm-varnishing
Maintenance

How To: Choose the Best Varnish for Your Boat

By Mike SmithApr 27, 2021
prm-turbo
Maintenance

How To: Make Sure Your Turbo Runs Forever

By Mike SmithMar 10, 2021
prm-main-get-home-power
Maintenance

The Merits and Drawbacks of Engine Redundancy

By Mike SmithApr 5, 2019
prm-PMY_Presidents
Boats

Lost Tales from the Presidential Yachts

By Mike SmithMar 14, 2019
prm-hull-windows
Maintenance

What to do if a Hullside Window Breaks

By Mike SmithMar 1, 2019
prm-repower
Refit and Upgrade

How to Repower Your Outboard-Powered Boat

By Mike SmithJan 31, 2019
prm-Engine Room Ventillation
Maintenance

How to Properly Ventilate Your Boat’s Engine Room

By Mike SmithApr 26, 2021
prm-heavy-metal
Boat Design

Heavy Metal

By Mike SmithJan 2, 2019
prm1-water
Maintenance

Is It Time For a Watermaker?

By Mike SmithApr 29, 2021
prm-hull-color-choices
Refit and Upgrade

Color Coordinated

By Mike SmithOct 19, 2018
prm-fiberglass-repair
Maintenance

Fiberglass Repair: DIY (or Not)

By Mike SmithApr 26, 2021
prm-drivetrain
Maintenance

Be Kind to Your Drivetrain

By Mike SmithJul 16, 2018
prm-art-of-props
Maintenance

The Science and Art of Rejuvenating Propellers

By Mike SmithSep 6, 2019
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Blogs

Hinckley Opens New Yacht Yard

By Mike SmithJun 6, 2018
prm_vinyl-wrap-video
Refit and Upgrade

How To Vinyl Wrap Your Hull

By Mike SmithMay 26, 2021
prm-FuelTank
Refit and Upgrade

Let’s Get Fuel-ish

By Mike SmithApr 15, 2021