Boat Buying

on September 28, 2024

Are you boat buying? There’s a lot of boats on sale right now. Make sure you know what you want. Know your boat-buying criteria:  your must haves: type, age, amenities, and budget. Here are some rules of the boat buying road. Lesson 1: Make a realistic offer. After locating a suitable boat, don’t cheap out. If it seems super-clean and perfect. Make a good offer. Don’t assume a low-ball offer will be countered. All too […]

RADAR

on September 22, 2024

We know all you really want to know about your radar is how to look at that LCD screen and distill what’s a channel marker, what’s another boat, and what’s land. If you are investing in a radar system, (one that overlays), your radar returns on your chartplotter screen, its’ probably a good move. (See photo below.) It eliminates an awful lot of the guesswork, as long as the overlay doesn’t add to the confusion. […]

Floating Your Boat

on September 14, 2024

What Keeps your boat floating? As the storage season approaches for many parts of the East Coast, it’s a good time to review some of the common causes for boats to stop floating. Avoiding sinking  Store your stern drive in the down position when out of the water to avoid the bends and creases that stress rubber. Inspect the bellows two or three times a year and replace it annually.  Scuppers in the Fall & […]

Boaters Talk

on September 7, 2024

Boaters talk can seem coded or exclusionary, but not knowing it might jeopardize a passenger’s safety. PFD If the captain instructs everyone to “put on a PFD”, so the boat can leave the dock, he’s concerned about safety. PFD stands for personal flotation device and it’s simpler to just tell everyone to wear a life jacket. MOB If the captain or a crew member yells “MOB!” The cry is meant to kick everyone aboard into […]