With winter now upon us, one of the questions you might all be asking yourself is whether or not a boat battery can freeze, and what should you be doing about it? The answer is: Boat batteries can freeze. In fact, any battery can freeze if it gets cold enough. If a boat is being…
The term rooster tail is used in fluid dynamics, meteorology, and automotive gear shifting. But in this article, we are going to talk about rooster tail related to fluid dynamics. In fluid dynamics, a rooster tail lies directly in the wake of an object such as a boat traveling within the water and is accompanied…
I’ve heard a lot of boaters talking about how they start their inboard or outboard engine while the boat is on land so they can test the motor before they have it on the boat launch. That got me wondering how safe it could be for the engine, so I did some research. As it…
The boat compass is imperative for proper navigation, but if you want to read it properly, you have to know where to put it. A lot of people are confused, and they end up placing the boat compass in the wrong place. The compass should be mounted on the ship in front of the helmsman….
I was sitting here thinking about my batteries that I have stored on my basement floor for the winter and it got me wondering if the batteries could get wet if my sump pump stopped working and the basement flooded. Marine batteries can get wet, but water can corrode the terminals, so should be dried…
It’s always fun and exciting to go on a boating trip, but this does come with its fair share of challenges. The idea is to know precisely how to control your boat and get it to the desired fishing location. That’s why it makes a lot of sense to learn as many boating terms as…
One of the questions that I have asked myself was whether or not I should be disconnecting the battery while my boat is not in use. What I found out was that, yes, you should disconnect the battery if your boat is stored on land, but if you store your boat in the water, then…
With all of the freezing temperatures that we have had lately, It’s hard not to wonder about my engine and if I should be concerned about it freezing or not. After doing many hours of research on the topic, I was able to put together a helpful informational guide that I would like to share…
Last night at dinner I was talking to my wife about the different places we could go this upcoming summer for a family vacation, and somehow the conversation turned to tsunamis. I have heard in the past that being on a boat during a tsunami is a safe place to be, but I still wanted…
Launching a boat is very easy, and it’s a lot of fun once you know what you are doing. Sure, when you are doing it for the first time, it may not be so easy to do, but understanding the system required and practicing it to perfection can make the process of launching a boat…
