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Installing Your New Boat Sound System Doesn't Have to Be Difficult Suggestion: You can network the Clarion CMS4 along with an MFD using the optional MW6 NMEA 2000 interface adapter. It ties the sound system right into an onboard NMEA 2000 backbone to manage the audio on compatible MFDs from Garmin, Lowrance, Simrad and other popular brand names. A marine stereo can be as easy or sophisticated as you like. Systems such as those from Clarion, Fusion, JL, Polk, Prospec and Rockford Fosgate provide lots of room for expansion. Beyond a head unit and speakers, you can add functions like amplifiers, subwoofers, tower speakers, remote controls, SiriusXM and speakers with LEDs to produce a rockin' audio/visual experience. However a lot of today's aftermarket setups prove less ambitious, including a source unit, control/display and four marine speakers. A few include an amp and NMEA 2000 networking to control the sound through a multifunction display screen. Here we ou...

  Try These Easy and Cost Effective Ways to Stay Safe While Boating Raritan Engineering Company your  marine heads  specialists would like to share with you these topics we thought would be of interest to you this month regarding simple ways to stay safe while boating.  Your marine heads experts talk about how to open up your boat for a vessel safety check: You may think getting a vessel safety check from the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary or U.S. Power Squadrons can open yourself to problems. However, a no-risk, free vessel safety check does the opposite. It points out both the required and recommended items to have aboard, such as fire extinguishers, life jackets, distress signals, first-aid kits, and engine spark arrestors. Believe the numbers – take a safety course: Statistics from the U.S. Coast Guard Office of Boating Safety show that only 13 percent of all boating deaths in 2016 occurred on vessels where the operator had taken a nationally approved b...

Boat Restoration Made Easy Restoring a boat could definitely be hard work, not to mention an expensive project. Whether or not you've just recently bought an old boat that needs to have a bit of TLC, or your own boat is starting to look like it was found on the bottom of the sea, we have shared 5 boat restoration secrets here today which will not only save you money, but will also save you a great deal of time. 1. You don't need to utilize expensive rust removers anymore! Forget searching on Amazon.com or any other place when it comes to the latest trend of rust removers. Not only could they be expensive but also extremely harsh if used improperly. Rather, begin searching in the rear of your cupboards. A toothbrush covered in a little bit of baking soda, salt or white vinegar will do just the trick and bring your stained fiberglass up to a sparkly finish. 2. Laundry washing detergent is truly your new best friend! Believe it or not, laundry detergent not only w...

  Your Marine Head Units Specialists Discuss How to Loosen Up Those Tight Nuts and Bolts  Raritan Engineering  your marine head units distributors would love to share with you this week these great pointers on how to unstick pesky bolts and nuts. My friend Nick and I had a discussion the other day about which bolts were tougher to break free: shaft coupling bolts or the lug nuts on an old trailer.      The muscles, in this instance, were those of Dustin Rahl, owner of a very busy mobile trailer service in Sarasota, Fla., Trailers 2 Go. The axle on the trailer for our Catalina 22 test boat  Jelly  (aka Our Lady of Perpetual Despair), had cracked at the weld, so that its left wheel splayed outward at a 20-degree angle.  But what happens if the PB isn’t enough? Carefully applied heat from a butane, MAPP-gas, or propane torch is usually the next step. After that, it’s time to break out the specialty tools. Like a chef with a favor...

Your Marine Heads Specialists Share Battery Maintenance Tips With You  Raritan Engineering your  marine heads  analysts would like to share with you these topics we thought would be of interest to you this month regarding how to find the best battery for you. Your marine heads experts know that placing batteries in a console keeps the weight near the boat’s center of gravity. Marine batteries seem a little like wizardry to me: so much capability and design packed into a heavy, rectangular anonymous-looking package.  Your marine supplies online specialists understand that batteries represent the heart and blood of a vessel. Without them and their life-giving current flow, nothing moves, nothing happens.  Boat dealers ­generally make it easy on buyers by recommending and installing the proper batteries in a new boat — batteries that meet the requirements of the engines and electronics aboard.  Application and Number Most saltwater...

Your Marine Head Units Professionals Understand that Annual Frustrating Inspection Time Raritan Engineering Company  would love to share with you this week this helpful information on how to better understand your life raft inspection time.  Spring is when many sailors have to bite the bullet and have their life raft inspected, an expense that costs 10 to 30 percent of the price they paid for the raft—or more. In the U.S., there is no inspection requirement for life rafts on recreational boats. Inspection guidelines are set by the manufacturer. In Europe and other parts the world, rafts for recreational boats that sail offshore are supposed to meet ISO Standard 9650-1. This standard allows for an inspection interval of up to three years, but manufacturers often specify shorter intervals, especially for boats that spend most of their time in the tropics.  The experience of the owners of the 14-year-old, six-man, valise-stored Avon life raft...

Marine Head Units Analysts Share How to Protect Yourself and Your Storm Damaged Boat by  Raritan-Engineering  -  February 11, 2017 Your Marine Head Units Experts Help You to Minimize Storm Damage Raritan Engineering  your marine head units professionals would love to share with you this week amazing tips on how to protect yourself and your storm damaged boat. Our hearts go out to all those suffering in the wake of Hurricane Matthew. When people are hurt and homes and precious possessions are destroyed or lost forever, a wrecked recreational sailboat seems wholly unimportant.  In the coming days and weeks, more people will be returning to their vessels and doing what they can to keep them safe. I’ve been through two Category 5 hurricanes (one ashore, one afloat) and several smaller ones. In every case, boats that could have been salvaged shortly after the storm were lost due to neglect, but this is expected, given the many other, more critical n...