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Spring Maintenance

March
24
boat usage, boating, Maintenance, Safe Boating, Spring Maintenance
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Your Spring Commissioning Checklist

If you’ll be preparing your own boat for launching this spring, our friends at WaterWay Guide and Boat US have compiled this list of items for your attention. Before You Launch Check the condition of antifouling paint and repaint if necessary. Inspect all hose clamps for rust and replace as necessary. Double clamp fuel... Continue reading
April
7
Safe Boating, Spring Maintenance
Comments Off on Getting Your Boat Ready for Spring: Safety Equipment and Paperwork

Getting Your Boat Ready for Spring: Safety Equipment and Paperwork

We've written a lot this off-season about structural and mechanical items to consider before your boat is launched.  We've begun launching season, so it's time to make sure the all the details are considered.  Like compliance and paperwork.  Today, let's check the glovebox and safety locker. Be sure that you've... Continue reading
March
6
Maintenance, Spring Maintenance
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Getting Your Boat Ready for Spring: Installing Trim Tabs

Short of repowering your boat, there’s probably no single improvement that will make a bigger difference in your boat’s performance than installing trim tabs on a powerboat that doesn’t already have them. Trim tab kits are readily available from West Marine or any of the major online marine retailers. You’ll... Continue reading
February
27
Maintenance, Marine Electronics, Spring Maintenance
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Getting Your Boat Ready for Spring: Electrical System Maintenance

You rely on your boat's electrical system to run lights, electronics, appliances, pumps and gauges - and to start the engine - so annual servicing is critical. This spring someone, either you or your boatyard, should: -- Clean D/C positive and negative wiring connections, batteries, fuse blocks, circuit protection and... Continue reading

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