Supposedly, they are supposed to break away and leave the hull intact. I have never seen one that ran across a reef, so I couldn't say for sure.
I know that Searay offers the 48' Searay with Zues drives and Cabo has a 40' Zues drives. Both have great fuel economy in comparison to...
Why would you want to contain the generators heat? The cooler the intake air, the more power you make from it. Cooler air is denser and also...
I run a set of 12v71TI's like that, BUT I run them at 2000-2050rpm's for 30 minutes every six hours to clean everything out (per a Detroit Diesel...
It sounds like he removed the cable and put it in reverse by hand at the transmission. What kind of transmission is it (brand and model)? What...
I have had issues with Globalstars service over the past few years and it has been sketchy if not non existant in the places I tried to use it....
I was the Captain running the vessel and working directly with the technician. Cat installs a lighter weight oil in new pleasure craft engines...
You have to bow in just about every Hatteras and older Viking MY because all of your connections are 1/3 of the way from the bow and they just...
Teak decking systems was at $130 sq foot about a year ago when my friend had them replace a teak deck. The fake teak, just looks well fake. I...
Leaving the main vessel is not an alternative. We either had an additional crew member for the small vessel. Or the mate would bring the small...
This is a yacht forum and this post applies to sportfish. ALA Viking vs. Cabo, that is the subject and hand that is what I am talking about. I...
I don't know where you are located, but here in the U.S. most builders do not install their own engines. I know for a fact that Hatteras, Cabo,...
The CAT engines are installed into each vessel, not by the yacht manufacturer but by a Caterpillar dealer. Ringhaven CAT does all of the Hatteras...
No, it's perfectly normal to run the a/c's for 15-20 hrs a day. It's the same principle it just reverses the freon inside the unit to create...
The oil CAT uses at 0 hours is a lighter "break-in" oil. When you change it at 50 hours, you use the standard 15w-40w CAT oil to change it. Yes,...
No, the air conditioners are meant to run in the heat cycle. You might want to even run the heat higher such as 70 degrees. I would doubly make...
I have played with both. The Northstar works and works well although navigating through screens is not as easy as the Garmin. The Garmin has a...
I have done the entire great loop in a 75' Hatteras MY, which can definately handle 6' seas no questions asked. However, if and when I do an...
3412's are good motors. Cat has been using that block since 1978. The 3412's usually make 1350hp I believe, and they are what was turned into...
Yes, I ran a wore out 1984 54'. It had a hardtop and worn out 12v71's that had 4700hrs on them without a rebuild. It would smoke grey smoke up a...
