Alongside and secure. Now the damage assessments begin. [ATTACH]
Even before this accident, "Utopia's" of past and present had an abnormally high amount of crew turnover as its a tough outfit to work for with...
Seakeeper's require annual maintenance and have an "hour's operated "schedule for replacing components such as: Hydraulic accumulators @ 2,000...
There is a stairwell from the aft deck down to the beach club and on this Benetti model there is actually an access tunnel running full length...
Under tow by USCG. All good. You never see this on the east coast! West coast USCG must be a different breed or there's zero commercial towing on...
Properly functioning proximity alarms and electrical lock outs make it practically impossible to be underway with main engines with a shell door...
Well that's good news. The color video that I viewed was directly into the stern beach club area with tons of ocean water aboard and mucho free...
Video out there online of 45-meter "Domani" floundering 45 miles off of Greys Harbor WA. in heavy sea unable to close its stern door. Couldn't...
After using both Ocean Breeze and Flagship chillers on refit projects in the last 5 years I can say that Flagship manufactures a superior product...
Seems to be a bit of confusion between the terms, Breakwater, Jetty and groins here.
Island Hopper Yachts built in Ft Pierce, FL. had side doors and half beam open transom dive steps in the late 80's early 90's
Underwater groin and shoal clearly marked on charts on the north side extending halfway out the channel. Cut the last two red cans with a 6 ft...
I had no idea that LifePO4 was the acronym for Lithium Iron Phosphate, I learn something new every day. Now that I Googled different batteries, I...
LifePO4 is a brand manufactured in China by a mega battery plant that produces lithium batteries for all segments of industries. Probably should...
State side Dakota and LifePO4 are two of the players. Its kind of the wild west manufacturer wise between applications of auto, commercial land...
Lithium Ion batteries are inherently dangerous and will combust if overcharged, damaged by puncture, crushed or exposed to extremely high...
So much for that advise, Just looked at the NOAA Mississippi & Missouri river 2022 spring flood outlook and due to the Midwest drought conditions...
s Spring flood isn't the time for yachts to be on the Mississippi due to high water causing most groins to be submerged and channel markers in...
Several companies up and down the east coast offer core drying for yachts. Dry Boat, Dry My Hull & Dry Hull seem to be the major players and I...
Bedford reinforced plastics supplied all of the FRP structural shapes on a total gut machinery space refit a few years ago. I checked multiple...
