The Skylla-i(3)!isnt easy to find. I was looking at the Victron Centaur 24/60...
We put close to 200 hours a year on that WB which is also above average. but indeed it comes down to how one used the boat. In our case whether...
Personally I hate small whalers. Heavy, limited passenger capacity and while roomy inside they usually have water sloshing around, at least the...
I want to get a spare battery charger on board, just in case.... The Charles 5000 is working but almost 10 years old, I don’t want to be pushing...
Looks fun but not very practical ... how good is a tender that can carry only 4 people? Especially for over 30k. 30kts? Better be in glassy...
Thunderstorms don’t come out of nowhere.
But the water remains warm enough so that you don’t have to winterize for these short cold spells
3 to 4% CC surcharge is common in the Bahamas.
This is why Miami is so nice... even after a cold front and 20kts northelies you re not stuck in the ICW. You have the whole bay and the keys. I...
If you re going to be able to come down often enough it is worth it. Downside is the cost: Fuel to bring it down plus a captain if you don’t...
One thing that helps at least for boats that do not stay more than one night is longer hours for fueling. I remember arriving right around...
In the last few years we ve only been traveling back and forth to the Exumas. Before that when I do trips up n down the coast i would use Active...
Lighting is the one thing on the water that scares me... causes way too much damage. If that boat stayed afloat, lucky owner! On a modern large...
No they need to turn rated RPM when flat out.
Can’t read the boost, flow, temp and load :(
If the bottom and running gear was dirty the boat wouldn’t have turned rated RPM.
I was making fun of “journalists”, somehow whenever you read an article about a boating incident, even a little 30’ express becomes a Luxury...
How many hours? If it turns rated RPM I doubt it s a dirty bottom / running gear issue. Either the advertised numbers were optimistic (often the...
The critical thing is that they are turning rated RPM. How much fuel and water, how much gear, how big a tender. Where did you get the “supposed...
Tempting but it takes very little to swamp one of them... just a couple of these idiots moving to the wrong side for instance. Not worth the...
