Attaching a Dinghy to your Canal Boat

A canal boat can offer really nice, smooth, enjoyable rides down the river, but they’re not the cheapest or easiest boats to move in a hurry, which is why man people attach dinghies to the rear. This means that if they every individual wants to nip of to the shops or into a town, they…



Boat Safety Equipment

There are lots of things that you can buy and then install or place on your boat which will help to enhance the boats security. Your best defence against any catastrophic failure will always be other boats, and the coast guard. Because of this, it is very important that all of the communications equipment on…



Learning to Sail

Sailing is a quite popular sport, which you can start joining in in at pretty much any age. There are a variety of ways which you can do it regularly; if you aren’t by the sea, for instance, then you can start out by learning to say in a big lake. Many sailing clubs have…



Installing a Swim Platform

Whether you have a canal boat, a river boat or a sports boat you may want to consider a swim platform if you do not already have one. These are often added t the rear of a boat with a ladder leading to the cabin. A swim platform can often be retractable or foldable, meaning…



Naming your Boat

A boat’s name is essentially a unique registration but the advantage is that you get the opportunity to name the boat yourself, especially if you have it from new, while changing your boat’s name is easy too. Deciding on a name can be hard but ideally it should match the personality of your boat and…