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The final step was putting on the anti-fouling coat. I used 4 gallons of Pettit Trinidad red and got about two and a half coats on the bottom, with some extra on the bottom of the keel and at the

The bottom of my boat was very badly neglected and most of the bottom paint had come off by the time I got the boat to the yard. There were small holes going through to the fiberglass all over the

Having a clean boat bottom is essential if you want to enjoy your boating experience in Florida. During the summers, bottoms need to be cleaned twice a month to keep the growth off and get the best from your boating

There are many aspects to maintaining a beautiful seaworthy boat. All the systems need to be maintained in good working order and the boat kept clean, and presentable. There are four types of boat services that you will routinely see

This is an interesting article about barnacles from a film about the Intertidal Zone by Bullfrog Films. If you are a boat owner, you know about the damage these crustaceans can do to your boat and all the effort it

A friend of mine went to look at buying a 30 ft sailboat, but when he went to look at it, the owner mentioned in an offhand way that the prop had fallen off! Everything on the boat looked like

I am very excited to have a new member of our dive team, my brother Andrew Bonawitz. Drew is an experienced diver and an excellent addition to our team. He came up from Fort Myers last year to help with

Sacrificial zincs play a vital role in making sure your boat stays above the water, and you do not get saddled with very expensive repairs. They protect the propeller, propeller shaft, and any other exposed metal structures below the surface

We have two seasons in Florida, dry and wet. The shift from wet weather to dry weather usually is somewhere in mid October. The shift is brought about by cold fronts coming from the North West that begin to change

Everyone is interested in the weather. It is especially important for mariners to get good weather information. NOAA is a good resource for both local and national marine weather. It has some very good marine weather information displayed in a