19th July 2009
Faring your canoe bottom is not difficult and can be done in a few hours with simple hand tools and under $50 in materials. Turbulence eats up energy and can slow your boat down. It has been known for some time that a 2-in. scratch on a smooth surface can...
12th May 2009
Each state has its own Health Department specifications for food preparation areas. You will need to touch base with your local Health Department before starting your food preparation area to get approval for the materials and system you will use.
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12th May 2009
Most custom work on boats is done with adhesive tape on products which work well resulting in straight lines. But these adhesive products lay on the surface and are often not flexible enough to produce the custom looks that an artistic temperament may ne...
12th May 2009
Water turbulence eats up energy and can slow your boat down. It has been known for a long time that a 2-inch scratch on a smooth surface can generate turbulence for 10 or 12 inches as water flows over the scratch. If you have an older boat, your bottom ...
06th January 2009
Turbulence eats up energy and can slow your boat down. It has been known for a long time that a 2-in. scratch on a smooth surface can generate turbulence for 10 or 12 inches as water flows over the scratch. Just think how much water passes over a boat's p...
05th January 2009
We all know that to win sailboat races you need to make the fewest mistakes, go the right way, and have a boat that is rigged well. There are no substitutes for great crews, great sails, great tactics, and a little luck. But let's look at the issue of be...
05th November 2008
In 2007 I raced my Ranger 23 Tall Rig, on the St. Croix only to find that I could not seem to break 4 knots. I posted a complaint on the MSN Ranger web site asking why I was loosing races and could not achieve any significant speed.
I had lots of tips...
16th September 2008
Here are useful tips learned during more than 40 years of installing epoxy urethane floor seals and coatings on Fortune 500 company concrete floors, as well as in basements, garages, and decks. These tips can help you avoid mistakes that can limit the lif...
16th September 2008
Here are useful tips learned during more than 40 years of installing epoxy urethane floor seals and coatings on Fortune 500 company concrete floors, as well as in basements, garages, and decks. These tips can help you avoid mistakes that can limit the lif...
05th September 2008
Here are useful tips learned during more than 40 years of installing epoxy urethane floor seals and coatings on Fortune 500 company concrete floors, as well as in basements, garages, and decks. These tips can help you avoid mistakes that can limit the lif...
05th September 2008
Boats with fouled bottoms can use as much as 10% more fuel. This means that now, more than ever, you need to employ the technology that racing sailboats have been using for years: antifouling, non-stick, copper/Teflon boat bottom paint. These easy-to-app...
04th September 2008
1 Bottom painting is a messy job, but it is so expensive to have a professional do the job that it becomes pretty hard not to do it yourself. An added bonus is that you have some idea that the job was done right. Preparation is everything. An owner can ...
22nd August 2008
In the mid-1700’s you could make big money in the tea trade by being the first to reach England from the Far East with the new tea crop. This was a very big deal in those years as the Boston Tea party can attest to. The resulting competition to be the...
22nd August 2008
In the mid 1960’s Francis Chichester caught the imagination of the Sailing World by sailing around the globe aboard the Gypsy Moth IV. At first glance single handingley sailing around the world looks like a one off stand-alone event. Later knighted, S...
22nd August 2008
Growth on the bottom of a boat can reduce its efficiency by as much as 10%. Once fouling has established a hold on a boat hull it will rapidly spread or "colonize" the surface. Prevention is therefore better than the cure of having to remove the fouling b...
