Thing is, there's a lot more to being master than just seamanship and driving a boat. The vessel master's primary duty is to insulate the owner...
Always works well for me.
When you say a budget of $500,000, is that just the initial purchase budget, or are you including operations and maintenance in that budget? Are...
Is that the old "Neptunes Chariot" Larry Briggs old boat?
OA definitely makes a good boat, with an 80, putting in an elevator may prove tricky without doing a custom interior lay out, but good luck with...
I just rehauled after sitting 7 months near the mouth of the Brisbane River having been painted with Jotun paint, and I have to say, I am very...
I'd say that's about the best classification I've heard for them.
For what you say you want it for, it'll be ok. I've taken them back and forth to Catalina from Newport Beach and Marina Del Rey a few times, as...
Interesting trick, how many wraps does it take? Sometimes I do a delivery and the boat just wreaks so bad it's nauseating to sleep onboard.
Works both ways. Some yachts carry permanent crew, some yachts use delivery crew. Some charter yachts use both, they'll have a "permanent crew"...
Replace it with Triton hose. It takes the longest to get permeated with stank.
It sure is ugly.
It depends on the type of yacht, but a properly outfitted yacht does this sort of thing all the time. Yachts that don't have the endurance,...
Because they're twenty five cents cheaper....
True, but then Quartermasters get killed in battle action as well....
I believe warships also carry INS (Inertial Navigation Systems) which can be used independently of other nav systems, similar to those carried on...
Celestial isn't that difficult, especially if all you're doing is noon sights, most people can be taught to take and work a 3 star running fix in...
If he had managed to clear the Bahamas before it was noticed, he'd probably make Monaco, at least Gibraltar.
Yep...even if you decide you like it, you then have to figure out how much you're going to use it. If you aren't going to use it more than about...
Sextant and a radar(or just an old RayJeff RDF if your land fall is a populated one) will work fine if for some reason GPS becomes unusable due to...
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