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Cruising Boat Safety Gear: Water Intrusion
Four items to stop water intrusions from a broken thru-hull or hole in the hull that every boater should carry in case of an emergency.
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Solving Boat Galley Oven Problems
Hate to use your galley oven because it's so tempermental? Practical tips for using a galley oven and solving oven problems.
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How to Clean Epoxy From Your Hands
Using acetone to clean up after nasty messy projects such as epoxy or sealant? There's something that works better, is cheaper AND is less toxic!
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First Year Cruising? How to Decrease the Learning Curve
Is it your first year cruising or boating? Are you feeling overwhelmed by everything there is to learn? There are ways to make it easier!
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Avoid Over-Provisioning for Coastal Cruising
A simple realization made it so much easier to know where I'd put stuff!
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Is Your Depth Sounder Set Properly?
Don't assume your instruments -- particularly the depth sounder -- are set up correctly. Ours weren't and it took us a while to realize it.
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Protect the Kids & Pups: Lifeline Netting
Kid boats and dog boats . . . lifeline netting adds a bit of safety to both. A few notes on installing it and where to get the best price on the netting.
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Organizing Your Cruising Boat – The Basics
What is the secret to organizing your cruising boat? Knowing that it's a process, not one and done. Here's what you need to know.
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How Much Solar Power Do You Need?
Why it's impossible for a solar power estimator to tell you precisely how much solar power you need. 14 things that may be different in the real world.
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Too Many Spares Onboard?
How do you keep from realizing that you're almost out of something and buying a spare . . . several times over?
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Will You Remember How You Left Your Boat?
Storing your boat on the hard or on the dock? Use these tips to help you stay organized when you return.
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Boat Communication Headsets: The Marriage Savers
Good headsets transform the most stressful moments aboard. Here's why they're essential gear and what we actually use.
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Why We DIY on the Boat
Saving money is just one of the reasons we do most work on our boat ourselves. Learn the other reasons we prefer to do things ourselves.
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Filling In a Thru-Hull: What We Wish We’d Known
We filled in two thru-hulls and learned a lot the hard way. Here's everything we wish someone had told us before we started.
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Choosing a Broker (When Selling Your House to Cruise)
You're going to pay a lot of money to your broker. Make sure you get one that's going to get your boat or house sold!
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Choosing and Installing a Victron Battery Monitor
Step-by-step instructions with pictures to install a Victron battery monitor, including reasons for having a battery monitor and why we chose this one.
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My Favorite Boat Bottom Scraping Tool
This inexpensive tool made the scraping SO much easier without gouging the gel coat. And we've used it for lots of other projects as well.