Caring for Clear Plastics on Your Boat
There are three basic types of transparent plastics used on boats: clear vinyls, acrylics (the best known is Plexiglas), and polycarbonates (the marine standard...
A Permanent Mount for the Sensibulb LED Reading Light
A Permanent Mount for the Sensibulb LED Reading LightBy Thomas WetherbeeI have always been a big fan of brass berth lights, but have never...
Professional Advice for Do It Yourself Boat Blister Repairs
Earlier this year, reader and occasional contributor Fred Hatch found himself facing a quandary common among boat owners. The topsides of his 32-foot sloop...
Sparkling Brightwork: Careful Attention to the Details
It takes practice to produce a perfect, mirror finish on varnished wood, but it is not so much a difficult task as an exacting...
Do-It-Yourself Fender Boards
Without fender boards, no matter how you position and secure your boat and fenders, the movement of the tide and the boat will invariably...
Mast Support for Trailerable Boats
The transom support is a simple design. It is merely a 1" x 8 " board of a convenient length fastened to the rudder...
How to Prevent Head Odors Aboard Your Sailboat
While permeation of waste gases through flexible sanitation hose is a major source of odors in the head, it is not the only one....
Winterizing the Engine: Maintenance that Is Truly Preventive
Winterizing an inboard engine installation means a lot more than filling the cooling system with antifreeze and stuffing a rag in the exhaust outlet....
Boat Clinic: Minor Repair to Cored Decks
As long as the areas are small-no more than one or two square feet-repairs are quite simple and can usually be accomplished by injecting...
Maintenance of Interior Teak
With resistance to weathering as its primary virtue, however, teak makes less sense for use as trim below. Nevertheless, the simplicity of finishing teak,...
The Great Loop – The Basics
Join us this week as we discuss taking a sailboat around North America's great boating adventure - The Great Loop. We discuss advice from...
