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Something happened to me year's ago. One day, my car would not start. The battery was fine, and there was no visible signs of corrosion. The (hot side) battery cable looked fine on the outside, but when I checked, the wire was corroded a few inches inside the cable. The starter could not get...

Sep 18, 2013. What a 4 footer looks like through the Marinaut windshield. This was a rough day on Long Island Sound. Significant wave height was 2.5 to 3 feet, with maximum wave height to 4 feet. Infrequently, we saw rogue waves of 5 to 6 feet. LI Sound was like this nearly the entire 2013...

Here is another reason to keep the iconic round Marinaut window. In this photograph, a picture of the Marinaut, Irish Queen, is taken through the round window of the Betty Ann. In my opinion, round is a better way to frame the shot. :D...

A picture of the Irish Queen taken through the iconic, round window of the Marinaut 215, Betty Ann

The Irish Queen at Greenport, NY as the setting sun shone through her window

This fire boat is a National Historic Landmark, is named Fire Fighter, served in the FDNY since 1938, and is now a museum. To learn more, visit: http://fireboatfirefighter.org In this movie I took, they just turned on the pumps at Mitchell Park Marina in Greenport, NY in June 2013...

Seawolf, Sunbeam, Actually I don't know anything about the flat hose Greg proposed ( perhaps they should call it, from a marketing perspective, a flose? ) It just looked like it did not take much space, but we do have high pressure in the Northeast, and I do need a hose to handle higher...

Greg: that is a fantastic product! My hose is 50 feet and takes a lot of space. How long have you had these? Rich

We prefer a starboard dock, too, because our kicker is located on the port side. Unfortunately, my marina requires a port side dock, and it is easy to damage our kicker. As for rafting up, when we go into most marinas in the Northeast, we are usually the smallest cruiser. Our area of the...

Hello Jake, I ran out of Marine Sta-Bil, had to fill up, so I bought Startron. Now I'm back to using Marne Sta-Bil, which I have had great luck with in carbureted engines. There was a point in transition back to Marine Sta-Bil where both products were in my tanks. No problems encountered, but...

In the Northeast, nearly everyone seems to want to back into transient berths. I just don't get it, because it risks damaging an engine. In the PNW, it's the opposite case. I have found it nearly impossible to back up our Marinaut and make a turn into a slip when the wind is significant and...

Your welcome Sunbeam. On my CD 16, lashing the kicker was not as effective due to the weight distribution and length of the boat in that it was very unresponsive in turns. With our length boats, it is really surprising how responsive this set up is. I am glad it works on your boat as well. Rich

Redfox, Greg got me thinking -- you could attach a steel grid across the top. If properly designed, it would support your weight, provide traction, and prevent slapping. Rich

Sunbeam, I bought the squeegee at defender.com, and use it to clean water off of my glass and vinyl windows after a wash down to prevent water spots from forming: Shurhold Shur-Dry Flexible Water Blade Easily Molds To Curved Boats And Vehicles 2-3/8" X 12" Long Blade Flexible Squeegee Works on...

Sunbeam -- that is a great write up. After my boat accident, I drove the boat back to port for the twenty-mile trip on my kicker engine while running my radio, radar and chart plotter on house battery. After the boat was repaired, we took it out for a ride, and then the chart plotter screen...

I'm going to be the oddball here and express concern that wonderful craftsmanship aside, using the transom step as shown in the picture could cause severe bodily injury. If your foot slips, your leg could slip through and it will either get stuck, or suffer a severe break. If this happened...

Our friends Steve and Eileen are the proud owners of the Marinaut 215, and their boat the Irish Queen, in my opinion, is the most well equipped Marinaut at the time of her manufacture. Following are photos of the Irish Queen taken at Greenport, NY, as well as two movies showing her accelerating...

The Irish Queen pulls into Mitchell Park Marina in Greenport, NY after it was launched from the CT River and travelled across Long Island Sound and through Plum Gut.

The Irish Queen goes W.O.T. in Long Island in May 2013. This movie really shows the power of Honda?s B.L.A.S.T. when you put the pedal to the metal. 115+ HP is more than enough for the Marinaut.

The Irish Queen and the Betty Ann docked at Mitchell Park Marina in Greenport, NY for the first annual gathering of Marinaut 215's on the East Coast