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Seaworthy Magazine: Highlights from the April 2008 Issue
Keeping
Your Engine Humming, Part 1, Outboards
Outboard
engines are the most popular type of propulsion
for boats and for good reason. Outboards are
the only engines that are built from the water
up specifically for
boats and the range of sizes and power is unmatched
by any other propulsion types. But
as with all things marine, there are some things
you can do to keep your
outboard healthy and happy and extend its useful
life.
Marine
Surveyors
Finding
a competent surveyor may be the last step
in a boat purchase, but it could easily
be the most important and should never
be taken lightly. Anyone can call himself a
marine surveyor; there are no licenses
or exams required. One long standing joke
among surveyors is that all it takes to become
a “professional” is a business
card, a
cell phone and somebody to believe you.
Carbon
Monoxide
Though
reports of CO poisonings may have slowed, they
haven’t stopped. The accidents are
typically attributed to two causes—missing,
defective, or disconnected CO alarms, or exposure
to CO on the exterior of the boat.
Spring
and Hypothermia
It
isn’t unusual in early spring for
the water to be mid-winter frigid while the air
feels as warm
as summer. It verges on false advertising. But
cold water is dangerous, whether it is
in the Chesapeake Bay or the coast of Washington
State.
Captains
Locator Service
There
are times when the word “professional” can
have an especially nice ring to it. This past
January, BoatUS launched the Captains
Locator Service, a national network of professionals,
all of whom have passed the Coast Guard’s
rigorous testing requirements to obtain a captains
license.
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