Top Tips for Boat Maintenance

Regular maintenance and servicing of your boat are not things to let slide. After all, you want to do your best to ensure that you, your family, and your friends are as safe as possible on your boat, don’t you?

If knowing where to start has you stumped, rest assured there’s help at hand. Boatie’s Best Mate, for example, has compiled a list of the top ten tips for boat maintenance, and it includes suggestions on how regularly various tasks should be tackled. Your boat’s engine should, for example, be serviced at least once a year; fuel lines should be checked at least four times a year, and your oil should be checked three to four times a year.

Have a read here for the full list of tips.

The Boatie’s Best Mate site also includes a list of top things to check every time you head out, like life jackets, radio, navigation lights, bilge pump, batteries, engine, fuel, clean hull, and stress cracks.  And, of course, get a Coastguard membership too.

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