Tips for Staying Safe

on June 28, 2025

This fourth of July, follow these tips for staying safe. Avoid Sensitive areas Always avoid sensitive areas and operating your watercraft in shallow waters or near shorelines at high speeds. Launch at designated spots Travel Slow Tips for staying Safe – Boat where you are allowed File a Float Plan

Ventilate

on June 21, 2025

It’s summer, but Why Ventilate your Boat? Unattended Boats Unattended boats generate humidity and moisture below because of water, air, and hull surface temperatures. While true even in a “dry” climate, this process accelerates in a humid climate and in cold water. When you ventilate your boat, you want to do more than simply move air — you want to equalize the humidity levels inside and outside the boat, including areas between hulls, behind paneling […]

CHANCES

on June 14, 2025

What Chances Are Fathers’ Day, What Chances Are… As we get set to celebrate a day that really should be recognized more significantly than it is, I took a little time to write this little poem, maybe its even a lyric. Give a little attention, and see if it gets you thinking some, and remembering that man you called Father. Chances are he welcomed you when you first came in Chances are he had you […]

Dangerous Gases

on June 7, 2025

Whether you are new to boating or are an experienced salty, if you are on a boat, you are exposed to potential dangerous gases. Carbon Monoxide Carbon monoxide, one of the deadliest dangerous gases, enters the bloodstream though the lungs by breathing in this dangerous gas. Exposure in a well ventilated environment is generally not a problem. Brief exposure in a more confined environment can cause sickness and prolonged exposure to higher concentrations can kill […]