Guidelines for Superyachts on the Gold Coast

Guidelines for Superyachts on the Gold Coast

Transport and Main Roads have Guidelines for Masters operating superyachts in the Southport Pilotage area.  The aims of the Guidelines are to assist superyacht (private recreational ships with a length of more than 24m) Masters to prepare for a visit to the Gold Coast...

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6 Ways to Preventing Salt Water Corrosion of Your Marine Engine

6 Ways to Preventing Salt Water Corrosion of Your Marine Engine

Salt water attacks everything on boats and if left to it’s own device, things start falling apart, breaking down and leaking.  The most important area to keep clean of salt water and moisture is your engine bay and bilge area. Engines don’t like ingesting water at the...

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How to Avoid Battery Failure on Your Next Boating Holiday

How to Avoid Battery Failure on Your Next Boating Holiday

Batteries are a key component in your boat – they help you start the engine, run fridges, and provide lighting, to name a few. If they’re not working at their optimum levels, your next boating holiday could end up being a big disappointment. Two weeks beforehand About...

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Flushing your boat’s engine

Flushing your boat’s engine

While you’re out on your boat, its engine’s intake ports can pull in sand, seaweed, and of course, salt water – which can evaporate and leave salt residue on the engine’s interior. Flushing the engine removes any crud and salt water that have built up within. Why...

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Maintaining Boats and Cars: a Different Kettle of Fish

Maintaining Boats and Cars: a Different Kettle of Fish

They both have engines; they both use them to move... how different can boats and cars really be? Hugely! While they both use engines for propulsion, that’s about all that boats and cars have in common. Intrigued? Let’s look at this in some more depth. Sealed engine...

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8 Boat Maintenance Problems You Should Fix Immediately

8 Boat Maintenance Problems You Should Fix Immediately

Some problems with your boat can be put off until the next scheduled maintenance or when you get around to it. However, some are more urgent, and can cause more serious damage to the boat or its engine if not fixed immediately. We list the top eight problems that you...

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Why you shouldn’t use ethanol-based fuel in marine engines

Why you shouldn’t use ethanol-based fuel in marine engines

While most of our customers are aware of the problems that ethanol-based fuels can cause in their valuable boats, we’ve noticed that a number of people who do their own engine maintenance often don’t realise that they could be doing significant, avoidable damage to...

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How to rescue a man-overboard

How to rescue a man-overboard

Every now and then, we hear stories about people who’ve fallen off boats while out on the water and drowned due to improper or unsafe responses – or just plain bad luck. If you want to ensure that this doesn’t happen to a friend or family member out on your boat, take...

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Why do Boats cost more to Service than Cars

Why do Boats cost more to Service than Cars

It is quite normal to compare the maintenance costs of running your car with your boat. However the operating requirements are totally different: Your  boat engine runs continuously under HIGH load and HIGH RPM (300rpm and above) Your  car engine by contrast only...

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