If you plan on going ahead with this endeavour take a look at Winter Harbor up in Brewerton New York, it's a nice clean facility. I have friends...
Could you be referring to Smart Rails? (no affiliation)
Sandblasting is the best method,but shy of that you can grind all of the rust out and apply Ospho, which is a converter. Apply a good epoxy over...
J And J Marine Group Somerset Ma. They do a great job and are very detail oriented. Very good at custom work.
In the Newport area you can try Newport Shipyard or just up the bay in Portsmouth is the Hinckley Yard
I have seen this first hand. the seal that was damaged was a lower seal on the Volvo IPS drive.
Griffin Motor Yachts are located in New South Wales if that helps any.
I agree that hitting something with these pods could become extremely expensive. On of the worst drawbacks to these systems (other than grounding...
In a previous life I ran a marine railway and hauled many boats with no docking plan. I devised an L-shaped device to measure for blocking. I used...
Having worked in the industry for 35 years this is the worst I've seen. There seems to be a pattern of the economy taking a dive every 10 years. I...
I purchased a pair of C-18's about 8 months ago. Took a while to get them as they are made to order
Mostly sail 50'-90'
I have dealt with them on several occasions shipping boats from New England to the Med. The crews are all professionals and very easy to work...
As a rule of thumb 20% of the value of the boat will be what it costs to maintain (ie: dockage, insurance, crew) per year.
Vacuflush by Dometic is a reliable head. Takes a little while to install the components but once it's up and running it's pretty much trouble free.
I appreciate all of the input, but I am not looking into the building of boats but more into the repair and refit of boats--even with a bad...
Thanks Jorge--my interests and experience are in the pleasure boat field, particularly 90'+ range boath sail and power
I am considering making a move to Australia and was wondering if anyone out there could give me some advice as to where to begin the search for...
Removing the rubrails all togethor is one way to go but the only way to seal the holes up properly is to weld them and with welding you get into...
I agree that 5200 is a scary thing to use if you want to get something off, perhaps Boatlife would have been a better choice of materials--do not...
