Boat and Yacht Masters of Florida
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As a boat owner there is nothing more frustrating than having a component failure right when you're ready to spend some time on the water. Yet, that is exactly what happened to me a few weeks ago. There we were with "Sea Y'all" all loaded up, engines running and ready to pull out of the …
I have been asked this many times since founding Boat and Yacht Masters of Florida and in the beginning I struggled with a response that adequately and effectively described what I do. But, several weeks ago I was reminded what I do for my clients....I protect the investment a client has made in the purchase of …
Since hurricane Irma blew through Florida several weeks ago, I have had the pleasure of talking to many boat owners, marina employees and marine contractors about the damage she left in her wake. Along the Central Florida's east coast alone, it's been reported that more than 100 vessels were sunk or beached and those numbers …
According to Wikipedia, "Galvanic corrosion (also called bimetallic corrosion) is an electro-chemical process in which one metal corrodes preferentially when it is in electrical contact with another, in the presence of an electrolyte. A similar galvanic reaction is exploited in primary cells to generate a useful electrical voltage to power portable devices."What does this mean to …
There are two ways you’ll know if your bilge pump system fails however, one of them isn't pretty. No matter how much we use our boats to fish and cruise there is one place where they spend lots of time: at the dock. According to Boat U.S., about two out of three (69%) boats sink at …
No matter what kind of vessel you run: power or sail, with fuel costing what it does and optimum performance always a good thing, it literally pays to keep your bottom clean. This means not only the hull, but your foils (rudders, keels, skegs) and running gear (props, shafts, struts). In fact the hardest parts to …