6 Boat Trailer Maintenance Tips to Know Before You Tow
6 Boat Trailer Maintenance Tips to Know Before You Tow
As a boat trailer maintenance checklist can be quite extensive, here are a few start
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Apr 6, 20193 min read
Jet Ski Maintenance Checklist & Tips
When it comes to Jet Ski maintenance, taking preventative steps can keep you having fun and avoid being stranded out on the lake, ocean or g
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Mar 25, 20193 min read
It's Almost Time For Summer Fun
It's almost time for summer fun! Working your way through this checklist will help make sure your boat's ready to go when you are....
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Mar 11, 20192 min read
Four Ways to Fish the Chesapeake Bay
As the largest natural estuary in the U.S. , the Chesapeake Bay is home to 348 species of finfish, including flounder, sea bass, tautog...
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Feb 6, 20191 min read
Cold Water Boating Tips
Cold water immersion is almost always the result of capsizing, swamping, or falling overboard from a boat under 26 feet. Here's six tips...
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Dec 27, 20183 min read
8 Hi-Tech Tools to Help Protect Your Boat
With more connectable devices and more ample Wi-Fi hotspots in marinas, it’s become easier than ever to keep an eye on your boat—even...
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Dec 26, 20182 min read
Avoid Theft on Your Boat
Suggestions to make your boat less vulnerable Begin by looking at your boat through the eyes of a thief: How hard would it be to steal...
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Dec 26, 20186 min read
What Your Boat Repair Shop Wishes You Knew
We ask some longtime shop managers their perspectives on how to make your experience better. Today's boats are complicated, and engines...
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Dec 15, 20184 min read
When is the Best Time to Winterize Your Boat?
The question of when to winterize your boat is a hot topic on the docks for good reason. The timing is a fine line between getting the...
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Dec 11, 20182 min read
3 Simple Maintenance Tips to Prolong the Life of Your Mercruiser Boat Motor
Who would have thought that a young man who got fired from his first two engineering jobs would have went on to build one of the best...
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Dec 11, 20183 min read
MARINE CORROSION - WHAT IS IT?
Marine Corrosion Resistance, Prevention and Control No Marine Engine can escape the damage from Marine Corrosion. In it’s simplest form...
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Dec 9, 20182 min read
Winter Outboard Motor Tip
There’s many areas of the country that don’t have the luxury of fishing in the winter but many anglers are able to fish all year. If...
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Dec 2, 20182 min read
To cover or not to cover?
Custom-made winter covers, typically canvas or synthetic, are a terrific benefit to your boat's gelcoat and general well-being. Some...
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Dec 1, 20183 min read
How To Store Your Boat In The Water For The Winter
Whenever the boat is stored in the water, it's in a pitched battle to keep out all the water surrounding it, and that battle gets...
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Nov 28, 20183 min read
How To Winterize Boat Plumbing
While most of the Marine Insurance freeze claims involve the engine or exhaust manifolds, that's not the only place where freezing water...
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Nov 26, 20183 min read
Common boat winterizing myths or mistakes that can cost you big in repairs, or destroy your boat
If you live in a boating climate where the temperature drops below freezing in the winter, then winterizing is one of the most important...
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Nov 19, 20186 min read
Inspecting Exhaust Manifolds & Risers
Manifolds and risers are some of the less-discussed "consumables" on your boat. But when they corrode internally, they often destroy the...
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Nov 17, 20181 min read
Barnacles problems?
"Barnacles destroy boats, but getting ride of them destroys the sea." 🐟⛵🌊 "Barnacle" has become a term for something tenacious and...
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Nov 16, 20181 min read
The most common fishing injury...
Fishhook-related wounds are one of the common injuries seen in fishing. This happens whether you accidentally puncture your finger while...
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Nov 15, 20181 min read
10 Doggie Safety Tips On a Boat
If you take your four-legged canine pal out on the boat, use these 10 tips to keep it safe and secure: 1. Lead your dog to the boat with...
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