When the boating season comes to a close, and the weather takes a turn for the cooler, winterizing your boat is an essential part of taking care of it for the season. Between fuel stabilizing, ...

For detailed step-by-step DIY information, watch these instructional videos, courtesy of Dr. Shrink. The season is just about over and it’s time to put the old girl to bed for the winter. Encasing ...

Shrink-wrap offers quick, thorough protection against harsh weather, but most shrink-wrap jobs leave little—if any—access to boats while covered. If your plans include over-winter work beneath that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Have you ever wondered what happens to all that thick, white plastic covering on boats stored on dry land during the winter months ...

SOUTH HAVEN --Pat Carnahan is happiest with a big torch and a boat. The South Haven business owner hangs his hat on the craft of shrink-wrapping boats. He founded North Star Marine 15 years ago, just ...

More than 1.5 million pounds of plastic come off boats around Maine each spring, the vast majority bound for landfills or incinerators. Courtesy Clean Ocean Access The sun is shining, the birds are ...

A Cohasset teenager turned an idea into action, launching a boat shrink wrap recycling program aimed at reducing plastic ...

One day in 1993 Michael Enos was on the freeway near Reno when he saw a tractor-trailer rumble by full of boats, each neatly wrapped in shiny white plastic. "It was all nice and tight and pretty," he ...

More than 1.5 million pounds of plastic come off boats around Maine each spring, the vast majority bound for landfills or incinerators. Credit: Clean Ocean Access / Maine Monitor This story was ...

Armed with mega heat guns, a small group gathered on a chilly morning taking aim not at the cold but at thick plastic sheeting draped over a small mountain of construction pipe. Guns blazing, they ...