I suggest you Google: Captain Robin Walbridge. He was a 1600GT Master with extensive sailing, teaching and tall ship experience, who worked his...
He made a reasonable judgement call, although not the one I'd have made. Having done Hatteras once in a gale I'd never consider it with the...
As far as how many men the number is 821 plus officers. This and much more info is available from the original HMS Victory's web site. If you...
'A rose by any other name'. So use whatever term helps you describe it. We try to categorize boats to give an idea of their general purpose....
They're all Chevy's, but that's ok. Every boat has a purpose. You just have to find the one that matches yours. From what you say I'd go for...
Nice looking, traditional style ship, but that a lot of sail you've got there. I have to wonder about it's effectiveness as one sail may be...
Picnic boats got their style from lobster boats. Until recently people have been wanting to go faster on the water, hense the mega-express...
ALWAYS use your own surveyor. Remember, he works for the person who signs his check. There are a lot of things that could cause this, from...
The Witte boneyard in Staten Island NY is one place. The Witte Boneyard: A Different Kind of Graveyard - WNYC Bottom line though is that it's a...
Welcome to YF neighbor. Hope you made it through Sandy ok. An old woody is a good first boat. You'll learn the ropes. And that's a good boat....
No. A 60 Sunseeker Predator has fixed seating and that's all there's room for. I'm currently looking at older 56 Hats that has plenty of room for...
That would have to be a very complicated and fairly useless formula. Unlike cargo vessels interiors of yachts are broken up in all sorts of ways,...
I'm not a mechanic so please excuse that I don't know what this is called, but there's a spot just before where the cable connects to the throttle...
Thanks to all who got in touch to express their concerns. Fortunately I'm one of the very lucky ones. There currently is no real gas shortage...
The place where the economy is hurting is not in the large yacht market. The rich are richer than ever. I strongly suggest that this thread be...
You can be dealing with that in a 4 stateroom starting at about 55' with a full apartment size galley with full size appliances depending on the...
I've worked about 10 years and through 3 boats for a man who has never slept on his boats. On the smaller boats (a 40' Formula express and a 46'...
Close This Thread I've been pretty silent here for quite a while, but those who have been here awhile know that I can get pretty passionate when...
Good info. Thanks. I keep trying to get the hang of retirement, but the siren song is hard to resist. So I just work the right boats and for...
A client has light interest in buying a repossed boat, and I'd like to get advice from anyone who's been through the process. At this stage I'm...
