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Buying Boat Insurance
Don't for one moment think that boat, home and other insurance policies are pretty much the same. In fact, even among marine-insurance specialists, coverage can vary dramatically.However, several major...
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Preparing Your Boat for Hurricanes
Winds exceeding 74 mph constitute a Category 1 hurricane. In just the past decade, we've seen the results of eight Category 5 Atlantic storms (sustained winds greater than 155 mph). Hurricanes...
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Living With Ethanol
Despite wails of protest from the marine industry, ethanol-laced gasoline is here to stay. What’s more, percentages are likely to rise in the future, thanks to powerful lobbying efforts by U.S. ethanol...
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Greener Bottom Paints
For centuries, copper has protected hulls from the bane of mariners: marine growth below the waterline, known as fouling. Wood sailing vessels were sheathed in copper, as the metal is an outstanding...
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Helm Enclosure Options
On a long run in the dark, I began to hate my boat’s clear-vinyl helm enclosure. Oh sure, it was protecting us from wind and spray, but seeing through it was fretfully difficult. I finally rolled up...
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Avoiding Electrolysis Damage
There is one phenomenon that beats even salt water when comes to corroding metal below the waterline – electrolysis. This occurs when stray electrical current “leaks” underwater and there are two...
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Combat Boat Corrosion
Rust never sleeps, especially when it comes to metal components on a saltwater fishing boat. Yet, you can keep salt-borne corrosion at bay. Start with the correct metals.Marine MetalsFor rails and...
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Choosing Oil For Your Boat
Consider the differences in how you use your marine engine versus your car engine. Start with the amount of use: Most cars run every day, while most recreational-fishing boats sit idle for days,...
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Cover Your Boat the Right Way for Long-Term Winter Storage
One of the key elements of successfully winterizing your fishing boat is covering it properly. This will protect your investment from rain, snow and varmints like racoons and rats looking for shelter...
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Boat Improvement
You probably know someone with a crazy obsession. Maybe it’s a neighbor who hoards old newspapers. Or your brother-in-law who is hooked on fantasy football. Or your aging Aunt Ida who decorates each...
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Top Spin
These days, you ain’t cool unless your boat’s got a hardtop. Indeed, among the new boats featured editorially in Sport Fishing during the past 12 months, more than 70 percent boasted hardtops, while...
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Anti-Fouling Paints Grow More Eco-Safe and Boater Friendly
With the specter of restrictions on copper-based anti-fouling paints looming on the horizon, marine paint companies such as Interlux and Pettit continue to push forward with broader ranges of...
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Gear You Can Easily Add to Your Boat T-top or Hardtop
Having a T-top or hardtop on your center-console, fish-around, walkaround, dual-console or express fishing boat not only provides shade, but it gives you a place to add equipment that performs better...
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Create More Seating Aboard Your Sport-Fishing Boat
Stand all day on the heaving deck of a fishing boat, and it feels like you spent eight hours on an exercise machine. Muscles fatigue as they work continuously just to maintain your balance. So it’s...
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How to Maintain and Equip Your Fishing Boat
Sport Fishing's Boat Tips department focuses on accessories, equipment, do-it-yourself projects, advice from the pros, and practical suggestions, because keeping your fishing boat in top shape can...
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Expert Advice for Rigging Your Boat and Catching More Fish
Here are four helpful tips that can help keep your live bait healthier, make your boat deck less slippery, prolong the life of your boat-trailer tires and keep gear in place in rough seas.
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Boaters and Ethanol Gas: New Legislation Would Fix Renewable Fuel Standard
New bipartisan legislation introduced today would help ensure recreational boaters don’t put unsafe fuel in their boats, according to Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatUS). Rep. Bob...
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