Boating Tips & Safety Resources
Because of the constant changes in product design, and because many safety practices and boat operational procedures are under continual change, Ray's Marina staff, strongly encourage you to familiarize yourself with current boating safety and operational procedures. Ray's Marina is a family business and promotes boating safety and urges owners and operators to pursue additional resources and training.
The following are links to some of the agencies and organizations that offer boat safety training and additional information:
U.S. Coast Guard Office of Boating Safety
http://www.uscgboating.org/
National Safe Boating Council
http://www.safeboatingcouncil.org/
National Association of State Boating Law Administrators
http://www.nasbla.org/
National Marine Manufacturers Association
http://nmma.org/
Water Sports Industry Association
http://www.wsia.net/
Boat Owners Association of the USA
http://boatus.com/
Boating Tip's
Looking for hints to your boating needs? We've consolidated the most recent questions and answers from the entire web here for you.
Boating Tips
- I have a 32-foot pontoon boat. The trailer bunk carpet needs to be replaced. I am limited on space to move the boat around. How do you suggest I go about this feat?
- I own a 1988, 26-foot cruiser. I had a new outdrive installed two years ago, and now the paint is bubbling and peeling. The slip is floating metal, with electric and water. How do I stop this corrosion?
- If it is a given that ethanol, unattended, will mess up a fuel system, is it less expensive for it to mess up a fuel injection system or a carbureted system? Or will it adversely affect fuel injection?
- I have a 2004 dual-console bowrider powered by a 150 hp outboard and I've always been happy with the performance my aluminum prop provides, but it seems like everyone says stainless steel props are better. I've heard switching to stainless will increase m
- I have a very strange electrical problem on board: When I turn on the battery, none of my electronics wired through the fuse panel at the helm has power. But as I remove then replace the fuses, one by one everything comes online. The weird thing is that t
- Recently I bought a 1989 center console, 33 feet long with a couple of 1998 225 hp outboards. They push it to 43 mph. The thing is, they both spin to the right. A friend of mine says that if I change the port-side lower unit to a counter, it will increase
- I have a 1986 runabout with a 200 hp I/O that's a 5.0L Chevy small block. Should I be worried about the new oils with the low levels of ZDDP? Also, since I don't have an owner's manual, what weight of oil should I use?