Archive for March, 2010

How Well Can Your Dog Swim

Author: WaterBlogged, 03 04th, 2010

There’s nothing better than taking your dog everywhere your go.  For many people that means on their boating vacations each summer. Dogs love the water, but just like many young children dogs don’t always swim well. There’s a solution for pet owners worried about their poochs’ swimming abilities.

That solution is a dog life vest. These jackets are made to keep dogs safe and afloat while on the water. That way if the boat hits a patch of rough waves and doggy goes flying into the water there will be no risk of him drowning. Pet owners will feel safe knowing that their dogs won’t sink below the dark depths of the lake.




Garmin Accessories

Author: boater, 03 04th, 2010

Their is a large varity of Garmin Accessories available such as carrying cases to protect your handheld device, lighter adapters to charge your handheld, mounting brackets creates a place to put your  Garmin Handhelp GPS so their are a lot of items to help you use your handheld device.




Bennett Trim Tabs

Author: boater, 03 03rd, 2010

You have a boat and you are out cruising around thinking your boat is doing  just fine and then a friend tells me that my boat would perform much better if it had Bennett Trim Tabs on it and of course I had to ask why.  My friend states that if I had trim tabs the boat would be running a lot smother in the rough water and that we would not be listing to one side which makes people on the boat move around to make the boat level, then my friend states if I remember when we took of that the bow of the boat stayed up for a long time and we could not see well this is another thing that trim tabs would fix, in other words we would get on plain much quicker which is a lot safer because we know what is in front of us.  My friend then said that we had a lot of trouble getting to the gas dock and while getting gas we put a scratch on the side of the boat well guess what if we had trim tabs we would use less gas and I would not have the scratch on the side of the boat, so the story is put Bennett Trim Tabs on your boat and everyone will be much happier.




Ducky Boat Wax

Author: boater, 03 02nd, 2010

It is very expensive to have your boat detailed which uses up a lot of gas money, so if you start working on your boat now it will have a nice shine on it and everyone around will be asking you who detailed your boat.  Their are a lot of cleaners and waxes on the market but you may want to try Ducky prodects, they are very good and easy to use.  Ducky boat wax is a very good wax and is easy to use.




Handheld GPS

Author: boater, 03 01st, 2010

Attention all hikers, campers, boaters, cayakers, geocachers, and other outdoorsy types: this is a great tool for you to make sure you never get lost again. Whether hiking in the woods, on a mountain trail, cayaking on a river or lake, horesback riding - your Garmin eTrex Venture  handheld GPS will help you find your way to whererever you want to go.

Garmin eTrex Venture HC GPS is a step up from the Garmin eTrex H Handheld GPS Navigator. It provides a color display and comes with a detailed basemap showing the largest highways and bodies of water, and provides the ability to add optional mapping products.