Boat Problems

Boat Aluminium Restoration, Cleaning and Shining.

If your boat’s aluminium is starting to get dull and gathering random green or white spots or even just discolouring why not try the following handy tip to make it shine again! If the aluminium is pitting grab a razor blade and cut/scratch off the pits. Once the pits are gone grab some bronze wool...

Boat Battery Maintenance and Testing

Keeping your batteries clean and maintained is a great idea as it will help prolong the life of them. Cracks and leaks are more visible if you keep your battery clean but just make sure you wear some protection on your hands like acid resistant gloves and goggles. Below are some quick steps for battery...

Cleaning and Maintaining your Boat Canvas

Under most circumstances all you need to do to keep your canvas tip top shape and clean is to regularly hose it down after a day’s outing. The heavy-duty cleaning won’t need to happen as often if you keep hosing it down. Once the canvas finally needs a good clean then you can following following...

Preparing your Boat Windows for Winter

During winter when there are colder temperatures, the frameless acrylic windows seem to shrink alot. This happens in Plexiglass and Lexan type acrylic windows. The best thing to do to prepare for winter is to grab your favorite toolkit, and undo those screws just a little bit to loosen them up. This...

Best way to store a Dinghy

Many people often wonder what the best way to store a Dinghy is. Even if your dinghy is infaltable or hard it will require proper storage, and the correct storage can make everything much easier and safer. It will even help to lengthen the life of your dinghy. Below are some options for Dinghy Storage: Clip-on...

Adjustment of your outboard steering

If you are finding that your steering is overly stiff and that your are having trouble turning the wheel or if it feels like when you are turning that it is going to break. It may even make it very hard to throttle and steer? How to make adjustments to the steering to either loosen or tighten it: Warning,...

Boat Steering and Trim Troubleshooting

Boats that have outboard motors are normally steered in one of three different ways. Small boats are often controlled by a tiller handle on the motor. Midsize boats are often cable steering system and large boats usually employ a hydraulically assisted power steering system. Midsize Boats with steering...

Outboard motor storage for long periods of time.

Below are a few pointers for storing your outboard motor for long periods of time, for example during winter etc. You will need to get to your motor’s carburetor in order to do the following, so please go ahead and remove your silence cover. Next you need to hook a spare hose to your motor’s...