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The anchor is one of the most critical pieces of equipment to have in tip-top shape before you leave the dock, and for a good reason. It helps you with keeping your boat right where you want it when stopped. In many situations, including in emergencies, a sturdy anchor can make the difference between a disaster and no big deal.

Since there are so many styles and materials used to create anchors, it can be hard to find the right one without a bit of research. In this review, we’ve dug through ten of the best boat anchors available. We also have a buyer’s guide to help give you context.

We’ll start with the Best Boat Anchor, the Norestar Brue/Claw series of stainless steel boat anchors.

When you’re headed out for a long journey, you need a reliable place to store food. It needs to be able to keep a sizable amount of food cold for a long time, and also needs to be portable. If you don’t need the power of an electric cooler, a marine cooler is the way to go.

There are several extremely high quality marine coolers on the market, and many of them have similar features. We’ve put together this review of 9 of the Best Marine Coolers on the market to help inform your choice. Also included is a buyer’s guide to give you some extra conext.

We’ll start with the Best Marine Cooler available, the Pelican Elite 50. [Read more…] about Best Marine Cooler. Boat Cooler Reviews

Confession time: when I was a teen, the boat maintenance job I hated most of all was doing the boat bottom paint. It was a nasty job, and it always seemed I got more of the goo-y, sticky paint on myself than I got on the boat. My father would explain that it’s very important to use good bottom paint to protect the hull from barnacles and sea life, but that stuff didn’t matter to me at the time. I just didn’t want to do the painting.

As I grew up, I saw the importance of good antifouling paint, and no longer think that it’s such a bad process. 

In this article, I’ll review several of the best antifouling paints available. We’ve also got a buyer’s guide that goes through the details to inform your decision. We’ll start with a comparison table to get oriented, and then look at the Best Boat Bottom Paint, the Trilux 33 Antifouling Paint by Interlux.

Owning a boat means maintaining a boat. The salty air is a harsh mistress, and without care, your boat will suffer. All surfaces need attention, from fiberglass to teak to vinyl. In order to keep your boat looking great, you need to keep your vinyl clean, free of mildew, mold, tanning lotions, and the like.

In this article, review the Best Marine Vinyl Cleaners available. We’ve also got a Buyer’s Guide to give you additional context for your choice. We’ll start with a comparison table to get oriented, and then jump in with the Best Boat Vinyl Cleaner, the Marine Vinyl Cleaner by 3M.

A boat cover is an absolute must. It is the first line of defense against damage, water infiltration, mold, mildew, and heartache. No matter if you house your boat on a trailer, drydock, mooring, or in the drink, you need a cover capable of keeping water, wind, and weather out of your marine electronics, fish finders, VHF radios, etc.

In this boat cover review, we’ll look at 10 of the best boat covers available. Some of these are taylored to a specific type of boat, like a center console or a v-hull. In these cases, we mention the type of boat the cover is designed for.

We’ll start a quick primer on measuring your boat. Then we’ll dive in with a look at the Best Boat Cover, the iCOVER series of 600D Polyester covers.

We all want to keep our boats looking as good as possible, for as long as possible. We spend hours cleaning, painting, doing teak, so that the boat will look pristine. Part of ensuring the pristine look is to pick up high-quality boat fenders.

Good boat bumpers ensure that the boat will avoid scuff marks, dings, crunches, and costly repairs while navigating docks and other nearby boats. Having the right set of good, functional, attractive fenders is critical to keeping your boat in tip-top shape.

This review looks at several of the best boat bumpers available. We’ll look at style, functionality, quality, sizing, and accessories. We’ll start with the best boat fenders, the Polyform HTM Series Boat Fenders.