Recommendations for Making Cruising More Satisfying

Many of us vessel owners are usually particular about our "ladies" and frequently worry when things do not go as we expected. We get great pleasure when everything is ship shape as well. A lot of us have created small improvements for our vessels to make our time aboard more fulfilling and stress-free.

Some of the stuff we've done on our trawler, the Patricia Ann, have made our cruising more pleasurable and less disturbing. Take a look!

Have you ever had issues with mud wasps? There are air, fuel and water vents at certain points on the boat where those little bugs like to erect mud nests. A plugged vent will create damage when you are filling boat tanks. A folded up 2x3 inch section of coarse air conditioning filter fabric stocked at your local hardware store placed into the vent gap from the outside does the trick, enabling the vent to breathe and keep the pests off our trawler.

What did you last pay for a bottle of isinglass cleaning agent; around $15.00? A far less costly choice that gets results better and consists of a teaspoon of baby shampoo and ½ gallon of distilled water. Use a wool glove to cleanse the glass and dry with a leather chamois cloth or delicate towel.

Don't shell out loads of money on vessel cleanser for cleaning your vessel, use car cleansing soap available at almost any store. It works just as good at a fraction of the sales price and is not going to harm the surfaces.

Subsequent to washing your vessel, do you have window water spots? Utilize household vinegar to clean the windows and the hard water spots disappear altogether.

Do away with clutter in the shower from bath soap, shampoo and conditioner bottles by installing a large fluid dispenser on the shower wall. You can buy one at a reasonable price at any bathroom products retail store.

Use your favorite bath wash with the accessory mentioned above instead of a bar of soap. Bar soap leaves a major soapy scum on grates and shower walls and will clog sump pumps necessitating repeated washing.

To further keep your stall shower sump unsoiled and the pump operating as intended, combine about 1 teaspoon of Dawn dish-washing soap with shower water and allow it to go down the shower drain. Dawn makes an exceptional degreaser. I use this roughly once a week to dissolve any body oils that are present.

Proper storage of sharp knives is imperative for both safety and maintaining the knife's blade. I utilize a magnetized cutlery holder placed on a bulkhead above the range to keep the cutlery surrounded by effortless reach, free up extra drawers and prevent undesired cuts.

Garbage disposal is a continual predicament on a cruising trawler, but a little preparation will eliminate a significant portion of the packing material that makes the problem. Purchase a wide variety of plastic, multi-use containers in an assortment of sizes. Subsequent to purchasing chips, pasta, cereal products, cookies and other dry goods, transfer the food items to the containers and get rid of the product packaging before leaving the dock. Make use of multi-use storage containers for frozen foods also.

Sustaining communication while underway is now easier than ever. I utilize a Verizon air card with my personal computer to achieve broadband service 24/7. It functions anyplace a cell signal is available in the United States.

Mike Dickens, the author, is a trawler owner and owner/Broker of Paradise Yachts in Florida USA.

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