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Vendor′s useful tips on getting your dock, deck, topsides, and dock lines clean using a pressure washer.
[Ultimatewasher.com, Pompano Beach, FL, USA]
A good long look at handling, stowing, maintaining, and relying on an all-chain anchor rode.
[Blue Water Sailing]
Keeping mud and grit off the deck and out of the anchor locker is best done with a pressurized washdown. The author tells you how to install one, "an easy installation that can be accomplished in about a day."
[SailNet, 24 February 2004]
You can save water at your faucet or shower head without giving up washing power by using an aerator. This site explains the benefits and points to you to commercial sources.
[Eartheasy, Parksville, BC, Canada]
A Sabre 34 owner builds his own anchor wash. Includes a list of parts and tools plus a step-by-step account of the project, with photos.
[Early Light, Solomons, MD, USA]
Five liquids that claim to reduce the corrosive effect of salt water on your boat′s equipment.
[Practical Sailor, 1 January 2005]
A dozen high-pressure raw-water pumps are compared and tested, with recommendations in three price ranges.
[Practical Sailor, 1 January 2005]
Large range of 12-, 24-, and 32-volt water pumps from 1.5 to 5 gpm capacity, including miniature pumps.
[Flojet, USA]
Three models of portable power washer with up to 1650 psi water pressure. Has on-board chemical/soap tank.
[Faip, Palatine, IL, USA]
Electric and manual pumps for drinking water, bilge, oil changing and winterizing, deck washdown, toilet macerator, refrigeration and other uses. Also makes faucets, accumulator tanks, hose, and other fluid accessories.
[SHURflo Pump Manufacturing Company, Cypress, CA, USA]
A deckwash pump can double as a fire pump if you have it connected to a long hose.
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