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Spring Cleaning for Sounders – Is Your Depth Display at the Helm Correct?

The placement of a sounder's transducer is usually a foot or more underwater. Most mariners enter an offset to adjust...

Off-Season Boat Projects: Make the Most of Winter Storage

Winter storage is the perfect opportunity to tackle essential maintenance and upgrades it needs to feel like a brand new...

Winterizing Your Boat: Considerations for Seasonal Storage

As the boating season winds down and cooler temperatures take hold, it's time for boat owners to think about winterizing....

How to ICW-Proof Your Engine by Max Parker of Zimmerman Marine

Editor's note: When I first cruised the ICW, I had mostly day sailed and the engine did not get much...

Top Tips For First-Time Cruisers According to Cruisers

We recently polled our Waterway Guide Facebook Community of cruisers to share what they considered to be the best tips...

Getting to Know Your Boat's Electrical System

The electrical system of a boat is the glue that holds the boat together. Nearly every other system on the...

Troubleshooting Engine (Electrical) Problems

For 1,000 years, Safety at Sea starts at the DockSo said Admiral Halsey a half century+ ago. It was true...

We All Get Heavier As We Age – Even Our Boats!

As we (probably) all make New Year's resolutions to go on a diet, we keep getting reminded that we are...

Exciting Developments at Zimmerman Marine Mathews

The expansion project at ZMI Mathews, a year in the making, is now a reality. They've expanded their boat storage...

Boat Whisperers

Remember the first time you and your mate went boating together? Amazing that any of us make it past that...

Winterizing - Now or Later, It Has To Be Done

Usually, as soon as I write a column on de-commissioning the boat for the winter season, Indian Summer arrives to...

Boat Insurance - Friend or Foe?

Even though for some the boating season is almost over, we are well advised to be sure that we have...

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