Whether it’s huge pontoon house boat that sleeps 28, an old fishing boat, a recreational craft designed to pull water skiers or a yacht you’d like to one day enter in the America’s Cup, just about everyone has a dream boat. Unfortunately, most of us don’t have the resources to just go out and buy [...]
Read More →Part of keeping your boat looking sharp is keeping the gelcoat on your fiberglass hull in top shape. A boat with a gelcoat that’s in good shape means the difference not only between being nice and shiny, but being protected, as well. In the same way you protect your boat investment with boat insurance, you [...]
Read More →Many boat owners spend hours or days getting their boat ready for winter, but when the spring thaw comes they’re so anxious to get out on the lake that they fail to do some de-winterizing. There are several areas you need to spend some time on if you’re going to get your boat in seaworthy [...]
Read More →Let’s get something straight from the get-go. Building a boat isn’t easy. It’s going to take a hell of a lot of elbow grease, and you need to have at least some basic handle on how to follow the boat construction plans. You also need to be able to pick out the right materials, and [...]
Read More →When you think about the deserts of Kuwait, you don’t usually think about boating on the high seas. You’re more likely to think of, well, let’s face it, sand. Or maybe the oil that resides underneath the sand. You wouldn’t expect the Kuwaiti desert to be the home of the oldest known boat.
Yet, that’s exactly [...]