Carolina Classic- I delivered a 2001 35' Carolina Classic from Pensacola,FL to Falmouth, MASS in summer 2006. We had a problem where the end on a...
You're friend has been doing A LOT of DREAMING. I've run a 54' Bertram and it was great, you can ALWAYS get the bow down with trim tabs, but...
Thats cool. What does the class go over, or what area's are covered in the class?
As far as I heard it was 2003 or 2004 that Feretti took over Bertram, but I'm not sure. I've also heard that all of the Bertrams where the fuel...
It's not a quality not quantity thing. Viking had boats effected with the same gelcoat from that era. The one I ran had cracking issues in a lot...
Northern Marine builds a nice trawler and you can have a contemporary interior or one in-between.......
I agree with everyone else, hire your own surveyor and do an out of the water survey.
I ran a 1999' 50' Post SF that Post paid to have the entire boat painted with Awlgrip due to this bad gelcoat at Post' expense (a few years ago)....
Cold weather can causes silicone rubber hoses to contract slightly, and it looks like the hose clamps are loose. You can use a product called...
Wow. I think a lot of those statements aren't going to hold water in court. The modifications they speak of, are they referring to putting a...
I usually don't have to wash down the newer electronic engines, and do spot clean them a lot. BUT, I have rinsed them down, but only with a light...
I agree that some of the Taiwanese yards are getting pretty good but still seem to miss the boat in one area or two......but I've still seen some...
Lightly rinse the engine, making sure to stay away from air intakes, valve cover breathers, electrical stuff......I sometimes use GUNK on the...
How often do you hose down/wash your engine room? I usually do that every month or two.....depending on the boats usage. Also the hull air vent...
Cost would be the main reason they are not installed with GPS, also they may sit around or the container may actually be owned by another company....
Yeah but if everything were easy nobody would have a job. Manufacturers do things a certain way to save them money and it all boils down to the...
At what vessel length or tonnage is it required? 500 GTor larger I would guess?
Personally I am not too keen on the AIS tracking stuff myself for the tracking purposes. However, I like the AIS of other vessels when they pop...
I don't believe that. I use silicone on panels that are meant to come apart again. For example, an access panel that you don't want to vibrate...
I think I saw the same boats in the Port of Miami about a month ago. They were being unloaded from the deck of a much smaller freighter...
