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Your Marine Heads Professionals Talk About How to Fish Successfully in Choppy Waters Raritan Engineering your  marine heads  specialists would like to share with you these topics we thought would be of interest to you this month regarding how to handle fishing in rough seas. Your marine heads distributors talk about how fish often bite as the sea stirs. Steep waves and a stiff breeze also whet anticipation for some anglers and enliven action aboard. “Wahoo definitely bite better when the breeze kicks up,” says Bermuda charter and tournament captain Allen DeSilva. In DeSilva’s waters, that’s 15 knots and 6-foot seas. “Marlin are the opposite. The days we get five, six, seven fish are not rough,” he says.  Adjust Your Trolling Speed One reason average or calm seas favor marlin fishing is that it’s easier to see trolled lures and fish in the spread. “When it gets rough, bring everything in closer,” DeSilva says, to overcome the decreased visibility. He al...

Your Boat Toilets Suppliers Discuss Some Great Ways to Motorize Your Small Sailboat Raritan Engineering  your boat toilets distributors would like to share with you this week some great information regarding great portable electrical propulsion for tiny sailboats. In part one of our two-part test of five and six-horsepower engines in the upcoming January issue of Practical Sailor, we take a second look at portable electric motors. Practical Sailor’s interest in modern portable electric propulsion dates back to 2004, when then editor Doug Logan began to lose faith in the two-stroke outboard on his Boston Whaler.  Logan’s initial review of the Minn Kota focused on its potential as a dinghy motor but he also tested it on larger skiffs. We later heard from several  Practical Sailor  readers who use trolling motors to power their sailboats (some as large as 30-feet!), but most said they used them mainly for short distances and in mostly flat water. . ...

Your Marine Toilet Specialists Share How to Successfully Make Cell Phone Calls While Out on the Water Raritan Engineering your  marine toilet  distributors would like to share with you these topics we thought would be of interest to you this month regarding how to maximize WiFi and cellular reach while boating. How can I send and receive emails or texts when I am on the boat and away from the dock? Your marine toilet suppliers talk about how one way is to maximize your Wi-Fi and cellular reach by linking your mobile device with specialized range extenders from companies such as Digital Antenna, Aigean Networks, Shakespeare, Wave WiFi and WeBoost. You can also use satellite messengers such as the ACR 406 Link, which lets you use your ACR EPIRB or PLB to send short pre-written messages (e.g., “I’m here, I’m OK”) along with your position to family or friends. The SPOT Gen3 can deliver emails and position reports via the internet and SMS ...

Your Thru Hull Fittings Professionals Share Why LED Mastlights Make Your Boating Experiences Better  Raritan Engineering  your thru hull fittings specialists would like to share with you this week some great information regarding the benefits of using an LED mastlight. Your thru hull fittings distributors talk about how if you have your mast down this season or are contemplating an annual inspection aloft, it is a good time to consider a switch to an LED tri-color mastlight, which can cut the mastlight's energy consumption by 90 percent.  In the past, the most popular means of meeting the U.S. Coast Guard’s navigation light requirements for boats under 65 feet (see “Nav Light Requirements,” below) was to use an Aqua Signal Series 40 tri-color lamp housing with its long-filament incandescent bulb. Its 25-watt energy appetite not only puts a significant load on the house battery bank, but it requires a heavier-gauge wire be run up the spar in order to avoid an ene...

Your Macerating Toilet Experts Talk About Why Fish Love Seaweeds Raritan Engineering your  macerating toilet  professionals would like to share with you these topics we thought would be of interest to you this month regarding the secret to successful fishing spots. Your macerating toilet specialists discuss how on a summer morning when the blue, glassy waters 10 miles off Port St. Lucie, Florida, appeared devoid of life, a distant patch of golden-brown sargassum loomed enticingly on the horizon. Anglers might call them weeds, but these are actually species of marine algae, with different types producing different game fish, depending on where you’re fishing. In the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean, the main species are Sargassum natans and Sargassum fluitans, both of which are holopelagic, which means they grow free-floating in the ocean and never attach to the seafloor during their life cycles. That’s not to say that weeds are the only form ...

Your Boat Head Manufacturers Share a Fun Way to Sail Without Getting Wet   Raritan Engineering your  boat head  professionals would like to share with you these topics we thought would be of interest to you this month regarding the exciting world of EC 12 sailboat racing. Your boat head specialists talk about how it’s early on a Saturday morning in October, and the parking lot is already jam-packed at Lake Somerset within the gated community of Sun City, in Beaufort, South Carolina.  It’s the Sun City Model Yacht Club Regatta, and the sailors are here to practice for the upcoming East Coast 12 Meter National Championship, hosted by Turtle Pond Model YC in Peachtree City, Georgia, on the outskirts of Atlanta.  The EC 12 Meter class is an active group with a national ranking system and a keen following up and down the U.S. East Coast, as well as Australia, Canada and New Zealand. A new boat costs $3,500, but good secondhand boats can be found for ha...

Your Raritan Marine Professionals Discuss Great Tips for New Boat Buyers Raritan Engineering your  Raritan marine  specialists would like to share with you these topics we thought would be of interest to you this month regarding some of the best ways to maintain boats for first time boat buyers. You bought a boat. Your Raritan marine distributors talk about how why you need to maintain it. Just keep the following three points in mind, and the first year with a new boat should be smooth sailing. First off, engines, steering equipment, water pumps and anything else aboard that moves will benefit from use. Turn everything on and use it at least a couple of times a season. Raise and lower your anchor at the dock, for instance, if you never anchor out.  Next, keep it clean. This isn’t just aesthetic. If the engine space is clean, you’ll see an engine-coolant or steering-fluid leak right away, so you can have it taken care of before it gets worse. Debris in the wa...

Macerator Toilet Distributors Talk About Protecting Your Boat Deck From the Elements Raritan Engineering  your macerator toilet suppliers would like to share with you this week some great information regarding how to keep ice damage away from your boat's deck. It is the first day of fall, and that means winter is right around the corner, which is no fun sailors who live in the northern slice of the planet, unless, of course, you’re an ice-boater or frost-biter—in which case, I’m happy for you (spoken like a true Floridian).  If you had niggling leaks at your mast, your forward hatch, or deck hardware this summer, those niggles can become nightmares when freezing temperatures begin to do their sledgehammer work upon our boats—as well as our psyche. Most decks these days are sandwich cores, which have a stiffening material, usually foam or balsa, or plywood, sandwiched between two fiberglass skins. (For a more in-depth picture of the pros and cons this construction pr...

Your Macerator Pump Specialists Give Good Reasons to Boat More Often Raritan Engineering your  macerator pump  distributors would like to share with you these topics we thought would be of interest to you this month regarding how boating makes you feel great. Your macerator pump suppliers talk about how boat trips are just plain good for the soul. The sense of peace and tranquility that can be restored to you while gently rocking on the waves is undeniable. Although, if you need more reasons to take a boat trip, or are trying to convince someone else why a boat trip is well worth the time, look no further. Boat trips create bonding experiences with family and friends. The lasting memories you can make while on a boat trip are priceless. A day in the sun allows our bodies to soak up a safe amount of Vitamin D. With the use of sunscreen, Vitamin D is an important vitamin that one needs in order to survive. Learning new boating skills can be an empowering and edu...