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Where to Store the Ditch Bag
Where and how to store your boat’s ditch bag so that you can grab it instantly, plus five tips so it’s ready for an emergency and will serve you well.
How to Get Your Prescriptions While Cruising
Worried your daily meds will derail your cruising plans? Here’s how liveaboards actually handle prescription refills, at home and abroad.
Is Clutter Making Your Boat Life Harder?
Clutter on your boat can make you crazy. Here are a few tips to make getting rid of boat clutter more manageable.
TeamO PFD with BackTow
Marine product: An inflatable PFD/harness with TeamO’s patented BackTow technology — the only system that keeps you face-up and breathing if you fall overboard while tethered. 170N (38 lb) buoyancy, integrated harness with crotch straps, sprayhood, water-activated light, and inspection window. Offshore model with ProSensor Elite firing head. UK-made.
Handy Kitchen Reference: Cooking Cheat Sheet Booklet
Marine product: A waterproof kitchen cheat sheet booklet with 27 charts — measurement conversions, ingredient substitutions, recipe scaling (1/3, 1/2, double, triple), US/metric, baking and cooking temperatures, pressure cooker times, vegetable storage, oil smoking points, and more. The answers your recipes leave out, without needing internet.
12 Volt Wiring Size Chart
Marine product: A waterproof, grease-proof 12V DC wire size chart with 3% and 10% voltage drop tables for both regular and engine-room installations. Also includes a battery state of charge chart for flooded lead acid, AGM, and lithium batteries plus a watts/volts/amps conversion chart. Compact enough for the toolbox or engine room.
Handy VHF Reference
The Boat Galley Handy VHF Reference is a waterproof VHF radio cheat sheet built to live right next to your radio — for the moments when you can’t quite remember what channel a drawbridge monitors, how to call a marina, what to say in a Mayday, or how to spell your boat’s name phonetically over […]
Outboard Troubleshooting for Beginners
Marine product: A waterproof, fuel-proof troubleshooting guide for outboard motors that won’t start or suddenly die — designed for boaters with zero outboard experience. Step-by-step checks and simple fixes that cover 80-90% of typical problems, no tools required. Lives in the dinghy so you have it when you need it.
Boat Documents Organizer
Marine product: A water-resistant document organizer designed specifically for boat papers — holds 400 pages with room for your Certificate of Documentation, registration, insurance policy, surveys, hurricane plan, captain’s license, radio licenses, and more. Includes a zippered passport pouch and pre-printed checklists for U.S. cruising and international clearances. Breeze through marina check-ins, USCG boardings, and foreign port clearances.