Absolutely sad and needless tradegy! Anyone with experience in these waters knows how much the Gulfstream can amplify the effects of storms, even...
Capt J, you've just got to find better rides! :D I thought engine room AC/heat was pretty much standard equipment especially for boats destined...
Your 12V71's probably don't need quite as much fuel as the 900 hp versions I've installed but if I remember correctly we used -16 (3/4") on the...
A lot of the evolution that is happening is more than skin deep. Advanced composties are being introduced to gain efficiency and durability too!...
I did build a smaller version 7 years ago but it had eggbeaters out back so it doesn't really count. :D Personally I prefer that layout on smaller...
I'm sorry to hear of the poor TD service, in our neck of the woods it's the opposite but things change all the time. The newbuild is a 37' express...
After the inevitable new product bugs, the major players of pod drives all pretty much have their acts together now and in fact we'll have another...
Agreed seperate banks for house and genset starting is desirable but I can't say I've seen a single sportfish done that way. If the mains are the...
Quite common setup on sportfish boats, genset runs off the house bank and mains have one or two bankc for themselves often 24VDC while house is...
Around these parts you can almost expect to be swarmed by windsurfers, jet skis and kite boarders every time you come through the inlet in a big...
Wow! So you think all yachts must be produced in a large factory owned by a big conglomerate and that efficient management all by itself will turn...
Beautiful Donzi Carl!, electric or gas? I'm an old RC nut too, used to fly a Royal Rudderbug, wind the rubber band up and it wagged the rudder...
Not sure if it qualifies compared to the much larger ones posted so far but SDmodelmakers in California did this replica of a 64 sportfish we...
The cold-molded hull construction technique was already two decades old in the sixties. Huckins, Elco, Higgins, and Vosper built hundreds of PT...
Vive La diff'erance Shazam! You weren't being vague at all, and I probably try to champion cored composite construction more than I should but...
From the pictures there appears to be a substancial amount of glass on the outer skin and the core failed in shear, exactly as would be expected...
I've had equally good luck with Exide and Interstate sealed/lead acid batt's. Like Fish, we normally recommend and use AGM's or spiral's now...
I didn't mean to imply that shaft alignment was the cause of the vibration, certainly not without extensive sea trials with sound level meters....
Closer to you is Ocean Alloys/Sea Worthy Services, cantact Randy Downs at ypimarine.com. They specialize in aluminum hulls and driveline alignment...
You mean that's not how you're supposed to do it??? :D
