cleaning

Hi all, I recently bought a balboa 26 and I was assessing how much work it would be to clean up some of the gunk in the bilge. What I though was some black gunk that had settled near the pump turned out to be rubbery and loosely attached to the hull. I was able to peel some off, but then I got...

No I am not talking about the brown spot that just happened when you experienced that unexpected gybe... I am talking about the sail boat hardware that nobody talks about. The blocks and tackle that sit out on the deck or hang from the boom, rain and shine sucking up dust, dirt, salt spray...

We just recently bought a 1973 C&C 39 and are undertaking lots of fixes, as well as cleaning decades of grubbiness belowdecks. The deck hull joint is in fair condition and might have some minor leaks that we'll address in the near future. More immediately, I'm eager for advice on how I might...

We keep our boat on a mooring in the Upper Chesapeake. The osprey and bald eagle populations here are quite healthy, to say nothing of the cormorants, mallards, and herons. Two weeks ago I came out to my boat with some bags of ice after dark and thought the crunching under my feet was from...