When Feretti took over Bertram.
Good to hear nobody's hurt....... I've heard about a lot of fires from boats in Miami beach marina for some reason...... there was that 80'...
Well the guy closest in the picture looks like he's on his 3rd spliff for the day. The rumor has had it for a long time that there have not been...
Yes it is almost completely water-tight with the exception of a wiring chase or two up high. The fuel tank makes up the foward bulkhead of the...
There is always somebody dumb enough or greedy enough to do just about anything.........Maybe they were attempting to re-float it.
Mounted on the hull sides, just aft of where the bulkheads are shown in the picture, but the outside of the hull is clean, so they must be bolted...
The problem is if Bertram admits to hull failure, the owner is then going to sue for lost income (as he stated they were going to use it for...
According to the Captain's testimony 10 minutes to submerge.......How long it stay submerged, or semi-submerged but NOT resting on the bottom is...
Hawse pipes are on the transom near the very edges (port and starboard), but not on the sides if I remember correctly. Cleats are mounted to the...
I did not run it personally, I was very young at the time maybe 8-10yrs old, but would never forget what happened. It happened on my father's 32'...
Close but no cigar. The transom has hawse pipes on it......cleats are on the side of the inner hull right about where it broke off. Cleats...
Propellor size does have something to do with it. You are spinning a lot more rotating mass/weight on the end of the shaft. Not even considering...
This is the most likely scenario and I too believe the construction was shodding (bulkheads broken free cleanly) and thin fiberglass in the bow...
If the boat is swinging a large diameter propellor that didn't cavitate much, I could see that happening when going from full speed foward to...
The instruments are mounted by the factory on the helm section. The flip up cover is where one mounts electronics and that is done at the dealer...
The instrument panel only has one attachment that goes to the hydraulic ram to keep it up. The rest of it is only supported with a piano...
I did the seatrials (7 days worth) on the 2nd boat in the US with MAN common rails back in 2005. We had MAN of North America's top engineers as...
And if you look at the seas when this happened......they're CALM
I don't know Shazam, but I think he offered very good viewpoints and information. As well as information on build type and some viewpoints on...
Not the way I interpret the CFR's. CFR 15.401 subpart C- Manning requirements; all vessels A person may not employ or engage an...
