In principle, overheating can damage all dripless seals, potentially to the point of needing to replace/refurbish them. But among the two broad...
VERY far from trying to be contentious either, but... Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffet, to name but a few in the top ranking of ultra HNWI,...
I wasn't aware of such polls, but I'm not surprised in the least by the results, for two very simple reasons: First, on paper socialism is a much...
Mmm... Speed up through that strait rather than waste just two or three minutes and go round the islet in open waters, where they could go as fast...
Liam, I don't think it would be a big deal to keep a boat like that on a straight course at anything above 5 or 6 knots, regardless of propulsion,...
I meant to ask before, but I forgot: Are you possibly referring to eSysman, who pretends in a recent YT video to have identified this channel as...
Fairenuff. I fully agree that, generally speaking, the web is nowadays the most efficient fact-distortion machine. Still, the observation that the...
If you say it's normal for the captain of this boat to fiddle with AIS signal, I take your word for it. But I hope you're not implying your...
What you are now telling is a fact in itself. Would you expect such behavior from a normal AIS signal? You are right on one thing, though: what I...
Well, what do you make of the fact that the captain turned the AIS transponder off shortly after the video became viral? BTW, the boat had moved...
Glow plug? No such thing to be found, on your engines!
I'm in doubt about what is more sad between the fact that "influencers" even exist, and that they become an interesting subject for an article....
Good point, CR. Though interestingly, it's not how MAN powered boats are supposed to be bonded - again, according to their installation manual. In...
We can argue till the cows come home about what over zincing is - if such thing even exists, on plastic boats. But the hard facts are that your...
For the love of God, don't. The rigorous analyses which you linked so far give a whole new meaning to the old saying "ignorance is bliss".
By running it even if unnecessary, to start with. Or is there any reason why you couldn't? That's part of my normal routine whenever I'm not...
Since you mentioned the Adriatic, in the northern (Italian) part I can safely recommend Centis Nautica. Not cheap, but you get what you pay for...
Beware, you're mixing up different concepts. The engine load is a percentage that can be anywhere from a single digit figure (with the engine...
Aha, I didn't understand that this is what you meant. Dark-ish smoke for a short while, at the moment when the engines are struggling a bit more...
Mmm... Really BLACK smoke, I'd say very little, if any at all. What is pretty normal is some grey smoke upon cold start, which can last anywhere...