Free Gas and Discounts for Minnesota House Boat Vacations Through June 2007
Timber Bay Lodge and Houseboats, near Ely Minnesota and the Boundary Waters Wilderness Canoe Area, is running early summer specials for their house boats and cabins. Guests receive a free tank of gas (up to 20 gallons) on new houseboat reservations for trips taken May 1 - June 20, 2007. Guests can also receive 20 percent off new reservations on trips taken before June 20, 2007. Visit the web site for more information ( http://www.timberbay.com).
Boat Engine Maintenance
It?s hard being a boat engine! Unlike its automotive cousins, a boat engine is run at extremely high RPM?s and under quite a load when in operation and it sits in storage a whole lot of the time. It?s kind of the worst of both worlds. Today?s marine engines are very well made and unlike their predecessors, really experience very few mechanical problems if they are properly maintained.
The Secret - When You Can Walk On Water, Take The Boat ( Part 1 )
It was evening time. Not completely dark, but with traces of the day still remaining.Everyone had left the office and I was there all alone completing the few tasks that remain at the end of any day. It is not my nature to work late, but today was somewhat different.Mixed with a feeling of accom- plishment was the frustrationand disappointment of not having completed all I would have liked to do.
See Through Canoe Sets the Naked Boat Afloat
See Through Canoe, a Colorado based company, is introducing transparent canoes and kayaks. The clear watercraft provide a more interactive experience with nature than their conventional counterparts. The cutting-edge portable products can be ordered either online or at See Through Canoe?s home base in Idaho Springs.
The Secret - When You Can Walk On Water , Take The Boat ( Part 4 )
Two weeks had passed since I last saw Gideon.Things at the office seemed a little worse and business was not getting any better. Our newly-invented device was not selling as we?d expected.We were fast approaching another financial crisis. In the past few years, it began to seem as though my life had been a journey from crisis to crisis with only brief pauses in between.Then, unexpectedly, I had to make a trip to the Midwest.
Boat Covers - A Necessity For All Boat Owners
Boat covers are a very important boat accessory, and are a great way to protect your pride and joy. Owning a boat comes with many responsibilities, and proper maintenance is one of them.
Maxum Brand Boat Covers
Every boat should have a cover, and one of the best boat covers is a Maxum boat cover. They are available in many fabrics, colors and price ranges. These covers are available through boating retailers nation wide and through online retail sources. No matter where you shop most stores both on and off line will need to order your specific boat cover from the manufacturer. It is very rare to find the right size and shape cover just sitting on the shelf. the advantage to shopping on line is that it is usually quick and often easy to do, so long as you have a credit card and are willing to use it online. getting help from sales people on the other hand is not quite as easy.
"Hello From Orlando - Part 5: The Winter Park Scenic Boat Tour"
The Winter Park Scenic Boat Tour, founded in 1938 and located just 15 minutes north of downtown Orlando, is one of these lovely side trips that combine beautiful scenery, a bit of local history, some close-up exposure to local wildlife and vegetation with a relaxing outing in a slow-moving 18-passenger pontoon boat, all complete with expert (and sometimes humorous) narration provided by the boat's captain.
A Boat Loan For People With Bad Credit
A boat loan for people with bad credit is not out of the question. In fact, there are many different products available that can provide you with the type of loan that you need and it doesn?t have to be too costly to you. If you don?t have perfect credit or you don?t have much credit, there are several things that you can do in order to obtain the loan that you need even with these circumstances. The important consideration for you is to find the loan that?s the most affordable for you particular needs. A boat loan for people with bad credit may actually be more expensive, but it doesn?t have to be overly expensive either.
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Tips on Winterizing Your Boat
Winterizing your boat is something that every boat owner must do to insure that their boat won?t be damaged by the weather and also to insure that it will operate optimally when the season ends. Air room in the fuel tank is room for water to condense inside of it resulting in rust. The solution to this is to fill the fuel tank completely, leaving the absolute minimum amount of space that is required for expansion.
Remember to add fuel stabilizer to the tank when this is done. The next step in the winterizing process is to turn off fuel valves, seal all through-hull ports with duct tape and change out all filers including the fuel filter and water separator. To protect the engine you must start it up and let it get warm and then drain the oil only after you have turned the motor off. By warming the engine up before you drain the oil you allow the grit and sludge that has settled in it to be agitated up and then removed with the drained oil.
Drain off the engine coolant if it is not an air cooled motor and replace it with a high grade propylene glycol based anti-freeze. Another important step is to remove the spark plugs, spray (fogging oil) into the cylinders and then replace the spark plugs. This step will prevent condensation, resulting in rust from forming inside of the cylinders on the cylinder walls and valves and piston rings. Also take this opportunity to replace any gear oil in the drive line as well. For outboards there are a number of things that have to be done to winterize them also. The first thing to do is to disconnect the fuel line and then run the motor until it stops. This will insure that all fuel is drained from the system. If your boat is going to be stored in the water, leave the battery connected so the bilge pump will operate correctly.
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