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Many Canadians are rushing to get their Pleasure Craft Operator Card (PCOC) before boating season starts in earnest. Since September 2009, anyone operating a motorized vessel (including a sailboat with auxiliary engine, or dinghy with motor) in Canada needs to have one of these cards, which requires you to pass a multiple-choice test of basic [...]

This cockpit hatch cover (36″x16″), during a purchase survey, was found to have a high moisture reading in a triangular shaped area near the forward hinge. The cover was removed and 4 one-inch diameter counterbores were cut through the inside glass reinforced polyester to expose the end grain balsa core material. The balsa was found [...]