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What Should I Do With My Old Boat?

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Boat Recycling - Is It For Me? Raritan Engineering Company your  marine toilet   specialists would like to share with you these topics we thought would be of interest to you this month regarding   what you should do with your old boat. Can Boats Be Recycled? Boats, like cars, are made of a variety of materials. Unlike boats, however, cars have been designed with considerable thought on end-of-life disposal. Your marine toilet experts talk about how nearly every part of a car can now be taken apart and recycled.  Due to scientific advancements in fiberglass recycling, boat recycling is finally becoming a possibility. Yes, boats can be recycled, but it is no simple task. How Do You Recycle a Boat? If you have a boat today that you’d like to recycle, here’s what you should do. First, is the boat still seaworthy? If so, you can, of course, sell it. You can also attempt to donate it. Yacht World has an excellent guide to donating your old boat to charity. Your m...

Tips to Remember During Boating Emergencies

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Safety Preparedness Can Never Be Overrated 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 tips to remember during boating emergencies. A lot of mishaps can occur out on the water, but thankfully most are more inconvenient and embarrassing than anything else. But when lives are on the line – your boat is on fire or sinking rapidly with people on board, for example, or someone is in imminent danger of dying without immediate medical assistance – you want every available resource dispatched to your position. A Mayday – the term is derived from the French venez m'aider, meaning “Come. Help me” – should be transmitted if possible via marine-band VHF-FM radio Channel 16 or 2182 kHz MF/SSB. Your marine heads experts talk about how emergencies can go from bad to worse in seconds so try to get as much information across in as little time as possible. When the Coast Guard r...

Keep Your Marine Electronics Safe From Theft

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Easy Ways to Keep Your Electronics On Your Boat Raritan Engineering Company your  thru hull fittings  specialists would like to share with you these topics we thought would be of interest to you this month regarding   how to keep your marine electronics safe from theft. Solutions will take time and more discussion, but the group theorized a few options and suggested initial steps, including beefing up installation specs, starting an awareness campaign, and encouraging boaters to register their units, install security systems and insure their boats. The Scope “The way we’re hearing about it is through companies that have or sell security systems. They know when a break-in happens,” says Mark Reedenauer, NMEA executive director, citing sources such as GOST and Siren Marine with regard to consumer thefts. “We’re hearing it on a grass-roots level. Over the past nine months, we’ve really started to see it coming to the front.” Your thru hull fittings experts talk about ho...

Easy Ways to Enjoy Your Summer Boating

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Check Out These Simple Things to Do To Make Your Sailing Season Enjoyable Raritan Engineering Company your   macerating toilet  specialists would like to share with you these topics we thought would be of interest to you this month regarding   easy ways to enjoy your summer boating. Boatyards, marinas and clubs are waking up after a long winter’s nap, and boaters have begun preparing their vessels for the season. While the boat needs to be looked at and readied for a summer of fun, so does your safety.  Get a free Vessel Safety Check:  Where else can you ask a professional to go over your boat to ensure it’s safe and has all the required safety equipment? Your macerating toilet experts talk about how   if the boat is not up to snuff, you won’t be penalized in any way and will instead get some welcome, friendly advice on how to improve.  Find your marine toilet of choice  here at Raritan Engineering, where we always take care of your marine sa...

Marine Sanitation Device-Raritan Managerm Waste Treatment System

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Marine Sanitation Device-Raritan Managerm Waste Treatment System   Raritan’s Marine Products Legacy For more than fifty years, Raritan has been meeting our customers’ needs for outstanding service and product reliability establishing ourselves as “the most dependable name on the water.” Our customers continue to be our focus, and the primary source of the ideas for our new marine products and product enhancements. The median length of service for Raritan employees is about twenty years, an unusual number in the fast-changing world we live and work in. It is a measure of the dedication of the men and women who design, manufacture, distribute and support Raritan’s marine products. Visit our website today for the best quality toilet macerators in the marine sanitation industry For more information,visit https://raritaneng.com/ . For futher inquiries and assistance, contact Kimberly Carrell at 856-825-4900 ext.202 or send emails at sales@raritaneng.com   Company Name: Rar...

Is Bad Luck the Reason Your Sailing Isn't Going As Planned?

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  How to Minimize Bad Situations While Sailing Raritan Engineering Company your  boat head  experts would like to share with you these topics we thought would be of interest to you this month regarding whether or not, bad luck is the reason your sailing isn't going as planned. Things are looking bad for us. Then, it’s almost too good to be true. The breeze is dying as we near the finish of the seventh race of the 2001 49er Worlds on Lake Garda.  A similar thing happens a few years later, at the 2005 Melges 24 Worlds. Your boat head suppliers talk about how we’re going really well in the breeze, but not so fast in the light. We’ve carefully built a series lead to carry into the last day. We just need to beat the Italians, the light-air specialists.  Luck is so ingrained in our sport that it impacts nearly every aspect, but luck is not destiny, and it rolls both ways equally over time. It’s possible, however, to get so good that you are superior to other team...

How to Survive If Your Boat Capsizes

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What Should You Do If Your Boat Capsizes? Raritan Engineering Company your  macerator toilet   specialists would like to share with you these topics we thought would be of interest to you this month regarding how to survive if your boat capsizes. It can seemingly happen in a heartbeat: a following wave stuffs and rolls your boat, and you’re in the water. Or, the body of water is in your boat — a wave or wake over bow, transom or gunwales; a hull split; a through-hull failed. Your macerator toilet experts talk about how maybe (sigh!) someone forgot to install the plug. The first rule’s the same whether you’re in the drink or the sea’s in your boat: Stay with the boat!  Your macerator toilet suppliers talk about how when you are in trouble, and someone is searching for you, the bigger “you” are, the better. “If someone’s looking for you from a C-130 or a helicopter,” says Christopher Todd, public affairs officer for the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, or indeed, from anoth...