Cleaning Waxing

Best Practices for Maintaining Clear Vinyl

CoversThe benefit of covering your clear-vinyl windows is positive protection from harmful UV and dirt. The downside, other than the cost and the time...

How Do Different Vinyl Types Compare?

After several months of testing the panels, we established some preliminary findings regarding different vinyl brands. The untreated Strataglass, OSea, and Regalite panels were...

Protecting Clear Vinyl Windows

Protective PolishesAs it was with the spray products, ease of application among the creams and pastes was very similar, and all but one earned...

Protecting Clear Vinyl Windows

As any boat owner can attest, theres no better view than the one from the helm underway. But as time and UV exposure yellow...

3M Masking Tape Matchup

Most sailors have discovered that when it comes to applying marine coatings, masking tape is as important as a paintbrush if you want straight...

Curing the Tainted Tank

We filled our water tanks (40 and 72 gallons) in May, and now the water is brackish, brown. Have you done a study on...

Mailport: July 2013

A few issues ago, you had a short article on deck hardware (blocks, traveler, cars, etc.) that included Garhauer, and you mentioned that the...

Anti-Mildew Weapons

I was wondering whether you might have any comments on using bottom paint on the boats interior to help fight mold and mildew. Many...

Mailport: June 2013

How thick is too thick for the buildup of old layers of bottom paint? This question arises because I have just finished painting the...

Indoor Sailboat Refinishing

I am restoring old fiberglass sailing club boats (Rhodes 19s) in a confined, heated space in winter, and I need to paint the topsides,...

Pearson 37 & 37-2 – Behind the Curtain

Are you interested in a racer cruiser sailboat like the Pearson 37 and Pearson 37-2? This week we dive into a boat review of...