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Your  TruDesign  Experts Are Excited to Show You These Offshore Fishing Tips Raritan Engineering your  TruDesign  Professionals would like to share with you these topics we thought would be of interest to you this month regarding improving your offshore fishing skills. Fishing Tips for Offshore Success CLEAN YOUR LEADERS Capt. Damon Sacco , Castafari East Sandwich, Massachusetts "Always clean your leaders when you check, re-deploy, or change lures or baits. Your TruDesign analysts know that rubbing alcohol, plain saltwater, and/or even a clean rag has worked well for me. Wiping the leaders helps remove any diesel soot from your exhaust that builds up on your leaders like it does on your transom. Your marine parts supply specialists feel that it sometimes also wipes off any algae that dirty up your leader. You will be surprised at how dirty your leaders and line get, and in a very short amount of time!" BUCKTAIL, READY TO GO Capt. Bouncer Smith ...

Your  Marine Toilet Systems  Professionals Know the Frustration of Removing Layers of Bottom Paint   Raritan Engineering  your marine toilet systems experts would like to share with you this week these tips on how to remove many layers of bottom paint. So, a couple of years back, you acquired a good old boat at a pretty good price—thanks to the market—but now you’re wondering how many coats of bottom paint it has. And what kind? You’ve put on a few coats of ablative antifouling since you’ve owned the boat. It has adhered well and has done its job. But each year, the bottom looks rougher and rougher—with big recesses where paint has flaked off. You sweated out some extra prep-work this season, and thought you had a nice, durable subsurface for painting, but each pass of the roller pulls up more paint. What’s going on here? More than likely, you probably have too much paint built up on your hull, and this is affecting adhesion. How much is too much? Well, tha...

Your  Seacocks  Specialists Caution That Boats Can Sink Even If Something Bad Doesn't Happen   Raritan Engineering your  seacocks  professionals would like to share with you these topics we thought would be of interest to you this month regarding how to keep your boat from sinking while its docked. A boat shouldn’t sink ­unless something ­really bad happens, right? Your seacocks analysts know that a high-speed collision, a fiery fuel explosion, a ­direct strike by lightning — these events ­certainly can sink a boat.  Studies of insurance claims by BoatU.S. back this up, showing that more than two-thirds of recreational-boat sinkings happen at the dock or on a mooring. BoatU.S. further ­estimates that only 35 percent of such sinkings are out of an owner’s hands. The (Not Always) Mighty Bilge Pump A bilge pump can really save the day in the event of an unexpected gusher, and it’s great for cleaning up the condensation and other unavoid...

Your Boat Cleaning Products Experts Promote Safety In All Boating Situations  Raritan Engineering  your boat cleaning products professionals would love to share with you this week these helpful tips for surviving areas with high tsunami potential. The first step to survival is preparation, and we hope sharing the Neal’s insights and firsthand experience will help others cruising tsunami-prone waters to be better prepared in the event of an earthquake. From Mahina Expeditions: As sailors, we need to be aware of the ever present threat of a tsunami. By establishing emergency procedures for your crew and vessel along with knowing what to expect and what to do in the event of a tsunami, it will be far less likely that you or your crew will become casualties or that your vessel will sustain damage. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Pacific Tsunami Warning Center is located at Ewa Beach, Hawaii. They have seafloor and coastal sensors located a...

Our Marine Water Heater Dept Discusses Tacoma-bound: 22 sailing ships and a 6-story-tall rubber duckie More than 20 sailing ships — plus a building-size rubber duckie — are on course to visit the Tacoma waterfront this summer for a four-day maritime, music, food and wine festival. Festival of Sail Tacoma will take place June 15-18 along the Thea Foss Waterway. Organizers expect more than 200,000 people to attend the celebration, which will stretch 1 mile from the Museum of Glass to Thea’s Park. “It’s going to be awesome to see the Foss Waterway packed with   ships ,” said Craig Samborski, CEO of Draw Events, a Minnesota-based company with experience in putting on tall ship festivals. With support from the city, Draw Events is planning Tacoma’s celebration with Tacoma Sail Events, an LLC run by a committee of 10 people from the   boating  and real estate community. Since plans were announced more than a year ago, organizers have secured sponsorships to hel...

Your Marine Sanitation Device Experts Help You Remember the Risks That Come With Colder Waters   Raritan Engineering  would like to share with you this week these important suggestions on how to survive cold water incidents. After living in Florida for so many years, it is easy to forget the risks associated with colder waters, vividly demonstrated in a video on cold-water survival that I have included in this week’s blog post.  Former U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmer Mario Vittone has an excellent blog article that explores some of reasons why cold water changes everything in a drowning situation.   The first phase of immersion in cold water is called the cold shock response. It is an involuntary physiological response to cold water. This response can last from less than a half-minute to a couple minutes.  The second stage is cold incapacitation, which is just like it sounds. The water temperature prevents you from being able to swim, wave for help...

Your Marine Ice Makers Professionals Find Out How Strict the U.S. Coast Guard Will Be With New Laws Raritan Engineering your   marine ice makers  analysts would like to share with you these topics we thought would be of interest to you this month regarding the new marijuana laws and the possible affects on boating. In six coastal states where marijuana possession is legal, “It remains a violation of federal law. If we encounter it in the course of our operations, we will enforce those laws,” says Lt. Cmdr. Devon Brennan, who oversees the U.S. Coast Guard’s counter-narcotics enforcement programs and policies.  When I began charter fishing in Florida during the 1980s, marijuana smuggling was so rampant that every school kid understood that square grouper was the nickname for a floating bale of weed.  In most states today, possession of less than an ounce of cannabis garners a citation and a few-hundred-dollar fine, and recreational use is now legal in Ala...