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What Size Holding Tank Should You Have on a Boat?
Marinas and mooring fields offer once-a-week pumpouts. But how many boats have a large enough holding tank that they can go a week of full-time use?
Avoid Kinks When Coiling Lines on a Boat
Kinked lines driving you nuts when they won’t go through blocks? Here’s a quick solution from Dave’s Sea Scout days!
Save Your Knees When Doing Boat Projects
OUCH! Kneeling for any length of time, especially on non-skid, is hard on the knees. How to make it easier to DIY.
DIY Boat Name Lettering
Doing the design and installation work on our DIY vinyl boat name lettering was easier than we expected and VERY cost-effective!
Emergency Motor When Traveling by Boat
Your dinghy motor can get the “big boat” to a safe place . . . not very quickly, mind you, but it’ll do it with these two techniques.
Cruisers Helping: You’re Never Alone
Cruisers helping each other is one of the unwritten rules of living on a boat. You get out of this life what you put into it.
Having Back Up Plans When Boating
We’ve learned to ALWAYS have back up plans. If we’re lucky, we don’t need them. But sometimes we do . . .
Blown Away
Out of print for years, Herb Payson’s book is one that captured my imagination and got me thinking about cruising. Now it’s back in print!
Saving Paint Rollers & Brushes
The worst part of painting is cleaning up at the end of the day. You just want to be done with it! Here’s a quick tip to make it go MUCH faster.