“Wax, wash, flush and cover.”

We’ve heard all these tips for as long as we’ve been told to brush, floss and scrub behind our ears. Good advice, all of it. but there’s got to be more you can do to extend the life of your boat. Which is why we went to the insiders to find their little-known (until now) boat-keeping secrets. What we found is that many a boat has died an untimely death, or looked like it was about to, because of an ignored 29-cent part or a few missed hours of upkeep. Yep, that might be all it takes to keep your boat young. -David Seidman