Tape off the area around the electronics display really well with 3M green tape, and then take a razor knife and cut the silicone away like a...
Use a block of wood and put it under a piece of the motor mount itself, or on the engine block somewhere........you only need to move the motor a...
I agree, or you can also use a bottle jack and some blocks of wood to set it on and distribute the load.
Wow this is very unfortunate. Did he fall out of the tender with other people in it and they didn't notice? Or both him and the tender dissappeared?
The nut on the backside, is to loosen or lock the seacock handle. Turn the seacock handle side with vice grips and see if it turns. I have seen...
Hatteras, Lazarra, a few others.......I can say one thing, the Azimuts have been the most labor intensive and costly for me to maintain (I own a...
If you tell us what you're looking for in a motoryacht, we might be able to advise you better as to what builders would be the most accomodating....
Actually last year I know a few manufacturers that jumped ship to the Omni location away from the collins show, because it was considerably...
Very true, but they also my put the very heavy containers below deck for stability reasons, and or depending on whether the ship has multiple...
The drug lords have just as much to worry about as the smaller guys. Rival's trying to take them out, people trying to kill them for the cash,...
I might have run that boat a few years back. I ran a 54' with 12v71's with a hardtop. It had a lot of hours, around 4600. It was in Florida,...
The 12v71's are much better engines then the 8v92's and last a lot longer. The 12v71's typically go around 4500 hours between rebuilds. Fuel...
Yes, except they weren't built nearly as thick (material) and the flanges used clamps to hold the two flanges together.......replaced many of...
Sure, why don't you run a load of a few tons up and let us know how you make out. I think they have internet in Federal prisons these days
I have stopped by many times and know Dave fairly well. When I was dealing with a few Azimuts about 2 years ago and those expansion joints went...
I've never seen or heard of one. But it sounds like an 8 cylinder version of the 12v183. The only thing is, the 12v183's I've run were all I...
Wow, what a mess! I wonder if they weren't secured properly (don't think so). Or what kind of sea they got into to dislodged all of those....
D'Angelo's does great work and the guys are all good guys to deal with there. I have had them do a few exhausts for me and they all worked out...
The 2004 I delivered From New Bern, NC to Fort Lauderdale FL, with C-18's ran a solid 30 knots at 2000. It had a hardtop and small sun shade, was...
I believe it, but a commercially operated engine that is running all of the time doesn't get the same contaminents as a recreational yacht that...
