Make sure to paint the bare aluminum with zinc chromate primer prior to painting it, you can find zinc chromate primer in a spray can also if you...
I've seen Innesfail, she used to sit on the New River here in Fort Lauderdale during the winter. Beautiful boat. Sad to see The Seqoua in such a...
Wellllllll, I wasn't paying for the fuel :D However, you can ALWAYS run that boat at 9 knots and get the same fuel economy and fast when you want to.
I don't run charter yachts nor do charters. So why would knowing their rules and regulations have anything to do with what I do? I have enough...
I don't run charter yachts, nor do I run commercial boats. I typically run private yachts only (for customers) and new yachts for various...
A Captain cannot be knowledgable on every aspect of what his/her license is capable of being used for. A 1600 ton master that normally operates...
I ran a 45' with a cockpit many years ago from Fort Lauderdale to Louissiana. It was ok, cruised at 13.5 knots with 6-53's in it. The engine...
Yeah, well, welcome to the world of Asian yachts. I've never run a single one that was remotely normal when it came to speed/fuel burn versus...
The 62' I manage has the same engines, same fuel burn and same speed!!!!
Not sure I'd use that. Make sure it is rated for the heat of an engine.
I manage a 62' Hampton, boat is only a few years old. The boat overall seems to be built fairly well, but has nagging things that are a big issue...
Most Cabo's are I wouldn't say under-batteried, but let's just say the battery banks don't have much excess capacity to begin with. But this is...
What he's trying to say, is that when the engine goes to idle from cruise speed while the vessel and other engine is at cruise speed, the drag...
The box with the little light is the battery parallel box which bypasses all of the breakers etc.
All in all a good boat, just have to watch out for the ones with the cracked gelcoat, but either those are going to be covered in gelcoat cracks...
I just had a set of man 1100's done by a company that's not a Man dealer but has a Man trained mechanic. I have no issues with that.
Do a search, there are LOTS of things posted about Azimuts, most of them negative. I'd be looking at a Sunseeker personally.
I wouldn't worry too much about the cost of maintaining MANs, a little more than detroits but not all that much. 10 cylinders versus 12. My...
Here's the mis-conception. Heavier DOES NOT equate to a better ride, many times it's even detrimental. A hull design really peaks at a certain...
1900 rpms is about 80 gph. I'd take a real hard look at an early 2000's, late 90's 50' Post with Mans if you can swing it, much faster, much more...
