• Wash your boat at regular intervals: Your boat is an automobile like your car. When you wash your car regularly, why not your boat? Just because the boat runs on water and not the road is not a reason to not wash it. In fact, if you sail in the sea, make sure you wash you boat well with fresh water.
• Use special cleaning agents: When washing your boat, make sure you use cleaning agents specifically made for boats. Don’t try to double up your car cleaner as the cleaning agent for your boat as well. You don’t use detergent to wash your face, right? Then why do it to your boat?
• Clean the bottom of your boat well: When cleaning your boat, make sure clean the bottom of your boat well. Often the bottom may contain weeds, algae or other such elements. These unwanted elements could affect the performance of your boat negatively, by 30%.
• Don’t forget the oil change: Just like your car, your boat also needs to have its oil changed regularly. It is recommended that you change the oil in your boat every 100 hours of use or at least once a year. The oil change frequency is double for diesel engines.
• Pay attention to wheel bearings: Wheel bearings take a lot of rap as they are in contact with water and grease all the time. This could cause the bearings to rust and rusted bearings cause friction when towing, further hastening their demise.
• Check your propellers for damage: Propellers are what keep the boat running. Even the slightest of dent in the propeller can adversely affect your boat performance.

Sure, boat maintenance requires some time and effort. But a well-maintained boat is bound to save you precious dollars in the long run. A few hundreds of dollars here to keep your boat in the best of conditions is any day worthier than shelling out a hefty sum later to repair your damaged boat.