Rex Blogs

  It’s been many years since having not found myself on a boat more days and hours out of the year then in a car.  Simply put – my livelihood is constituted from spending a great deal of time navigating […]
  The call came in around 1700 that Friday evening. It was a good friend of mine in desperate need of assistance making good on a promise he had made to a client of his – relocating a recent Rolex […]
Scott began working at Norwalk Cove Marina at age 15 as a boat detailer. He worked at Cove thru age 18, when Jim Gardella got him a job with Hatteras Yachts. At Hatteras, Scott was a mate on their company […]
The weekend is almost here and your new boat awaits you. Maybe you will spend the weekend anchored out on the islands with friends or go fishing out by the lights. Or perhaps you will even venture down to New […]
As you may know, Rex Marine has become the Connecticut and Westchester county dealer for Formula boats, and MarineMax has relocated to a marina nearby. We also wanted you to rest assured that as a factory-authorized Mercury Outboard and Mercruiser […]
Do the following, if for some reason you have decided to sell your boat but don’t really want to. From the bow: 1. After the last cruise of the season, make sure your anchor and rode have the mud, that […]
Keeping a Wary Eye on Raw-Water Cooled Manifolds and Risers Can Prevent the Premature Death of Your Engine Pop Quiz: The owner of a 30′ powerboat hops aboard his boat one day to go for a cruise, but his inboard […]
I don’t get to spend much time in the south fork of Long Island but yesterday was asked to bring a 30′ Tiara back from Ponquogue Marina in Hampton Bay. The drive over from Port Jeff was a long hour […]
By Michael Garvey Last year the Rex Service Department began collecting used spark plugs that would normally end up in the trash and add to the waste stream. Spark plugs have almost no value except for recycling with scrap metal. […]
By John M. Malatak Chief, Program Operations | U.S. Coast Guard, Boating Safety Division I love boating in the fall. The colors of the trees lining the shore of the Potomac River, where I do most of my boating, are […]