Well, don't just jump on any boat because you really want a boat. Find the right one. I'd be a bit hesitant with the Perkins/sabre powered one,...
Good, and can last 50 years or more without replacing any plates or anything, if zincs are kept on them and proper bottom paint and such. Even if...
We are talking about Electrolysis here, you have a bronze seacock, attached to a bronze thru hull, attached to plastic. Galvanic corrosion is...
Green is ok, although I prefer to spray the ones on boats I manage with corrossion block and they then aren't so green. Red is definately bad...
How does the owner not know when aftercooler and heat exchanger maintanence is recommended by the manufacturer? Any engine I own, I download and...
I'm just going by what the article states. Miami water taxi has insurance for carrying paying passengers.
The answer is yes. If you look at Sportfish that are fished hard in tournaments, they sooner or later have some of these failures that you're...
I would think the valve stem seals on the Yanmars would have been sorted out by now. Either the engine has seen an untimely death or has had the...
Read the article, it states The Miami Water Taxi. The "should" have the proper insurance and a licensed Captain.
I've always heard they were good motors. I only ran one boat that had them and they seemed to run nice. However, I'd imagine parts are real hard...
Are you kidding? Going from full speed to idle speed instantly by chopping the throttles, stresses a lot of things on boats. Drive couplings, to...
The Bahamas cutoff is 35' for $150/300, either way you can enter a second time within 90 days free. Check out the island hoppers. If I looked at...
EGT declines more evenly when the engines are brought back from cruise slowly. EGT is component of load and fuel......in a rich condition with...
The Rule 3700 GPH bait pump does have some sketchy electrical connection that is covered with electrical tape and looks like the wires might be...
That's reasonable to drop the shaft and install the seal.
Woops, meant Bronze fittings......the brass wire wheel made me repeat brass instead of Bronze. Left Baltimore, M.D. Sunday in a 50' boat that...
What did the CAT dealer say about parts availability?
I'm to blame for that one. Over 10 years ago Bamboo was looking for a set of airseps for his engines and I had ended up with a set of almost...
If you want to clean it, you used to be able to find Poco (a mild acid) and it would clean it all off. You could also get a brass wire wheel on a...
Yes, and it's not good for the turbo to come to a sudden halt and the excessive backpressure flowing backwards through a turbine designed to turn...
