Well, what kind of bells and whistles are you talking about? Adding versus already has. Another thing I see a lot of buyers do is buy a boat...
hehehe, yeah but it's kind of hard justifying a 54' Bertram being worth as much as a 65' Donzi that's updated..... hehehe
Check/change your fuel filters. If the engines are overpropped they will smoke heavily. Make sure you're hitting recommended top...
If the engines are propped to achieve the proper 2300rpm top end then no they won't be strained pushing a heavy boat. Keep in mind I've run...
Well the speed is a consideration that is based solely upon your cruising. If you mostly travel 5 miles and start trolling all day, then what is...
Yeah, you can go around the island. But whats the point of going around an island that is 5 square miles and 400 inhabitents and has one...
I have no experience with Volvo gensets, they do make good marine engines. However parts are costly and can be hard to come by. I had to wait 3...
1. Generally it is around $1,000 per foot per year, a 65 footer would pay 65,000 year or more if you're good. 2. If you are a full time captain...
But him being a non US citizen he cannot hold a USCG license anyways. A 100 ton master can be nothing more then a Near Coastal. And, yes you...
When I origionally tested for my USCG 100 ton master, I could have taken the test for a 200 ton Mate at the same time. I would have been 100 ton...
NO, but what I was trying to get across is that there is a license you can get with Little or NO seatime, and then when you have achieved the...
I agree with what everyone else is saying but would like to add this. Get yourself a full time Captain at least for the first year. There is a...
Right now you are going to have A LOT of competition in getting a deckhands job. There are a lot of seasoned deckhands looking for work....
They do great work...... but do have a knickname of "rob the rich and spendmore" but if you get firm quotes you should be pretty good.
Nobody wants an Aluminum sportfish due to the noise they put out while fishing and maintanence. If speed and strength are sought in a...
The jetdocks work well for a small boat and you can put a ring on the jet dock at the boats midship and run the line through the ring and foward...
I agree with Marmot, I don't think the 60 ton ticket will help you much better outside of Canada. There are only two forms of Licensing that are...
I don't think it's a calibration issue because the software still shows the tank size as 200 gallons and when the tank is completely full it shows...
No, if a yard asks if you have insurance that only applies to subcontractors working on a vessel. If you are the Captain or crew, tell them that...
One of the boats I manage and have managed since new is a Boston Whaler Outrage 27 that has twin Mercury Verado 225hp engines with the...
