Boat Maintenance

20 different brands are brushed on teak panels and put out to weather in the sun, rain and snow. Here’s a 6-month report.

Micron Optima rates best at preventing growth on hulls, but its short pot life makes runners-up Trinidad SR, ACP Ultima and Micron CSC Extra look equally good.û

Used for mast boots, turnbuckles, hose leaks and wrapping electrical wire, self-amalgamating tape is a chemical marvel.

Micrologic RepairReader Carl Love wrote to say, You might want to add Bay Country Electronics to your list at 4 Dock St., Annapolis, Maryland,...

Most varnishes don’t last long in the tropics and, unfortunately for Nick, Calypso has a laminated captrail that requires protection.

All too often boat owners keep tabs on the condition of their engines by simply running them: If they start and run smoothly...

Y-10 took off some tough stains and was a lot easier on our lungs than the more-potent products from Aurora and MaryKate.

Approaching Singapore, we spotted a debris-coated slick about a mile long and 50 yards wide. Concerned about sucking debris into the engine raw water intake, we gingerly picked our way through a narrow gap in the spill.

A perservering couple strips the old vinyl from their Prout catamaran and installs a new liner.

A trend in recent years has been the gradual elimination of exterior teak on boats. This is understandable, given the amount of time and...