Boating Products
100′ Spirit Super-Yacht
Looking at boats is always fun, even unattainable (for me at least), beautifully crafted beasts. Check this one out.
Towing Insurance - Better Get It.
There is a lot of safety and backup gear that I won’t leave the dock without - fire extinguishers, all the spare rope I can jam in the lazzarette, emergency rum, etc. Above all (o.k. not the rum) is my BoatUS towing membership card. I’m not pimping for BoatUS here. I have it for peace of mind and because I’m a cheapskate. A tow without insurance [...]
Patches Gets A New Life
As soon as the paperwork was signed for Mariola, our Morgan 323, I was already wondering how the heck I was going to get from the boat to our favorite islands. Priorities! Immediately I hit Craig’s List in search of a good deal for an inflatable dinghy. There were some good deals, but all in [...]
Best Boat Wax There Is
Mariola is under attack. The winter crows are back in Gulfport and bent on changing her color. These little poopers must have one of the highest fiber diets in the animal kingdom. What a mess. It’s time to protect the topsides with wax, a chore I’m not looking forward to. On the upside, there’s a great wax that [...]
Do You Feel Lucky Punk?
Messing around with the video of my Grandfather talking about guns and pirates inspired a little websurfing today. A while ago I read, heard, or hit my head on some information about a 38 caliber insert that can be put inside a regular 12 gauge flare gun. Summoning all-mighty Google, I went to work…
Solar Power Game-Changer
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have discovered and demonstrated a new method for overcoming two major hurdles facing solar energy. By developing a new antireflective coating that boosts the amount of sunlight captured by solar panels and allows those panels to absorb the entire solar spectrum from nearly any angle, the research team has moved [...]
Oh God No….
Words fail me. I’m trying to gather myself to come up with a rant that will be ground zero for an all out powerboat war - and I can’t. Words, and now Hunter fail me. Hunter Marine, the innovators of chincy, the starter boat clorox bottle company, just came out with this - this hideous [...]
Breach Like A Dolphin!
Saw this in Outside Magazine. Developed by Ted Clamillo this weird dolphin type fin is supposed to propel swimmers through the water at nearly 10 miles per hour, therorectically fast enough for a strong swimmer to breach like a dolphin. The fin is called the Lunocet and is about 42″ and costs $1,250 - $1,800. Looks like [...]
I Want A Pudgy Dinghy
Couldn’t resist, but hey, they named it not me. The Portland Pudgy. I saw this pudgy little dinghy awhile ago in a sailing mag and it got my attention. I have yet to need a dinghy (stop it) but always thought it would be good to have one that doubles as a life raft. I remember [...]
