Check out this recent video with Captain Ed Sabatini. He's been working on a 2007 Mercury engine with fuel-related problems: hard-starting, rough-riding and occassionally, stalling.
Get the inside scoop on how to take better care of your boat's engine in this video, and the harm using street gas can caus. Then, make a doctor's appointment for your engine by calling Captain Ed at (386) 738-3701.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Talon: A Shallow - Water Anchor at work
Boat control is everything, especially in shallow water. That's why Minn Kota has developed the ultimate weapon in the battle for boat positioning: Talon. Talon deploys faster, holds stronger and runs quieter thatn the competition, with an arsenel of features that keep you on the fish all day long. Talon makes anchoring easy and automatic, and it's built with the legendary durability, precision and perofrmance of a Minn Kota. -- Minn Kota, 2011
Here's Capt. Ed Sabatini demonstrating Talon after a recent install. This anchor is as user-friendly as it gets!
Here's Capt. Ed Sabatini demonstrating Talon after a recent install. This anchor is as user-friendly as it gets!
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Ed’s View: Radial vs. Bias Tires on Boat Trailers
Bob’s Discount Marine Supply has had some great customer interest lately in our store’s wheels and tire promotions. The store has had excellent prices on wheels and tires – realmarine saltwater wheels and tires.
People often ask me about putting radial tires on boat trailers. Here’s the deal: Radial tires are for going straight. They don’t have the tolerance for the kind of torque you put on wheels and tires when pulling, loading and unloading a boat on and off a trailer.
When you back up a trailer, the wheels actually deform. Bias tires have strong sidewalls and carry high pressues. They allow more of a twisting motion and work in tandem together, like when you have six wheels working together in close proximity on a boat trailer.
We've had several reports and personal experience of the entire tread coming off of radial tires (like the 'alligators' you see laying on the side of the road). Sometimes, you’ll see a tire that should be straight and gets more and more crooked as the trailer moves. You’ll tear up the sidewalls of radial tires when towing and moving a boat. Not a great thing, especially if you’re traveling along the 7-mile bridge in the Florida Keys.
It’s almost as costly to replace a wheel as it is to replace a tire and a wheel. Cost is typically $79 to $109 for 13- to 14-inch wheels and tires, hot-dipped galvanized wheels (as opposed to Chinese galvanized, which is akin to gray paint).
Stop in and see our selection. Our prices can’t be beat.
Captain Ed Sabatini
People often ask me about putting radial tires on boat trailers. Here’s the deal: Radial tires are for going straight. They don’t have the tolerance for the kind of torque you put on wheels and tires when pulling, loading and unloading a boat on and off a trailer.
When you back up a trailer, the wheels actually deform. Bias tires have strong sidewalls and carry high pressues. They allow more of a twisting motion and work in tandem together, like when you have six wheels working together in close proximity on a boat trailer.
We've had several reports and personal experience of the entire tread coming off of radial tires (like the 'alligators' you see laying on the side of the road). Sometimes, you’ll see a tire that should be straight and gets more and more crooked as the trailer moves. You’ll tear up the sidewalls of radial tires when towing and moving a boat. Not a great thing, especially if you’re traveling along the 7-mile bridge in the Florida Keys.
It’s almost as costly to replace a wheel as it is to replace a tire and a wheel. Cost is typically $79 to $109 for 13- to 14-inch wheels and tires, hot-dipped galvanized wheels (as opposed to Chinese galvanized, which is akin to gray paint).
Stop in and see our selection. Our prices can’t be beat.
Captain Ed Sabatini
Bob’s Discount Marine Supply
215 S. Spring Garden Avenue
DeLand, Florida
(386) 738-3701
Bob's Discount Marine Supply is your local source for the best deals and the most comprehensive selection of boating accessories and repair for saltwater, flats and freshwater fishing.
Bob's Discount Marine Supply is your local source for the best deals and the most comprehensive selection of boating accessories and repair for saltwater, flats and freshwater fishing.
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