I agree, I ran a 42' Express with IPS a month or two ago and visibility getting onto plane was non existent. Visibility in general had a lot of...
I had to wait 6 weeks for a turbo elbow for a TAMD recently, none in stock it had to be made in Sweden. I had to search the entire country for an...
It could be, and like Marmot says you cannot tell until you run the engine. Short of tearing it apart. However, depending on the temperature the...
6F is a pretty normal differential range for electric water temperature gauges at the helm IMO. It could just be a difference in the gauges or...
Yes, charter boats will need more crew as will owners that are doing a lot of things. Keep all of the crew bunks full and you should have the...
Why don't you just hire someone to drive it once a month? If it's in the Fort Lauderdale area, I could recommend someone that has a CDL license...
Guys, the OP says that it sits outside in a parking lot.....
I would prefer the Zues package for a couple of reasons in that installation. I saw on a 38' Cabo that had some issues with the c9/zf pod package...
I don't think that no power to the memory systems should be a concern. Not driving it for that period of time is a killer to many other systems...
I have nothing against Volvo's and like the IPS system, aside from the parts sourcing issue. I do think the pods are not worth the trouble in a 3...
This is true, I'm just saying that sourcing Volvo parts is difficult a lot of times. Also with the Volvo's, I've had a few that were problem...
I'm quite familiar with cast iron. Cast Iron is pretty strong when done right, especially the new MIM process. It definately is not nearly as...
It's HARD to get parts for Volvo's in Fort Lauderdale, let alone elsewhere. I've had to wait 4-6 weeks many times for Volvo parts. And, these...
We might not have to wait that long. You should see the rust that falls off of that thing.......
The damage is impressive I agree. BUT the shape of the piece that came out. It really looks like that piece was cut out previously and welded...
The 50' F+S had IPS and was a good running boat, I was docked next to the Captain for a few days and we talked a lot. He showed me the entire...
On the ocean, we filled the fish boxes, livewell, and lazarette etc. and it brought us down about 8". 10" of freshwater in the bilge from a...
I would just find a way to get the top down......If you go straight down with the hardtop, it probably only needs to go down a foot...... would...
I would go with a fixed hardtop and you don't have to mess with the eisinglass either, and the arch seperate from the hardtop and have the arch...
I would go with the Hydraulic hardtop and strataglass. I've done the great loop and even in the summer time it can be pretty cold on the water up...