Well from Stuart, in an express that does 28 knots....you can run at cruise North of there for most of it.....so you could either go West to Ft....
This was the problem with Zeus. With warranty repairs, I've seen the 3 companies punt the blame at each other and it being a pain to get the issue...
I have one owner with a 28 knot cruise yacht and we had been going back and forth with that discussion. I told him if he was going to run to go...
I have seen this many times. Lots of island engineering from either the owners or workers. They take a good boat and over complicate it with "...
On a 1988 65' Hatteras MY, we cut the refrigerator up in pieces to get it out. We ended up going with a tall sub zero that was narrow enough to...
I have worked directly for CMD running one of their boats for test drives at the Miami Boat Show one year. I have also run around 30 different...
The boat had large MAN's in it, they might have been 12 cylinders. I do not remember as this was back in the 1990's and I only mated on it a few...
In 1994 Ocean yachts went over the 40 knot barrier with the 53' SS. I was on that boat as a mate. The boat was named "Off Pump", my friend was...
The 53' Ocean was Oceans first large sportfish that topped 40 knots with factory power.
I had a 2007 Sunseeker soda blasted about 3 years ago.....we had a problem where all of a sudden the bottom paint and barrier coating lifted in 1'...
They built a few Ocean 53's with 3408's. I'm pretty sure C18's would fit......They did build some with Man 820's. The one I was familiar with...
They are and people tell me they're good running motors. BUT you can't get any parts for them and you can't get anyone who's knowledgable at...
Soda blasting will be the most even and least evasive to the gelcoat if you use the right media.
The PODS have a lot better grounding systems. Better zinc systems, and different materials........the pods seem to generally do fine in...
I'd go with 1000 HP C18's. What the 3406 became. I worked on one that they put 10 cylinder MAN's in, it cruised at 37 knots and topped out at 43...
Here if you're stripping the bottom paint/barrier coat off. They just soda blast it, they don't try to sand it.
Micron is the least effective bottom paint I've come across
Many AIS transponders you can shut off the broadcasting portion of it if you want and just receive AIS. I don't believe the Cyber attack one bit....
400lbs shouldn't be an issue structurally. It will effect ride a bit. How much, who knows.
With ablative paint, you can stick another brand right on top of Micron as long as it is compatible with just a normal scuffing of the old bottom...
