Expert boat maintenance tips from NAUI certified divers in Miami.
Zinc anodes are the cheapest insurance on your boat. They corrode instead of your shaft, prop, rudder and other underwater metal. Let them disappear and the saltwater goes after the expensive parts next. Here is how often to replace them in Miami’s water. The simple rule: replace at 50% Replace an anode once it is …
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If you keep a boat in the water in Miami, you have two ways to deal with the barnacles and slime that build up on the bottom: have a diver clean it in the water, or haul it out at a boatyard. For routine cleaning, in-water service is faster, cheaper and far less disruptive. Here …
In-Water vs. Haul-Out Hull Cleaning: Which Is Better for Your Miami Boat? Read More »
Every few years a boat owner in Miami faces the same question at haul-out: does the old bottom paint come off, or can the yard just scuff it and roll on a fresh coat? Getting bottom paint removal right in South Florida saves real money, because the wrong call either wastes a coating that still …
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If you have ever wondered why those dull gray blocks bolted to your shaft and trim tabs vanish a little more every season, the answer is sitting in the water around your boat. Zinc anode corrosion on a Miami boat is not a defect; it is the anodes doing their job. South Florida’s warm, highly …
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Fort Lauderdale calls itself the Yachting Capital of the World, and the boats here back it up, but the same brackish, nutrient-loaded water that makes the New River and the Intracoastal so navigable also grows barnacles at an impressive rate. If you keep a boat in Broward, knowing where the good hull-cleaning access is across …
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Most boat owners do not think about the hull until something feels off, and by then the growth below the waterline has usually been building for weeks. The tricky part is that hull fouling hides where you cannot see it, so you end up reading the symptoms at the helm and the fuel dock instead …
Also known as boat bottom cleaning, Hauling a boat out of the water used to be an unavoidable part of hull maintenance. That’s changed. Underwater hull cleaning and service — done by trained divers at your dock, while your boat stays in the water — has become the standard choice for maintenance-minded boat owners in …
Why More Miami Boat Owners Are Choosing No Haul-Out Hull Cleaning Services Read More »
Barnacles are one of the most studied organisms in marine biology — and one of the most frustrating realities for boat owners in South Florida. They’re small, they’re tenacious, and by the time you can see them clearly from the dock, they’ve already done work on your hull that’s difficult to fully undo. How Barnacles …
Barnacle Removal in Miami: How Marine Growth Is Damaging Your Hull Right Now Read More »
If you keep your boat in the water in South Florida, here’s something worth knowing: within days of launch, microscopic organisms begin colonizing your hull. Within weeks, you can have a visible slime layer. Within a few months, barnacles are established and your boat is working harder than it needs to just to move through …
The Complete Guide to Boat Bottom Cleaning in Miami: What Every Boat Owner Needs to Know Read More »
Boat Maintenance Checklist South Florida Also known as boat bottom cleaning, Owning a boat in South Florida is one of life’s great pleasures — but it comes with a specific set of maintenance demands that differ significantly from boat ownership in cooler, less humid climates. The combination of intense UV radiation, year-round warm saltwater exposure, …
