Sorry folks for posting this in the wrong forum- but it's an invitation only party and I've been told you must have some Lurssen connection to be...
Anyone going to this year's event at Hugh Taylor Birch State park?
I've been taking courses at MPT in Fort Lauderdale working toward my 500 ton USCG license; I currently have a 200 ton. I'll be done around the...
I put an advert on daywork123 yesterday am saying I'd help move boats and had a 50meter Heesen owner text looking for me to watch it for a week....
You can start your engines in the Alaska winter with no block heaters? Wow. Captain J in correct in his assessment of cold start ups and smoke....
We'd need a bit more information if you want an accurate idea. Pictures as well.
You should have a breaker box somewhere in the ER which allows you to shut off each engines heater. Also there should be a breaker at the main...
If they did not smoke on start they have block heaters and they are on, or they were started and run before you arrived. Either way you should...
X2. Far too many "captains" fall short on this important skill.
Overhauled? Get all the details of what was R&R'd, what else was done and of course by whom- otherwise it didn't happen. 1000 hours is very...
Easily $400 a day and make it a two day trip. On a boat you don't know? Perhaps $500 because you may end up with a situation like water in the...
It was laying on it's port side completely heeled over when I saw it this weekend. No restoring it now; removal and disposal only.
Still looking for my next full time position; I've been working with Jim Abernathy's Scuba Adventures (captaining and diving with giant grouper-...
If you haven't made the run your best idea is to hire an experienced captain who has done it many times.
Best make the jump from St Augustine to Charleston- then you can make shorter runs. You don't want to mess around in Georgia on the ICW.
