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Tow & Trailer

Accessorizing Your Boat’s Ride

Mike Milne
Mar 19, 2017
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By Mike Milne Custom-painted boat trailers with chrome wheels are not unusual among performance boaters and competitive bass anglers. But most boaters’ tastes don’t run to bright colours and metal-flake paint. So the idea of bling for your boat may be misun...

Tow & Trailer

Honda Ridgeline

Mike Milne
Mar 19, 2017
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A New Mid-Size Truck Contender By Mike Milne Honda is well known for the reliability, affordability and performance of its automobiles and SUVs, but until now, it’s lacked a truck that fits the North American definition of that word. Now, there’s the 2017 ...

My Boat

Building a Stateroom

Mike Gridley
Mar 19, 2017
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By Mike Gridley When the owner of a 1995 Silverton 41 Convertible told me of his plan to build a stateroom in the space where his dinette currently existed, I thought, “really?” I could not believe that a boat owner would, first, want to take this on, and s...

My Boat

Repowering your Boat

Mike Gridley
Dec 16, 2016
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By Mike Gridley Repowering a boat is a big decision. If your boat is reasonably new and the engine needs replacing, it’s a simple choice, go ahead. But, what if your boat is an older model? We faced that question this past summer when presented with 22-y...

Tow & Trailer

A Ram for all reasons

Mike Milne
Dec 16, 2016
259 views

By Mike Milne There is a good reason, I believe, that a large number of pickup trucks appear in this space: they are bar-none, the most capable type of tow vehicle. But, like sport utilities, vans and sedans that tow boats on weekends, trucks also have t...

Love Me Tender Inflatable Boat Cleaner and Giveaway! Winner Announced

BoaterNews
May 31, 2016
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A Canadian made, eco-friendly inflatable boat cleaner By Steven Bull I love my cruiser but I also love my little 11-foot inflatable tender. It gets a ton of use and we leave it in the water all season, so by the fall it’s pretty dirty. This winter I asked ...

Tow & Trailer

The Shape of Things to Come

Jake Thomas
Apr 29, 2016
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By Jake Thomas Wake surfing is still relatively young in the water sports world and towboat manufacturers are all developing their own proprietary technology for shaping a wake for wake surfing. They all use ballast to create the size of the wake ...

Trailer-boat Road Trip Basics

Mike Milne
Apr 8, 2016
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He laughed and said that in a decade of patrolling the highway that was the first time he had seen anyone doing that! By Mike Milne Nothing tunes up your maintenance awareness and skills like a long road trip with a boat and trailer in tow. It’s a good rem...

Tow & Trailer

A new Tacoma, old Toyota values

Mike Milne
Jan 21, 2016
310 views

By Mike Milne When GM launched the resurrected mid-size Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon for 2015, it seemed only a matter of time before Toyota would refresh its aging Toyota Tacoma. The result is on the market for 2016. It may bring some non-believers...

Fish Finders and Transducers

Brian Kelly
Jan 6, 2016
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Why it’s time to take a closer look By Brian Kelly There have been a number of advancements in the world of fish finders and transducers in the last five to ten years. Anglers are better equipped to catch more fish and boaters are better able to navigate...

DIY

Accessorizing Your Boat’s Ride

Honda Ridgeline

Building a Stateroom

Repowering your Boat

A Ram for all reasons

Love Me Tender Inflatable Boat Cleaner and Giveaway! Winner Announced

The Shape of Things to Come

Trailer-boat Road Trip Basics

A new Tacoma, old Toyota values

Fish Finders and Transducers

Getting on your boat — summer 2020

Marine Mart Now Open in GTA

To Boat or Not to Boat

Port de Grave Boat Lighting

Helm Master Gets Reinvented in EX

Wake Up to Summer Fun

Boat Fire Prevention — A New Way to Protect Your Investment

Helm Master Gets Reinvented in EX

Wake Up to Summer Fun

Boat Fire Prevention — A New Way to Protect Your Investment

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