Thanks to you Judy, I just try to do what I can - particularly when it's as easy as in this case. BTW, I just re-checked my PDF file, and I...
Julie, I don't know if Peter is checking the forum regularly, but I also have the PDF file of his book you are interested in. And since he already...
I think I was the first to answer your first question in the OP by saying that vessel glasses can and do break. And personally, for any vessel...
Yeah, also Buzzi reached Bermuda from NYC with a 41 footer, AVERAGING 40 kts and establishing a new world record. So what? Exceptions are just...
I understood what you were trying to convey, but I just happen to disagree. Hull stability is a very specific technical concept, that has very...
These days, many (if not most) Predators either come with stabilizers from the factory, or are retrofitted with them. "Inherently stable" is what...
So, in a nutshell, you disagree with yourself? In my previous post I was talking of stabilizers in general, and I only mentioned the gyro that I...
Mine is maybe a misconception, but yours surely remains a sweeping generalization.
Necessary is a strong world. Any boat can stay afloat without stabs, but name me a monohull vessel that doesn't benefit from them, if you can -...
Welcome to the asylum, and thanks for an interesting first post. Hopefully someone used to tar all Italian boats with the same brush might...
I get that, but boats are sold to folks who use them, not to those who work on them. And talking of "Italian boats" in general is just a sweeping...
There's no right or wrong answer to whether they are worth the cost or not - each to their own on that. But since in your OP the focus seemed to...
Seconded 100%.
'Salright, as long as there are many more reasons why people love them. It's only money after all, and you only live once. Here in Italy, we don't...
Why? If anything, it's just the "about 20 years" that is a bit off the mark. Ragnetti supported Fabio Perini since the Company foundation, in...
I agree with everything you wrote, but actually running at wot unloaded is one of the normal checks for diesel engines. Didn't they do that with...
That would have been also my preference. But it's fair to say that the ZF stuff usually mated to Cat engines is not bad, either.
Fair enough, that sounds acceptable. I mean, the boat reaction, not the controls fault, of course!
Mmm... Did you actually try that with any other boats? As I said, it should be part of routine tests for any new boat. And a total power cut on...
I also wouldn't, because the 130 doesn't have any hull windows! :)
