Our retirement plans are starting to come into focus, and one of those is to buy a fifth wheel and travel the country in it. That means I’ll tow the “house,” and Hanna will have an SUV to pull the boat. She’s starting to practice so she won’t be nervous when we officially hit the road.

Despite the fact that avid anglers are willing to pay increasingly large sums of money to own top of the line bass boats, many of us tend to treat them like crap. If you have a bass boat along with a warranty, an insurance policy and a wallet there’s a pretty good chance you will use the latter three at some point. Here are simple steps to keep things safe.