Common Boating Issues
What boating problem are you having?
Sea Dog's goal is to help you "Enhance Your Boating Experience."
We provide you with valuable information or help you solve the problems you are having on your boat. The first step to solving a problem is identifying what the problem is.
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Examples of boating problems & concerns that Sea Dog can help you identify and solve:
- Need referrals to other boating services (i.e., Vessel Safety Checks, Marine Surveyors, Engine Work, Fiberglass Work, Marina Information, Dock and Mooring Information, etc.)
- Lighting Power Consumption:
- Replacing navigation lights with LEDs to reduce power consumption
- Efficient lighting by using LED lights
- Replacing reading lights with LED lights
- Boating Issues and Concerns:
- Rigging your sailboat and going for a test sail on Lake Champlain
- Mold issues on your boat
- Halyards rattling at night
- Drifting while at anchor/Updating your anchor
- Stinky boat due to the holding tank
- Communication between the bow and helm (while anchoring, docking, mooring, etc.)
- Keeping boat batteries charged up
- Knowing the sailing/boating rules of the road
- Finding charts for your chart plotters (i.e., CMAP cartridges)
- Repair options for older boat electronics / compass
- Addressing boating concerns as you get older - Article 1, Article 2
- Dinghy Issues:
- Getting crew on/off the boat safely
- Trouble getting into/out of your dinghy
- Dinghy bumping into the boat while anchored
- Keeping your dinghy bailed out automatically
- Food Related Concerns:
- Efficient use of storage space:
- Looking for space-saving dishes
- Extra storage space on a boat
- Never enough drink holders
- Creature Comforts:
- Ventilation - cooling off the cabin
- More comfortable berths/beds
- Does your head tank smell every time you flush? (Big Orange Filter)
- Bug screens
- Motion sickness remedies
- Sheets and blankets that fit the V-Berth bedding
- Luxurious Turkish Towels
- Keeping things dry or out of the water:
- Dropping things overboard (i.e., tools, keys, wallet, phone)
- Keeping things from getting wet
- Keeping your phone/MP3 player or other electronics dry
- Entertaining children on boats
- Green Boating Ideas
