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Your Seacocks Suppliers Share How to Handle These New Rule Changes Raritan Engineering your  seacocks  manufacturers would like to share with you these topics we thought would be of interest to you this month regarding how to cope with racing rule changes. Your seacocks distributors talk about how World Sailing has changed the criterion for deciding whether extended close covering violates Rule 2. ● World Sailing held its annual conference in Mexico in November 2017 with a week of meetings involving several hundred delegates from all prominent sailing countries. There were many proposals to modify the racing rules discussed and voted upon, and for the most part, proposals that were accepted will not take effect until January 1, 2021, when the next revision of The Racing Rules of Sailing is published.  Four changes for 2018 clearly fix the problem U.S. Sailing identified. The changes also establish a clear process to be followed whenever the protest commit...

Your Boat Cleaning Products Distributors Share Great Reasons to Check and Maintain Your Tethers Raritan Engineering  your boat cleaning products suppliers would like to share with you this week some great information regarding the importance of checking your tethers. Just as we were wrapping up the report in our December 2017 issue describing how to make your own safety tether, 60-year-old British sailor Simon Speirs went overboard and died during the Clipper Round the World Race in an accident linked to a tether safety clip failure. Regarding the most recent incident, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, noted offshore sailor and the Clipper Race founder and chairman, was reported saying that the tether “failed in some form or another.”  "The reason why the clip failed is under investigation, and I am not going to anticipate the findings as that could be misleading and not do yachtsmen any favours," Knox-Johnston wrote in an e-mail to  Practical Sailor . ...

Your Marine Holding Tank Specialists Share Tips for Going Pro   Raritan Engineering your  marine holding tanks  distributors would like to share with you these topics we thought would be of interest to you this month regarding how to become a professional sailor. Your marine holding tanks suppliers talk about how he turned that regatta into a full season of sailing in Europe and then turned that season into a career. At 28, he’s just finished a six-year stint with Emirates Team New Zealand, where he was a boat captain for a number of the team’s race boats over that span, including their AC45, Extreme 40 and TP52. He’s also a highly regarded bowman. In simple terms, he has achieved his dream. Luck, he’ll be the first to admit, has played a role. The track from talented youth sailor to successful professional is vague at best. Few sailors can successfully navigate it without some help. But luck will only get you so far.  1- Learn a trade. With a few except...

Your Marine Sanitation Professionals Discuss How to Make Quick Fixes With Everyday Items   Raritan Engineering your  marine sanitation  distributors would like to share this article we thought would be of interest to you this month regarding how to make temporary fixes while boating.  What's your longest-lasting 'temporary fix'? Your marine sanitation suppliers talk about how with the best of intentions we've solved some minor inconveniences while underway, swearing we'd create a more permanent and reliable solution once we hit the dock. But something strange often occurs once the dock lines are secured.  We eventually got in touch with Don Whelan of Harken to describe our problem with an exact description of the 'thingamajig' we needed that, you know, goes on the side of a main sheet block. With appropriate questions narrowing the options he figured out exactly what we needed, and, once acquired, the project took all of five minutes....

Your Marine Ice Makers Distributors Talk About How to Find Out if You're Sailing in a Lemon Raritan Engineering your  marine ice makers  suppliers would like to share with you these topics we thought would be of interest to you this month regarding ways to see if your boat is a lemon. Your marine ice makers manufacturers talk about how while many of the more than 63,000 boats damaged as a result of 2017 hurricanes will be repaired and have more years of life on the water, some used boat buyers in 2018 could end up with storm-damaged lemons. The nation’s largest advocacy, services and safety group for recreational boaters, Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatUS), cautions used boat buyers that some boats affected by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma are beginning to hit the market, and that getting a prepurchase survey (called a Condition and Value survey) is very important. “It’s not that you don’t want to buy a boat that’s been repaired, but you should have ...

Your Marine Sanitation Device Suppliers Share Tips On How to Select a Sailmaker   Raritan Engineering  your marine sanitation device manufacturers would like to share with you this week some great information regarding how to choose a sailmaker. Historically, fall has been the best time to order new sails. Boat show specials abound and you have plenty of wiggle room on delivery date—at least if you are snowed in for most of the winter. But our wants and needs seem to rarely dovetail with the perfect season.  The following article from our print archives is aimed primarily at the first-time sail-buyer. For more specific guidance on sail buying, be sure to check out our recent articles on choosing a cruising main, which includes a link to  PS  readers’ favorite sailmakers and list of recommended sailmakers, and “State of the Main,” a look at how the industry has dramatically changed over the past two decades. For a one-stop comprehensive look at ...

Your Marine Hot Water Heaters Specialists Talk About the Benefits of Inboards and Outboards Raritan Engineering your  marine hot water heaters  distributors would like to share with you this week these topics we thought would be of interest to you this month regarding a discussion of whether or not inboards or outboards are better. Your marine hot water heaters suppliers talk about why does everybody seem to want to put outboards on big boats these days? It looks crazy to hang a bracket with a pair of outboards on the transom of a good-looking, sturdy 36-foot hull designed for work or play.  Won’t they? Well, when semi custom boat builder Bill Judge showed up in one of his 36-foot Chesapeakes for the Annapolis Fish for a Cure tournament a couple of years ago, it was powered by a pair of 300 hp Suzuki outboards instead of the usual 480 hp Cummins inboard.  Bill Judge has been both a boater and a boat builder all his life. He’s been bu...

Your Marine Hose Specialists Share Great Tips For Lightning Storm Survival Raritan Engineering your  marine hose  distributors would like to share with you these topics we thought would be of interest to you this month regarding safety during lightning storms. Your marine hose suppliers discuss how they say lightning never strikes twice, but when it strikes my good friend Chuck Larson, the story gets told over and over again, and never gets old. And the odds are actually 1 in 1.083 million in any given year, according the National Weather Service. Sounds like a long shot, but in an 80-year life span those odds increase to 1 in 13,500, which seems more probable.  In fact, an impoundment of the Little Tennessee River was the site of the lightning strike that nailed Chuck some 20 years ago. Chuck and his cousin, Andy, and two bikini-clad friends were back in a cove when they heard thunder and rightly decided to head for home port, but when they wheeled out o...

Marine Water Heaters Distributors at Raritan Share Ways to Install and Maintain Your Bilge Pump Raritan Engineering  your marine water heaters experts would like to share with you this week some great information regarding the ease of bilge pump installation. The best bilge pump in the world won’t keep your boat dry if it’s not properly installed and maintained. While bilge pump installations are fairly straightforward—and definitely within the scope of DIY projects—there are several factors to consider (capacity, wire size, hose diameter, fuse size) before you begin, and there are some good rules of thumb to follow. CHOOSING AN ELECTRIC PUMP The first step is selecting the right bilge pump(s) for the job. We recommend installing two electric centrifugal pumps (preferably one with automatic water level sensor): a smaller pump mounted at the belly of the bilge to handle the incidental bilge water (rain, stuffing box drips, etc.) using minimum power and another pump mounted...