Marine Accessories

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When shopping for the right neoprene life vest for your boating, water skiing, sailing, canoeing, rafting, wind surfing, or other such water-based activities or sports, you want to find a vest fitted to enable flexibility during movement, yet reliability and comfort in the event that the life-saving elements of the jacket must truly be tested.

Marine accessories are items that you need to have on your boat, some are Coat Guard required and some just make boating much more safer and fun.  A Coast Guard approved life vest is required for everyone on your boat and children under the age of 13 must have a life vest on at all time when in the boat.  A fire extinguisher is also a required item along with a horn and you also must have a blower in the engine compartment, having these items ensure a safe boat trip.  In addition to all the equipment that the U. S. Coast Guard requires, certain equipment and supplies just make common sense to have. The following are items that should be carried aboard:

• VHF Radio
• Anchor and ground tackle
• Bilge Pump and or bailer
• Boat hook
• Charts and navigation publications
• Compass
• Detectors and alarms
• Fenders
• Lines
• First aid kit
• Flashlight and searchlight
• Spare parts and tools

Can you image going on a boating trip with your family and of course bringing you dog along and coming back without your dog well it could happen very easily because dogs can become scared in places they are not normally in and they will jump out of the boat and can very easily drown.   A dog life vest will save your pet and you will have had a great boating trip so you should put a dog life vest on your marine accessories list.  Dog life vest come in several styles and colors, you might want to choose one that has a handle on the top because if you dog does fall in the water it is much easier to pull your pet out.

Have you ever watched a boat out on the water and it looked like it was pushing the water and the bow is not flat in the water well that is because it does not have Bennett Trim Tabs on it.  When a boat travels like it is pushing the water your boat is not performing properly and for sure it is not running efficiently, also if you are pulling someone behind the boat it is leaving a very bad wake for them to be in.  Bennett Trim Tabs can help the performance of your boat in so many ways you will wonder why the boat manufactures do not put them on when they sell them.

Even the most experienced boaters bump the dock from time to time when they are coming in to tie up. And while it may not seem like casually grazing the dock at 5 mph is a big deal, you have to keep in mind how large your boat is. If you just tap a corner or wall in your car, you’ll at least scratch off the paint and probably dent the bumper, and the same is true for a boat.

The only difference is that you have even less control in the water than you do behind the wheel. In order to ensure your boat’s hull stays safe, it important to invest in a boat dock bumper for each corner of your vessel. This way if your boat bobs into the dock, you’ll simply bounce right off.

People take life jackets lightly and when they do a lot of people loose their life.   This last weekend a young man in Bullhead City Arizona jumped into the water and drowned and of course he did not have a life jacket on and he should have because the current is very strong in that area and the water is very cool and the air temperature is very hot which will lead to trouble as it did.  Their are so many styles of life jackets made that you can not use the excuse that you could not find one that you like are it did not fit properly.  Be safe and add life jackets to your marine accessories list

Under-inflation is one of the main causes of damage to the PVC also resulting in seam failure. Air may expand in the bladder during high temperatures making it necessary to release some during use. Under-inflation may result in damage to the SprotsStuff Towable also. The stress on the seam is greater on the on the product when it is not properly inflated. For proper inflation, compressor adapters and high-volume Nice air Pumps can be purchased directly from Sportsstuff and if you use inflatables a lot a good pump should be part of your marine accessories list.  Conversely, over-inflation causes seam damage. You must really monitor the inflatable when not in use, especially on hot, sunny days. Keep out of the sun when not in use, and if the tube expands, let some of the air out. Rule of thumb when inflating: Very few wrinkles in the cover and the tube should fit rather snug.

If you already have some towable tubes then you know how much fun they are and if you do not have an inflatable towable the you need to get one and join in the fun.  I love to watch a family out on the lake with their children pulling them all around and you can tell they are having a lot of fun by the screams of the children on their inflatable towable.  Sportsstuff has a large variety of towable tubes such as the sportstuff super mable towable which holds more than one person.  You and your family can have a lot of fun on towable tubes but just as any other water sport just be safe when you are having a lot of fun.