I ran a boat once that would list towards the tie-up side (floating docks!), except when the fuel tanks were full. I closed the fuel cross over...
I've been told that it was "Sow and Pigs", but I have no personal knowledge of that. The attached will show the general recovery area, as near as...
We're at Cuttyhunk, MA. harbor and heard of a sportfisher going on the reef on Wednesday in the afternoon. The next day, there was a tug with...
We have returned from the Bahamas with non-LBO guests and we were expressly instructed that they must report to Customs within 24 hours. The...
I would recommend against aluminum as it will not hold paint or powder coat over time. Plastic, either acrylic or polycarbonate work well, but if...
Virtually all larger yachts have dedicated starting batteries in addition to whatever the house configuration is. There are usually one or more 12...
It's not too clear what the circumstances are. Some responses assume that there is a power supply either from shore or a generator and that the...
There have been a lot of changes in coolant chemistry in recent years. The orange coolants are the extended use formulas, and the green ones tend...
Most dual frequency fishfinders are 50/200. We added a Garmin GMI-10 display with a NMEA 2000 transducer that sounds at 180khz. We wanted true...
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Airmar makes most of the depth/sounder transducers in use by most manufacturerers. They generally are compatible with various products. Airmar has...
Navigation Rules/ Colregs require: (a) A power driven vessel underway shall exhibit: (i) a masthead light forward; (ii) a second masthead...
PSS are, in my experience, the best. I've put them on corroded and worn shafts with a little 3M 101 to seal against the shaft, and it worked...
Yacht "A" in San Diego Yacht "A" arrived in San Diego last week, was berthed at the 10th street terminal until today (08-10-10). She is now...
K1W1, Thanks for the heads up on Spectec. That's one I didn't find when I was searching. Maybe should have added the qualifier "that I know of":o...
Yacht Manager I'm a Captain on a private yacht and was battling with the original maintenance log on the boat, so I went on a hunt for a software...
