Every year many boaters are subjected to carbon monoxide poisoning due to lack of information or understanding. It’s very important that boaters watch out for the often misread symptoms and pay attention to the key places where this silent killer can attack.

When the weather turns warm, boat owners head to the water in droves to take in as much boating time as possible. Marinas, lakes, rivers, and just about every mile of coast line play host to people in desperate need of a bit of “aqua therapy”. While the popularity of boating is quite obvious, it [...]

Common houseboats suffer hugely due to a unique natural feature called galvanic isolation. In simple words, galvanic isolation corrodes away the underwater metallic parts of the boat, when the floating boat is anchored at the marina and the boat’s power center has been plugged to the shore power center.

If the stern drives of the boat has got damaged due to prolonged use and galvanic corrosion, and you are thinking for a long time of a repair, then it is the right time to go for replacement stern-drives. Replacement stern-drives are available in a variety of range and they can be OEM replacement stern-drives or MerCruiser original stern-drives.

ARONOWITSCH & LYTH AB manufactures these excellent gripping devices that can be effectively used to hold onto any sailcloth of canvas, tarpaulin or other sailcloth material, without tearing the cloth. The device consists of an aluminum clip and a roller pin made of semi soft plastic.

DOYLE sail’s manufacture this efficient integrated main sail furlers that makes the packing of the mainsail after flaking an easy operation. The operation is pretty automatic as the lazy jacks capture the sail when it is lowered or reefed and stacks it inside stack pack. The cover opens automatically to hold the falling mainsail. What is left is then to zip the cover and secure the main sail.

Every reputable sailors will tell you know challenging and difficult night time sailing can become at the best of times, simply because nothing is visible in the pitch dark that accumulates in the night, especially in the open waters.

Wichard’s latest snap shackle is a snap shackle wonder. This stainless steel model called ‘Speedlink’ has been specifically designed for the spinnaker sheet connection. Speedlink is in every way a best snap shackle available.

This is a book that tells you all about rigging. The author is a successful big-boat racer; and has specialized in rigging and architectural photography.

Reverse heat thermo-pumps, are marine air conditioning units available on a houseboat that are efficient replacements to the conventional Coleman style roof-mounted marine air conditioners.