There’s a special kind of frustration that comes with turning the key and getting nothing. You loaded the cooler, you’ve got a good tide, and your outboard just sits there. Before you panic or start throwing parts at it, it helps to know that most no-start problems come down to a handful of usual suspects.…
Buying a used boat to save a few dollars sounds smart — and sometimes it is. But a boat isn’t a car, and a saltwater boat especially can hide problems that don’t show up until you’re already on the water and already out the money. Before you decide between new and used, here’s what we’d…
Salt is patient, and it’s relentless. Run your boat in Lowcountry water year-round and the ocean is quietly working on every bolt, wire, and seal the whole time. The good news is that a little routine attention keeps the small stuff from ever becoming the big stuff. Here’s the season-by-season rhythm we recommend to the…
Ordering a new bay boat is a little like building a truck — the fun part is making it yours, but all those choices can get overwhelming fast. We walk customers through this all the time, so if you’re thinking about a Blazer, here’s a plain-English look at the decisions that actually matter and how…
It’s a conversation we have all the time. Somebody’s outboard is getting tired — maybe it’s nickel-and-diming them on repairs, maybe it just doesn’t have the giddy-up it used to — and they’re stuck on the same question: do I drop a new motor on the boat I’ve got, or is it time to start…
One of the best things about keeping a boat down here is that you don’t have to go far to find good water. McClellanville sits right in the middle of some of the prettiest, fishiest country on the South Carolina coast — marsh creeks, barrier islands, and open bays all within a short run. After…
If you’ve spent any time fishing around McClellanville, you already know the water doesn’t make it easy to pick one boat. One morning you’re poling a glassy flat looking for tailing reds, and that afternoon the wind kicks up and you’re bouncing across a chop in Bulls Bay wishing you had a little more boat…
Every spring we get the same phone call. Somebody trailers their boat down to the landing for the first warm weekend of the year, turns the key, and nothing happens the way it should. Sometimes it’s a no-start. Sometimes it runs rough for a minute and quits. And once in a while it’s worse than…
A good bay boat is the perfect match for South Carolina’s Lowcountry. With shallow drafts and stable, fishable hulls, bay boats let you chase redfish and trout up tidal creeks in the morning and still handle an open run across Bulls Bay or Charleston Harbor in the afternoon. But with several sizes and layouts to…
If you run your boat in the saltwater and brackish creeks around McClellanville, Charleston, and the wider Lowcountry, your outboard works harder than the same engine would on a freshwater lake. Salt, tides, and ethanol-blended fuel all speed up wear — which means a smart service schedule isn’t optional, it’s how you avoid getting stranded…