Recently experienced an odd shore power cable failure... 8 year 50amp Marinco untinned cable in a glend. I often check the plug and cable for...
There was a bad fire this morning on the north dock at Grove harbor marina here in the grove.A few boats have been damaged or destroyed, mostly 60...
What I like about it though is the 53 Hatt in picture... Mine was delivered and kept in FTL in the early 70s and being early in the production...
Hereis a neat site with tens of thousnads of old florida pictures as far back as 100 years, many covering boats and the waterways. Really...
Small boat loading is detemined by a simple formula which takes into account the volume of the hull, not just beam and length. I don't have the...
My neighbor once hit me coming in (bow first) as he was so focused on turning the bow in with the coffee grinder that he forgot about using his...
turn up the volume...
pretty typical of the average boater... whenever i see someone using his bow thruster to make a simple turn instead of rudders and/or gears, i...
"You don't have to answer those questions though, most of us can figure it out." Yeah most of us can figure out what s behind these questions In...
This tax is as stupid as suggesting the US should charge a daily fee to all foreign vessels incl. those flying flags from the BVI, canada,...
What kind of boat? When I run the 70 footer with my GF, we don't use radios but hand signals. She comes up to the FB before coming in we talk...
" as of May 2013 a tax will be levied on all foreign owned motor and sailing yachts that are based in, or even just entering and temporarily...
You are comparing apples to oranges here, in both cases you were at the dock so single handling is irrelevant The point i m trying to make is...
What system do you have? Chilled water? Remote condensors? What part is "broken" ? How old is the system? With an older system you may be better...
I don't know about you guys but if I get a fire, the fire system will kill the engines and I will probably wait till the fire is under control to...
Bill, be ready for an avalanche of what if scenarios... What if you have a heart attack? What if you have an ER fire? What if you choke on a...
I ve used both and prefer the RIB. With minimal maintenance (cover when stored) they last a lot longer than 5 to 7 years and can carry higher...
Weather permitting Bimini is a lot better than key largo and closer. With a boat hat size there isn't much in KL and anchorages are exposed...
The fortress holds very well in mud (all chain is a given in boats over 40/45 anyway) but the big issue is that it will not reset in mud. Once it...
really not much room to anchor around fisher, and really not that nice anyway... 130' and 7'? really have 2 options for day trips: 1) Key...
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