The Marine Installer's Rant

It never takes long to have the inevitable occur to my clothes. Boats are   rife  with sharp objects, but outside of the damage caused to my...

Two bloody hours on the phone, multiple bad transfers, endless repetition of the same information, representatives who are absolutely cluele...

Greetings everyone, for the record this is the monthly board meeting of the Sunny Shores condominium, and marina association. If no one obje...

When I first saw Fishermans Paradise, I was flabbergasted at the sheer scale, creativity, and raw audacity of this project. She was a beauti...

John Trumpy Sr. came to the US in 1902 after training as a naval architect in Berlin Germany, and in 1908 he was hired as a naval architect ...

If I had even the smallest clue that this would have been such a painful exercise, I would have dragged my camera out at the beginning to sh...

Hello Mr. Installer, My name is Watson, and I need some help to buy a boat. I would be pleased to help you buy a...

The LARC V (Lighter Amphibious Resupply Cargo-5 ton) was designed in the very late fifties, and went into production in the early sixties. T...

17 Feb 11 Magnifico Yachts inter-company memo From: J. P. Grunion  - President To: All employees Subject: Poor sealant application It...

In this vignette we start our recipe with a 16' Arkansas Traveler ski boat circa 1961. To this we add a 1971 Volkswagen...

The letter excerpt below was sent to the owner of a new boat. The owner was being advised by the manufacturer there would be no warranty cov...

This should have been an easy job, and it would have been if the guy who designed this helm, had not been a frustrated artist, with a curvac...

"Hey Lefty, I gots an idea for a job. We could heist a boat, hide it in Miguel bay, and strip it down at our leisure." I don't...

This is my modest attempt to illuminate the readers about the recent advent of "chirp" fish finder systems in the marine market pl...

There is a reason RIBs (Ridged Inflatable Boats) are favored by search and rescue organisations. Fast draining, lots of flotation, lightweig...