Sorry Brian, I was just using somebody's joke as a starter. Honest question: Can you re-erect a capzised large cruising cat in open sea without...
"The most stable position of a Cat is upside down" The method in that picture will only work with a small cat. I know, big cruising cats always...
Inland water ways in Europe 3.) From the North Sea to the Med via Rhine River and Rhone: This passage is done by boaters in Europe if they...
Inland water ways in Europe 2. The Caledonian Canal in England (or whatever: Great Britain, Scotland, etc.:cool:) It connects the Scottish east...
Inland water ways in Europe As we can not compete with you guys across the pond with your inland water ways, canals, big long rivers and the...
Oh, I forgot, they are mandatory item on SOLAS life boats or rescue boats if not equipped with outboards or waterjets. Reason: protection of...
There is one other version of a propeller nozzle on the market for quite a long time now but not very well known. Called the Pivotable Rudder...
This old joke is ment against pilots, but would it fit also for a skipper? :eek:
Here is an example of the propeller and rudder arrangement of Oceanic, one of the 4 large Salvage Tugs. The 4 sisters are (were) Pacific, Oceanic,...
499 GT yachts For some time now, I ask myself how come, that displacement yachts build in the Med with nearly 500 GT and (for example) RINA...
As KIWI pointed out, Artic P (ex Artic) is a former sister of Lone Ranger (ex Simson). Artic and Oceanic were the last 2 large salvage tugs (total...
Power Catamaran The power catamaran is a very interesting type of vessel. With the adequate design, one can generate a huge amount of airy living...
Lone Ranger It would surprise me, if we will see LR back on the seven seas as a yacht in the near future. If it is correct, what the drums are...
Nordhavn 76 FPH That is the Nordhavn 76 forward pilot house. The one I like the most. Are they still building this version? All other info is...
Cordnozzle I have no knowledge about the technical changes made on Simson, when it became Lone Ranger. Whether it was up- or downsized or...
Lone Ranger (ex Simson) The yacht Lone Ranger has in fact only 8805 HP and a bollard bull of "only" 135 metric tons.:rolleyes: Simson was the...
Lone Ranger (ex Simson) Owner wanted to get rid of it. Lone ranger needs work and costs a lot to maintain. I do believe every word of that...
The fact is, there are not very many "wheeled" small helicopters on the market. The wheeled gear Bell 429 is not to be seen on the horizon jet...
Lone Ranger I do not believe they changed the engines. They got overhauled and maybe reduced in output (by putting a bolt into the throttle...
There is an Air Force which "forces" their fighter pilots to do 4 cross country flights per month?????!!!:eek: Where can I sign in?. When I was a...
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