There may be ways to get around that. People take possession in the US under a LLC or Corp. Then it goes into Europe as a used boat. IDK.
Were the injectors recently messed with? Look in the block valleys, and see if there is any fuel present and leaking at the injectors. Usually...
Sometimes one helm needs to be activated in order for the yacht controller to work. On one boat the lower helm needed to be activated (as that's...
And that was a customer of mines, old boat before the current guy had rigged it with outboards.....LOLOLOL
Great......this is going to effect a few US builders for sure......
Back out of the deal. IMO this is not the "new" boat that you ordered or purchased. This is just the surface of issues to come. I could say a...
The problem is the sheer dollar amount of damage that can be done. There are several marina's here in Fort Lauderdale with $1 billion in yachts...
It's an accident waiting to happen.
How is this a world record? The AMG electric Cigarette race boat is faster at 86 knots and a real 38' boat.
A 1987 63' ocean I managed for many years also had no strainer. It had the plate on the bottom with the holes in it that worked as a strainer....
The boat is not that big. Start pulling up carpets and look for hatches and hoses or call the broker/old owner. The a/c's might be package units...
I differ. Boats are not toys. Boats are an AGREED UPON EXPENSE. Whether you use them or not, the expense is constant and 99% of the time a lot...
This, follow the hose from the tank to the vent. Use your camera phone to take pictures in areas that aren't easily accessable.
Check your battery cable connections and cables to and from the windlass. The motor may be going bad, but it might be something as easy as a...
The aluminum hulls I dealt with had zincs in addition to the capac.
They work well, but you should change the part on the hull bottom every 5-7 years as it does wear out.
Until the raw water pump or circulating pump go bad or you lose a hose and you lose everything. Check temps at air handlers and try bleeding them...
His intial post says he wants "a boat with the ability to cross oceans" "we plan to travel far" In his price range a 60' quality sailboat...
I much prefer the shurhold stuff. Although I really like this washdown brush from TD Mop, called a big bird. It has brushes on the sides of the...
Hydraulic davits are pretty reliable. I am not too familiar with YRM other than seeing them on a few yachts. Marquip has been the leader in...