BOHICA SNAFU TARFU FUBAR That said, I really can get my head wrapped around the new BOAT axiom!! Or, as it was sometimes said, "Embrace the suck!"
We are "good" my friend. All is well. And trust me, if I tried to communicate in German, it would be awful. The best I could come up with would...
In the case of COUGAR ACE, as originally reported in 2006, a ballasting error caused the ship to heel, then the cargo shifted. It is presumed the...
Given that my background does not include working with NAVAIR or NAVSEA, but does include operating with the bird-farms, I can say this about...
Although I'm not privy to the construction details of DREAM, don't the cruise ships have active stabilizers? So if the ship is steaming at full...
You know, build it high enough, with barely enough GM to achieve the lazy comfortable rolls of a cruise ship, throw in a little mismanagement of...
Ok. Thanks to all. As I've peeled back the "onion" of my ac system, it's clear to me that I'll stay with Dometic. It's kind of like going down...
The US flag car carrier that I sailed on. In the North LANT. In the winter time. The year before I went aboard. Now the year I was on, we hit 40...
Y'know, it's not just Russian cargo vessels and alleged intoxication. The USCG had an allusion of their own down in The Big Easy. A U.S. Coast...
A couple of video's about this. Y'know, this bridge is "personal" to me. 'cuz whenever I had to fly into/out of Busan to get to my ship [USNS...
OK! This is getting very interesting. Two of the "lead guys" with different opinions. I love it. . . Kinda reminds me of "Ford or Chevy"...
Great info from all. Thanks. Genset just had annual done. Filters changed. 117hrs since previous annual My work-list now includes: *Descaling...
I'm the third owner of a 2012 boat with 2 Cruisair [Dometic] TWC24's. They are shoe-horned into the space and sit on top of the genset, and just...
OK, I have an example of a SPECIFIC age to retire. Observed at a large marina on the New River in Ft. Laud. Wind was negligible as well as...
After you've gone through the wish list, ask yourself if you want a "cocktail boat" or a "sea boat". If you want a "sea" boat, read JWY's review...
Having just transited from Cocoa to Fort Lauderdale (ICW to Fort Pierce & LANT from there), I'd like to have FL go mandatory. Going down the ICW,...
Y'know, as a former "bubble-head", you know that "boats" can become "targets" too - given a good chopper pilot. LOL With the background in NAVSEA...
Having sailed WESTPAC, EASTPAC, LANT, MED, CENTCOM AOR, and 4th Fleet AOR's, as a US Merchant Marine Master and deck officer, as well as my USN...
Will someone please recommend a FANTASTIC caulking person? All my caulk lines are toast. If I try and do the job myself it's gonna look like...
Assuming we will dispense with stair-lifts, elevators, and motorized scooters (because we are still ambulatory), y'al need a vessel with good...
