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These same tips and tricks can help you save even more money or at least slow down your spending!

FilterMag is not a replacement for maintenance. It is another layer of protection for engines we would rather keep running than rebuilding.

A simple receiver hitch lock can add another layer of security to a swing-tongue boat trailer. Here’s the setup we use on our Amera Trail trailer.

What really makes a flats skiff a flats skiff? We look at shallow draft, stealth, hull design, poling efficiency, and the purpose behind a true technical skiff.”

Here are a few things I have found to help extend their life and appearance

As many Flats Nation readers already know, Amera Trail joined us earlier this year as an official Flats Nation collaborator. That relationship made sense from day one because we tend to look at boating from the entire ownership perspective—not just what happens after the boat slides off the bunks and into the water.

A nice guide on what and better yet, what (not) to use, for those awesome vinyl-coated covered seats.

Flats Nation is pleased to welcome Amera Trail Trailers as an official collaborator and part of the growing Flats Nation family and ecosystem. For those who spend real time around skiffs, bay boats, tow vehicles, backroad ramps, and long hauls to the water, Amera Trail is a name that already carries weight — literally and figuratively!

Named after the Marquesas Keys near Key West, the boat was designed with the kind of water that can change its mind quickly.

A boat trailer wiring harness is one of those things most owners do not think about until the lights stop working, the tow vehicle starts blowing fuses, or the trailer gets backed into saltwater and suddenly decides it no longer wants to communicate with civilization.

Not everyone can draw a clean boat wiring diagram on demand. Some folks can sketch out a full marine electrical system on the back of a napkin. Others, myself included, may end up with something that looks more like a treasure map drawn during a small-craft advisory.

I have looked over quite a few harnesses and seen both good and (let's just say questionable) Marine Wiring Harness and rigging by some builders.

Some skiffs are built to impress at the dock. The Hell’s Bay Waterman feels more like the skiff built for the angler who already left the dock before sunrise.

That is exactly why I started using simple project planning sheets like these attached not only for repairs/upgrades... But, also when having a new skiff built.

Pre-Lube pumps circulate lube oil throughout the engine before it is started.

In this Flats Nation Sound Bites Volume 14, Steve Pelini, VP of Sales for BMS, is back to educate us on the True Tracker Plate.

Are you looking to help keep your tackle, camera, and other gear bags drier and off the deck inside your hatches?

If you have rod holders or any other metal tube working on your boat, you may already have the near-perfect place for cup holders

Flats Nation logo stickers are now in the store.

Hell’s Bay Boatworks emphasizes that Amera Trail trailers are engineered to “mirror the exact lines of our hulls,”