With some gear boxes like a lot of the ZF's they have a shaft mounted oil pump that lubricates the gear boxes if the engine is not running. I...
I have no idea what he is working on looks like. I've just heard about it from a friend of his. He has a yacht that he runs it on, and some...
Honestly, I think our efforts to reduce oil usage would best be focused on non consumer products with biodiesel and ethanol. I think with...
Well it looks like another misshap in the Carribbean. A crew of 4 was robbed at gunpoint and they took everything they had on them (watches,...
What happened and why was it a disaster?
I have never used it, nor have I seen it for sale on the water. However, I have heard from several mechanics to never use it as it does a number...
You're right. It looks like someone was operating the vessel from the pilothouse, and forgot that they needed a whole heck of a lot more...
We will never go away from paper charts. It is the only form of chart that the USCG approves for navigation. I have seen MANY MANY chartplotters...
I've done that trip many times. There are many times I've left Key West with a great forecast and great weather. Once it was under 1' and then...
The Mona can be worse or usually is. The Yucatan you're dealing with waves usually from the South or one direction. Mona it's more of a washing...
There was an article in Dockwalk and a certain percentage of licensed Captains failed the random drug test. I don't remember the percentage, but...
I've done that trip a few times. I cut across and run the bank From Cat Cay to the tongue of the ocean. Then across to Nassau (this area can...
I've worked on boat a large Delta and a Feadship 160-172' range. I much preferred the Feadship over the Delta. The workmanship behind the...
I was in Antigua Wednesday- Friday on an un-expected trip down there. A friend of mine needed a starter right away and I flew down there with it...
Like I said, this is what I heard over and over again by people who are there, by everyone I talked to about it. I don't think they would make up...
He did not personally see it. He was docked at English Harbor during the time that it happened. It is what he heard from several people that...
I just came back from Antigua after spending 3 days there and 2 totally different captains told me that the word on what happened is that the...
Well, the question boils down to this. Is your life worth $2,000 and a maybe you will be rescued in time before you perish from lack of water or...
You cannot go wrong with a Nordhavn. They are built like a battleship and have been building world cruising yachts for a long time. You might...
Contact a good marine documentation company such as Elaine Grossman or others and they can advise you of all of the plusses and minuses of being...
