One of my favorite boats ever is the 52. The engine room is absolutely massive and it has long legs due to tankage and shallow shaft angle....
If space is an issue, I'd strongly recommend a CLC bag like the 1539. Holds a ton of stuff and is very well made. Maybe around $50-60 on amazon....
I worked on a few dozen Maritimos over the years as an independent subcontractor. Certainly the easiest boats I have ever seen as far as...
Use some bilge cleaner. Add a little to each pan, works great on fan coils or self contained units. Always a good idea to add it to grey water...
If the gear isnt moving, the motor is not getting power or it's burned out. Check for power, should be a few test ports right below the gear....
Raymarine had a ton of problems with DSM300s from 2005-2012ish. They blamed bad power cords, but then offered exchange units for a few hundred...
I'm sorry to disagree. Maintenance doesn't always equal a trouble free experience. The best tech won't be taking apart your air con sea water...
The brand part comes from how the boat is put together and how the various parts are installed. You can put a $10k electrical panel in a crap Boat...
Check out Maritimo. Aussie built, huge fuel tanks for their size, systems are insanely simple. Not very "glitzy" interiors, just stuff that...
Old F series boats had Douglas fir stringers. Trojan in their wisdom didn't glass over the nice big limber holes. I cut mine out with a sawzall...
What brand autopilot? Sounds like the rudder sensitivity is set too high.
Your response makes more sense now, I watched the video twice with the sound cranked up thinking I missed something :p
Automation is great. When it works properly. I spend most of my days lately trying to figure out what went wrong on overly complicated automation...
Brain fart, skipped over the Bahamas part
Pretty sure you no longer need a permit unless you operate a commercial vessel or operate a charter more than 6 passengers. I still remeber our...
hard to compete with the floating cities like "allure of the seas" and the rest of those monstrosities for just plain cruising. Guess it depends...
I could never wrap my head around the concept of the Bimini super fast. It's a 50 mile trip, what's the hurry? Not like there's anything on Bimini...
They already ripped out the interior years ago in Turkey. All the nasty stuff like asbestos is long gone. There was a big controversy over it, we...
Honestly I have no idea where you got the idea of what 85' and under should be equipped with. I work with several different builders and only 1...
In addition to the great info from Pascal, I'd suggest splitting a few of the pumps to a different battery bank. Most builders I've dealt with...
