Maintenance is a necessary chore. Finding side benefits makes it fun, even when it means hauling yourself up the mast each spring.
Boat Maintenance
Keep your cruising boat and gear working well with these suggestions for routine maintenance and simple fixes.
🎧3 Tips for Line Etiquette
Tying your boat up well is a characteristic of good seamanship. It’s even more important for a storm. Learn what to do and what not to do!
🎧Six Steps to a Perfect Bottom
Bottom painting. How do you keep this regular, messy, job in check? 6 steps will have you clean, painted, and ready to splash.
Safety Checks
A chilling story from a reader brings home an important point: never assume your safety gear works. Check it. Frequently.
Not-So-Easy Boat Maintenance
We all know that certain engine checks and maintenance are recommended at certain times. And we do most of them. Except those couple that are really difficult. Watch out — those can bite you in the butt!
Bottom Cleaning Tools
Planning to clean the bottom of your boat yourself? A complete list of the tools you need for bottom cleaning.
Hiring a Diver to Clean Your Boat’s Bottom
Wondering how you’ll keep the bottom of your boat clean of growth as you cruise? Info and tips on hiring a dive service to do it for you.
Capt. Tolley’s Penetrating Sealant
Got hairline cracks and want a fast and easy way to stop them from leaking? Capt. Tolley’s is your answer.
Boat Maintenance: O-Rings
Why replace o-rings annually, even if they don’t appear to be cracked? Contaminated fuel and engine damage are only a few of the problems you’ll avoid.
Clogged Outboard Fuel Line
How to tell if you have a blockage in an outboard fuel line, why they occur and how to choose a replacement fuel line that will have fewer problems.