Hard to answer without knowing the specifics but generally speaking the loop is there to prevent back flow and siphoning water from outside the...
Over the last 10 years I ve had two autopilot failures (two different boats, under 8years old). One main simrad board and one AP pump. On the...
troubleshooting 101... start with the basics. Check th voltage at the starter (between main battery cable and ground)... then at the key switch or...
The forward crew quarters on the 80 have an escape hatch. The mid ship master and the two VIPs don't have escape hatch but the stairs are forward...
anybody heard of Pro Boat power cats? I just saw one pass by, 45' catamaran hull sport fish. Not bad looking and very unique as while cruising...
Some off the 60' monohull Imocas currently racing the vendee globe have foils. Problem is that they keep hitting debris... there has been a number...
This happened at Miami Beach Marina a couple of years ago, fire crew had to use axes to enlarge a porthole or window to get a trapped crew out....
Hope we get more info... were they trapped in a stateroom with no way out? Died of smoke inhalation in their sleep?
The only charts you want for the Bahamas are explorer charts. There just the best. On an iPad garmin blue charts are pretty close so I would...
Wild Oats just retired. Broken canting keel actuator. End of the streak...
Picking a boat is all about compromises and making sure you put your requirements in the right order The hatt maybe more expensive but the...
Check valves as described above plus valves before and after each pump so you can work on one without shutting down the whole system
From a boating perspective you can't beat Miami being right on Biscayne Bay, close to the keys and the Bahamas Biscayne bay is a very unique...
I disagree. Designs have changed a lot over the years. You look at a boat and typically can see the what decade it was designed. Yacht design...
The 70 I ran is a 2003. Got on in 08 and ran it till earlier this year. Quality is pretty good (although not a Hatt :) ), put over 3500 hours on...
I never cared for that layout with steps everywhere...especially from the aft deck to the saloon. I understand that you don't have much choice...
That s crazy... the johnson 70 I used to run burned 80gph at 20/21 kts... the Lazzara 84 i run now (heavier skylounge version ) burns 75gph...
It s a good looking but 1100hp C18 on a boat that size is too small and these engines are going to be pushed hard I looked up the test on the...
Hmmm. Al Gore... Vice President of the United States 1993-2001 ? You know... the guy who goes around the world preaching against global warming...
Two or three years ago, al gore admitted publicly that th reason politicians in Washington supported and imposed ethanol in the late 90s was to...
