Boating 101

There are three main reasons for buying twins—better maneuverability, better performance for a larger boat, and assurance that you still have power if one engine quits for whatever reason. But, […]

Young families buying boats today, want to enjoy the boating lifestyle. What better way to spend quality family time together, than on the water in your boat. The whole family

Power Boaters have all seen diagrams like this one with instructions to tie the bow line first when docking. Just look at the internet. Safety Associations, Boating Associations, Magazines, Instructors

Thanks to Bill Jeffers in Georgia for his suggestion to write an article, on single handed docking of a twin inboard Trawler. Many boaters, like him, want to be able

Thousands of single Inboards are sold every year with NO instruction for docking. Dawsons “Docking Your Single Inboard” e-Lesson has helped so many boaters over the years and we are

Fenders are your boat’s best friend! The majority of fenders are air filled vinyl cushions that hang on a fender line providing padding between the hull of the boat and

All docks and slips are “NOT CREATED EQUAL” No two marinas are the same and all dock layouts are different. As you discovered in the “Starboard or Port Tie” article,

Is docking on the starboard side better than docking on the port side? Like just about everything else in boating, it depends…. Many boaters say you should always dock on

If your driving instructor told you that you may not be able to stop your car at the light every time, or that you couldn’t predict the turning circle when

Father’s Day is on Sunday, June 16th and Brenda and I would like to wish all the fathers out there a Happy Father’s Day. I’d also like to share a

Wally, a boater in New York, wrote to us with the following docking question. Our answer may help you if you are in a similar situation. Wally asked “I had

Way too often, boaters find that docking is a difficult task. So much so, that First Mates and Crew are reluctant to go boating again or, if they do, they