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How to Do Boat Maintenance on a Budget

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Maintaining a budget is hard enough these days let alone keeping up with everything. The recent economic downturn has caused many boat owners to learn how to perform their maintenance as well as shop for more budget-friendly products. Common repairs can be done on a tight budget with little knowledge. Not possibly go through all the repairs of an inboard or outboard motor but a few of them are common to anyone. To start with if you own an outboard motor, the fuel system may contain the older carburetors. These motors will soon experience carburetor problems if not already. The service shops and marinas typically perform carburetor repairs on an ongoing basis. The process can be simple if you have some good mechanical aptitude and a little patience. Most carburetor repairs consist of mainly a good cleaning and replacement of any worn parts. Typically, the parts replaced will be any gaskets encountered and also what is called a needle and seat. Any carburetor can have many of these a
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How to choose the Best Bottom Paint For Your Boat

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Bottom paint is applied below the waterline on your boat, and typically refers to antifouling paint that prevents marine growth from clinging to your hull. Antifouling paint forbids aquatic growth such as barnacles, mussels, and sometimes oysters, and plant growth from attaching to your trawler. Most antifouling paints use the diffusion of metallic elements within the paint to halt these foul critters from bonding. With all the different bottom paints out there, it’s hard to choose which is best for your boat. It seems like every manufacturer has something which in their opinion makes them better than the other guys. Not only that, but even different product lines by the same manufacturer can seem to contradict each other, each one claiming to be the best for your boat. So here are some types of paints which can be best suitable and reliable. But there are many factors to consider before you get the perfect paint for each boat and it differs depending upon the requirement. Type of
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How to change boat propeller by yourself

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  The propeller is one of the most important and vulnerable parts of the boat engine. And it is more prone to failure and repairs with time being. Being a boat owner you might a come through a point where you had an emergency of changing the boat propeller which is necessary at the failure. That’s why it is advised to the boat owners to have a spare or extra propeller to avoid problems and emergencies. Either the propeller needs to be changed during an emergency or when you take it out after months of storage in winter when the parts are jammed. In both cases, you will have to change the propeller and for this, you must know how a propeller is changed or replaced. Changing a boat propeller is not a tough task and here are some of the tips and techniques which can be used to help in shifting the propeller and installing a new one. You don’t need to buy a different set of equipment to use for this work. Your car tools can be accomplished to change the propeller, which usually has all
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Is zinc replacement is a much needed one during dive service?

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  Maintaining the vessels in a good condition is not an easy process. Regular underwater dive service is the only way to make the vessel work in an effective manner. The regular dive service benefits will be seen during the long trips. Underwater propeller maintenance, zinc replacement and boat bottom cleaning are the major checkups done during dive service. Presence of zinc plays an important role in the movement of the vessel. For electric current absorption and electrolysis elimination, zinc elements are placed in the boat bottoms. Without regular maintenance, the boat will face more problems such as engine failures, fuel inefficiency during the long travels. Presence of Zinc in Boats: Corrosion will be raised in the hulls and propeller after a regular interval of time. This type of corrosion arises due to the tiny electric currents which eliminate the atoms present in the metal layer. The cathode present in the atoms gets eliminated it will give rise to the corrosion of the boa
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Things to know before selecting commercial diving as your profession

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Every individual has the dream to change their favourite hobby as their career. This concept sounds perfect sense but in default you have to start improving your skills in your earlier stage of your career. Nowadays, people who love diving wants to continue as a professional diver. The professional divers are the ones who not only depend on great physical strength and also have fearless attitude in tough situations. There are lot of different fields in commercial diving following are the important points to know before getting into it. Recreational Diving: A qualified diving instructor will be eligible for recreational diving. These recreational diving is one of the big businesses; it makes the diver to work in any part of the world. In recreational diving your workplace will base upon some holiday resorts and tourists spots. In recreational diving there will be no challenging work related to your physical and mental fitness. Recreational diver is responsible for everyone’s
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Why boat bottom cleaning a necessary one for every vessel?

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Boat bottom cleaning plays a major part in the maintenance of your boat and has a main role in better performance of the vessel.   It is the process of cleaning up your hull with the help of various underwater cleaning equipment. This cleaning has to be carried out only by certified professionals. The waste materials that stick to the bottom of the vessel will directly increase the friction rate and sets a complete decline in the speed of the boat. In some serious conditions, it will make your ship completely unable to move at a decent speed. In the olden days, most of the vessels are brought to the land surface to clean the bottom side. After years, due to some disadvantages and inconvenience in moving ships to land area, a new idea was born. The idea gave rise to trained divers in boat bottom cleaning. This concept has made enormous advantages for both the boat owners and cleaning professionals. The professionals can clean the boat when it is anchored in the water without maki
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Benefits of Underwater Boat Maintenance

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Maintaining your yacht in good condition and making it to function efficiently is a tedious process. The major event in the maintenance process is hull cleaning. Hull cleaning is a process of removing the unwanted mud from the bottom of the vessel using various types of equipment. Is there any drawbacks due to the mud content present in the bottom of the vessel?-Eventually, yes, it will make the efficiency of the vessel lower by slowing down the vessel with higher friction. These things will affect the speed of the vessel and difficult to move. Earlier times, hull cleaning is carried out in the dock by placing the boats in the dry area. A newer method is introduced to save money and reduce hard processing techniques. With the help of professional divers, we can easily clean the hull while the boat is in the water. Marine flora and fauna are the important problems faced during boat bottom cleaning. Cleaning must be carried out with high care. The usage of some harmful che
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