Your actual boat ownership experience is what exactly? Insurance for a 55 foot 40 year old new to you boat is definitely something you should look...
I don't know. But I read that list of optional equipment as being specific for the 2 versions of C18 on that spec sheet - if that's your question....
Don’t know if this helps you but it looks like Caterpillar specs battery 950 to 1300 CCA [ATTACH]
I assume you're checking the gear oil with the engines running. Without engines running the level could show way up on the stick above the full marks.
Discolored also? Main seal failure. Both gears? Failing at the same time would be a bit odd. Maybe it's been going on for a while.
It’s a 33’ boat. There’s only so many places to put a generator. The worst place on a small boat is between the motors in my opinion. I’ve dealt...
I hope you're joking about operating the controller from the swim step. Or you should envision launching yourself into the water.
Have you taken a zero waste pledge and can’t send anything to a landfill or something?
On a positive note, thousands of people from conception to direct labor and on throughout the supply chain made wages for years off this project -...
Most outboard powered hulls are essentially day boats. Even the Gucci priced ones don’t have much of a galley - or staterooms. Besides, it’s...
That is an understatement. She’s a beauty.
I'd call Dave New at Basin Marine in Newport Beach. He's probably done both those jobs on other 50' Bertrams.
How’s your faith in the mechanic at this point?
In simple terms I would describe the job mostly as keeping the buyer and seller from trashing the deal. Sales commissions for boats and real...
A contract for what? An employment agreement? A hold harmless liability waiver? Full time or freelance? Where? USCG licensed? Have you talked to a...
In this 55' Ocean SS the fuels tanks are still in the engine room outboard port/stbd same as when it was built. There's a generator in a sound...
It’s a 1984 55’ Ocean Super Sport.
In the brokerage market better brands in better condition get better prices. Newer models regardless of category sell better. Bottom line. A boat...
Oh well my example of this transition involves slowing down some. I was also referring to Fleming, as well as Offshore, Ocean Alexander, and other...
Economic conditions. Supply and demand. I don’t think moving from a sport fisher to a motor yacht changes anything. Depreciation relative to...
