A couple of minutes seems awfully quick for a boat that size to disappear no matter how many doors or hatches were open. Is it possible gens were...
That and possibly watertight side doors left open or at least unsecured while the crew was securing the boat as the storm hit. Crew or...
indeed hydraulic thrusters are much better and can run longer but as mentioned need good pumps. Only downside is that have to fire up the mains...
Converting a BT to hydraulic isn’t a small job as you need to run hoses all the way forward. Your hydraulic pumps will have to be strong enough...
Unless you re 30 years old, steps are knee killers. I used to run a boat where the galley and aft deck were two steps up from the sunken salon....
Amp draw is minimal. Maybe 2 or 3 amps. but if you need to run one of the mains to get hydraulic, cooling will be provided by the main. At...
Yep.butvtjen if she dragged how could she have been knocked down by winds on the beam. Unless ais kept broadcasting for a few minutes while down...
That’s what we have. I actually replaced and relocated the pump last year. When the gen PTO engages it also starts the march pump. the stab...
Second barge and crane arriving. They ve had to pump mud from under and around the hull as it a been settling deeper into the muck...
I haven’t finish the installation but I got a set of Trac from Advantage Marine Service in FTL (local ABT Trac dealer). Fully rebuilt for a...
Can’t open the msn link. Is it the same video as this one ? [MEDIA]
Well apparently the hull came to rest on its side so there could be hidden damage. I wonder if during the knock down, some of the machinery...
Keel failure ?
generally speaking there should be minimal differences in maintenance between a 53 and a 60 footer. Both will have similar systems like two...
Massive lightning strike to the mast blowing a big hole in the bottom? A very big hole?
Hopefully being a fairly high profile accident and owner/victim, investigation details will come to light. I find it difficult to understand how...
Is it me or it has been a brutal summer for super yachts in the med? Ethos sinking in Greece….Athina going up in smoke … and a few more smaller...
We re 110 but brokers etc say 116 because they add the TNT platform. i always enjoy comparing boats. This one may be a little shorter and has...
I had another link for doc search, she s showing in the search page you sent me but with a hull nr indicating a 106 not a 110. She’s 106-05 and...
Doesn’t have to be falling into disrepair, all it take is one hose to pop and down goes one side of the platform happened to us three years ago...
