The flybridge offers a lot more room in a lot of situations. When running at cruise, the aft deck on the expresses are useless in all but the...
I do the North-South Delivery at least once a year and have done the ICW many times. A Captain that should be experienced enough to run a 75'...
I would never take an entire yacht apart and spend 3 months retro-fitting engines on a maybe. Why is someone selling perfectly good running...
Fuel burn not withstanding. The 92 series go a lot less hours between rebuilds compared to the 71' series. I was qouted by a DD authorized...
Legally, yes as long as they are not paying passangers and it's a privately owned vessel. HOWEVER, the insurance company will never insure a 6...
Yes, I did the great loop. We had to lower the radar arch, remove the masthead from the radar arch and rotate it 60 degrees on saw horses, remove...
Yup, I ran a 75' Hatteras MY from Ft. Laud to Chicago for the summer and back in 2008. I put on about 350 hours of engine time doing 10 knots (or...
I agree, the slip would eat the $12k a year in South Florida right there, then you've got a bottom job once a year, engine maintanence, fixes, a/c...
I stayed in a great hotel on the water in downtown Savannah. Beautiful hotel that was 4 stories and had restaurants underneath it and a lot of...
I would consider it fair, and they could start with Absolutely. However, I feel that a repaired boat would still not be as structurally sound as...
No, never at Pier 66 with the 57'.....It may have been there after I quit working for the owner....But sat at Allied for 4 months after me and...
There was a 570 Certifiable prior to the first 63'. Maybe you need to come down to South Florida, where you may actually SEE them when they...
I have no Idea, no experience with it, and no opinion on it. I just listed an example of a custom sportfish that is using it.
The problem with the Exumas is that it's pitch black over there at night. There are a lot of very small islands that are nearly submerged at high...
It's in the first 630 thread I believe. But, Sid's 570 was oil canning and the 630 was his warranty replacement. The 570 I ran seperated all of...
A new(ish) Roscioli Donzi was built with these oil bath shaft tubes. Let me see if I can dig up the link to it. They claimed to have gained...
There are several more then 2 boats with problems, the other 6 or so were swept under the carpet, couldn't cram anymore underneath the carpet and...
I wouldn't touch 12v92s in a sportfish nowadays if I was buying one. BUT, I would have absolutely no worries about buying one with 12v71's. They...
I have heard good things about the Mikelsons in general but have never stepped foot on them. They do have the typical Taiwan issues (such as fuel...
After a certain number of years after the name being changed or the document not being renewed, they roll off of the coast guards website.
