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Winterizing Your Pontoon Boat
While the common advice for winterizing outboards, sterndrives and fuel systems apply to pontoon boats, the non-traditional features of pontoon boat design call for some additional attention to get ‘em...
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Full or Empty? Winterizing Your Performance Boat
This time of year, you can guarantee that when it comes to one question about winterizing, you’ll get more divergent answers than during a political debate.So I asked some of my local dealers the...
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Pressure Washing Your Pontoon Boat
This is about the time of year when ‘tooner’s who live north of the Mason-Dixon Line put their boats to bed for the winter. If the boat has been kept in the water for the season, at a dock, mooring or...
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Common Mistakes With Boat Covers
When it comes to putting the boat to bed for the season, there is such a thing as wrapping the rig up a bit TOO tight. When I was an outdoors columnist in the Florida Keys I did a story on a...
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Prepare Your Pontoon's Transducer for Next Season
After pulling the pontoon out of the water for the off-season don’t forget to scrub the face of your sonar’s transducer before any scum has a chance to dry on the down-facing surface of the sending...
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Lower Unit Wrap
Following the birth of our son, my wife once commented that she was in the market for a new lower unit as a result of the ordeal. The statement reminded me that a properly functioning lower unit can be...
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Go-Fast Boat Winterization Tips
Winterizing a regular ol’ runabout is challenging enough for most owners, but when it comes to performance boats and their engines, there are a few worthwhile extra steps that should be taken.Starting...
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Late Season Boat Battery Savvy
The fall foliage colors were at their peak and we were prepared for our final trip of the season as we launched the family pontoon for an autumn “leaf peeping” weekend afloat. Our favorite college and...
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Winterizing Your Pontoon Boat
Winterize Your Pontoon BoatDan ArmitageWhile the common advice for winterizing outboards, sterndrives and fuel systems apply to pontoon boats, the non-traditional features of pontoon boat design call...
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Full or Empty? Winterizing Your Performance Boat
Go Fast BlogSharkey ImagesThis time of year, you can guarantee that when it comes to one question about winterizing, you’ll get more divergent answers than during a political debate.So I asked some of...
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Pressure Washing Your Pontoon Boat
Pressure WashingDan ArmitageThis is about the time of year when ‘tooner’s who live north of the Mason-Dixon Line put their boats to bed for the winter. If the boat has been kept in the water for the...
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Common Mistakes With Boat Covers
Covered PontoonDan ArmitageWhen it comes to putting the boat to bed for the season, there is such a thing as wrapping the rig up a bit TOO tight. When I was an outdoors columnist in the Florida Keys I...
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Prepare Your Pontoon's Transducer for Next Season
Pontoon TransducerKeeping the face of your sonar’s sending unit clean will allow you to maintain an unobstructed view below.After pulling the pontoon out of the water for the off-season don’t forget to...
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Lower Unit Wrap
Lower Unit WrapIf you store your outboard in the vertical position as shown, there’s no reason to wrap the lower unit in plastic during the off-season.Following the birth of our son, my wife once...
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Go-Fast Boat Winterization Tips
Performance Boat Engine CompartmentEric ColbyWinterizing a regular ol’ runabout is challenging enough for most owners, but when it comes to performance boats and their engines, there are a few...
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Late Season Boat Battery Savvy
Pontoon BatteryDan ArmitageThe fall foliage colors were at their peak and we were prepared for our final trip of the season as we launched the family pontoon for an autumn “leaf peeping” weekend...
View ArticleHow to Properly Winterize a Marine Diesel Engine
You’ve kept your marine diesel mains and generators running well all season, and now the grip of winter is near. But your work isn’t done. To make sure these engines perform well next season, take...
View ArticleTop Winterizing Tips
Winterization is a necessary evil of boat ownership, combining an annual health checkup and insurance for an easy start to next spring’s boating.Paying a boatyard might lighten your wallet between $150...
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