Last winter, Captain Maria of the Sea Breezefishing trawler stared in horror as her hull scraped against a marina dock—her 10kcatchspoiled,repairscosting8k. The culprit? A worn-out rubber fender that […]

Last spring, I met Mike—owner of Pine Tree Marina, a family-run spot on Lake Michigan. “I’m sick of fixing docks,” he sighed, pointing to a cracked […]

You’re guiding a 30-foot sailboat into a busy marina when a sudden gust of wind pushes it sideways. The hull scrapes against the dock, and you […]