The Importance of Navigation Lights
April 22, 2022
It’s too easy to take your navigation lights for granted until something fails or gets obscured.
It’s too easy to take your navigation lights for granted until something fails or gets obscured.
It’s a good idea to keep your seacock levers moving smartly, just in case you have to close or open one in a hurry.
Mooring 101: Best Practices, Worst Mistakes. It’s not just your mooring lines that require attention. It’s also what you tie them to at the dock.
Adding water to your head before leaving your boat will help keep the internal components from drying out.
The most critical thing you can do to preserve the well-being of an anchor windlass is to retrieve your anchor in the correct manner.
Losing an anchor due to a bad detachable link or a worn-out swivel or shackle can be VERY expensive. That’s why you should range the chain on your boat every few years.
Tracking down the source of onboard vibration requires a methodical approach.
AIS is valuable on any boat, but treat the information it displays with a dollop of skepticism and remember that boats not transmitting on AIS are not as noticeable as those that are.
If you allow air to enter the supply line of an engine it will promptly airlock the engine and summarily shut it down. Here are the steps to get things going again.
Should you have your oil analyzed? These experts say yes, since the lab report can tell you a lot about the health of your engines.
It’s too easy to take your navigation lights for granted until something fails or gets obscured.
It’s a good idea to keep your seacock levers moving smartly, just in case you have to close or open one in a hurry.
Mooring 101: Best Practices, Worst Mistakes. It’s not just your mooring lines that require attention. It’s also what you tie them to at the dock.
Adding water to your head before leaving your boat will help keep the internal components from drying out.
The most critical thing you can do to preserve the well-being of an anchor windlass is to retrieve your anchor in the correct manner.
Losing an anchor due to a bad detachable link or a worn-out swivel or shackle can be VERY expensive. That’s why you should range the chain on your boat every few years.
Tracking down the source of onboard vibration requires a methodical approach.
AIS is valuable on any boat, but treat the information it displays with a dollop of skepticism and remember that boats not transmitting on AIS are not as noticeable as those that are.
If you allow air to enter the supply line of an engine it will promptly airlock the engine and summarily shut it down. Here are the steps to get things going again.
Should you have your oil analyzed? These experts say yes, since the lab report can tell you a lot about the health of your engines.
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