Thanks for all the suggestions. I did buy a PropSmith but the props currently on the shafts only have 2 drilled and threaded holes. Initially we...
Hauled today at 11:15 and the shop worked till 2:30 trying to remove my props. They would not budge. First they used a puller with two threaded...
Fairing over the aluminum is at least 1/2" thick [ATTACH]
If I did not have the plotter with wacky graphics I (I mean my friend) would have followed the markers and had no problem.
Yea almost cost "my friend" :( some running gear. Garmin charts are way different than Navionics. There must be a way load them with Navionics...
Two charts of the same area. ICW inside Cumberland Island. Top chart is a Navionics chart. Bottom chart, showing my friends southbound track is an...
Good example right here https://www.capitalgazette.com/news/crime/ac-cn-boat-collision-20180817-story.html
I introduced this topic at a Maryland boat dealers meeting in the early '80's. The wounds on my neck are still visible. AIS with alarms should be...
Regulation is not popular and I understand that however when I am 10 miles offshore on a beautiful day and a 35 knot S/F almost cuts me in half...
Fortunately you are not part of the problem :-)
What if operators who receive moving (reckless) citations get points against their license? I would hope licensing and points (insurance...
Do you think it is time we require a federal drivers license for boats? Maybe even on the state level as an endorsement on your drivers license...
I did not want to mention the boat specifics for obvious reasons. No need in making an unfortunate incident worse. Since discovered this is not a...
Two days ago a motor yacht was offshore Hatteras heading for the Chesapeake in 10' seas when the thru the hull anchor deployed. Looks like it came...
Yes. Our boat had a history of vibration and "experts" trying to resolve it for prior owners. When we bought the boat I assured my wife I could...
I just spent 6 months trying to source vibration and learned a lot about props that seems practical. prop shafts have a max unsupported length...
Yea that incident was very hard to believe with a full time professional navigator and state of the art systems.
My very first trip south I was sweating that I would make some major error(45' 23 knot boat). I arrive in Georgetown SC and there is a 49 Eastbay...
[ATTACH] Breakwater not a jetty, check.
Yes the channel does but if they hit the jetty north of the Savannah River entrance the jetty is submerged and not marked at all as far as I know....
