If you've got an engine battery, a house battery, and a trolling motor battery on your boat, you already know how hard it is to keep track of all three. One of them starts going dead all the time, and

Back on Christmas Eve 2024, I set up a test I honestly forgot I was even running. I took two of everything out of a boat's fuel system — primer bulbs, fuel filters, fuel pumps, injectors, O-rings, gaskets, diaphragms, brass

This boat sat in the woods for years. Rats, rodents, dirt, oxidation — the whole nine yards. When I pulled it out, the gelcoat cleaning looked chalky and faded. It looked like it belonged in a scrapyard, not on the

This box sitting on my dock was the last thing standing between me and getting my boat back in the water. I had that same feeling you get unboxing furniture from IKEA — the one where you know you're going

If you've got a Mercury Verado and you're noticing oil in the water around your lower unit, or you can see it weeping right onto the lower unit itself, you're dealing with one of the most common failure points on

A 37-foot Boston Whaler rolled into the shop this week with triple Mercury Verado 300s and zero power steering. That's not a "top off some fluid" problem — with triples, the steering system has to move a lot of load,

Florida summer heat destroys carnauba wax. I know because I’ve been fighting it for years. Every month or so, back out with the buffer, reapply, repeat — because the moment your gel coat loses its protection down here, you’re scrubbing

You’ve got a year 2000 Yamaha OX66 250 that’s been running hard all season. Maybe it’s been sitting. Either way, the 100-hour service is due and you’re staring at an engine that hasn’t had its thermostats, impeller, fuel filters, or

If you’ve ever squeezed the handle on your Mercury Verado and gotten absolutely nothing — no release, no movement, just a cowling that won’t budge — you know exactly how frustrating this is. This post walks you through how I

If you’ve got water squirting out the side of your Mercury Verado near the flush port, you’re not dealing with some deep internal problem. It’s almost always the flushing tee fitting, and it’s a fix you can knock out in