If you have owned your trawler yacht an adequate amount of time, you have had discussion on the docks about the topic of marine zincs for your boat, but what do they really do? How do they carry out their job?

When you have two different metals that are physically connected and lowered into sea water, they produce an electrical (dc) direct current. Current moves linking the two metals which can progressively corrode metals such as propeller shafts, submerged equipment and strainers in the engine room; everything that makes contact with the sea water.

The anode will be used to deliberately corrode away more rapidly than your other boat’s under water metal gear does.

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You have finally found that nice used 48 Hatteras motor yacht you have been searching for. But buying a used motor yacht is typically a trying process with purchase offers, sea trials, title abstracts, insurance and other official procedures necessary to make the purchase. When a potential used motor yacht is found, a maritime survey is absolutely critical to be certain you are getting what you are paying for.

But anyone can place his ad out there as a marine surveyor; there are no regulations covering their operations. For that reason how do you go about discovering and picking a surveyor to examine your “new” used motor yacht? Let me propose some pointers.

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Yacht Charters can often be amazing holidays, but many people are nervous about chartering with children. They worry that, aside from the obvious safety reasons, the kids will also be out of control because of insufficient space on board for the kids to play. But from experiencing many people who have chartered yachts with kids, this is almost never the case if properly planned. In fact children normally love the experience of being on a yacht, respect the rules, and are so fascinated by the experience that they are much better behaved than they would be if cooped up in a hotel room!

The boat choice is critical. We normally recommend catamarans, because they offer so much space, both inside and outside. Catamarans also don’t rock back and forth, making it a much more pleasurable cruise for the entire family, and there are no dangerous stairs to get from the cockpit to the galley. Once the kids adapt to the boat, they quickly learn that they will have plenty to do – a new beach every day, jumping off the back, snorkeling after turtles and fish, deserted islands to explore. It’s what kids are made for!

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