Well, there's a good reason you see Furuno on about 95% of all commercial ships. It works and lasts.
The vast majority of generator shutting down issues I have seen, are a result from either a :dirty fuel filter, bad raw water impellor, or broken...
Below the rubrail, and between the hull and the slings. If you use 4 or 6' long blocks they'd help dissappate the stress along a longer surface...
I REALLY like the Cabo 44' Hardtop. The glass windows leave less crap in your sightline when looking in front of you, instead of having a glass...
I was thinking about this actually while at the boat show a week ago and the lightbulb went off, but stand back it was a CFL one that could break...
Tape a large balloon filled with helium to your kite on light wind days, and you won't have any problems with it flying!
I'm no expert in this arena. However if the boat was owned by a seperate LLC, that was owned by the same owner or parent company. The losses of...
It was reported that they had a loss of steering. That old wooden boat shouldn't have been where it was in the middle of a hurricane. They...
I can say the flexible flyer thing is not a myth. I maintained a 1987 63' Ocean SF, which we never had any structural issues with, from about...
Are you looking for an express or FB boat? One of my favorites in that size range is the Cabo 45' Express with Cats. I would also look at Cabo's...
sell it?
I've used propspeed on many boats and it helps with growth, but is not an end all of all end alls.....I actually prefer Trilux on slower boats. I...
I have seen the problems you're experiencing and have seen a stuck open waste gate as the culprit on a Man 1350.
I have only worked on 1 yacht that had air conditioning in the engine room. It made life VERY nice in South Florida in the summer time to work on...
I have had to replace a dozen head units over the years. Man, ZF, Microcommander, etc..... haven't had to replace a Cat/sturdy head unit as of...
Most of the time, most people traditionally ran 1 engine off the foward tank and the other engine off the rear tank.
There were some glenndenning controls back in that era, where the pots would get loose inside of the control and they would move around. For...
That depends on the length or run or how many feet it is to the tank from the engines. Also the height of the run has a little to do with it as...
If you don't want the maintanence, why don't you just go with painted steel decks?
BTW. That definately looks like polyeurethane on your seats on the whaler. Varnish would be a couple of shades darker. Although pictures are...
