Thanks but can't do anything about it - need a ticket. Not that thats any guarantee of competence at all.
Hello All Just started looking for a relief engineer for a 50M expedition yacht currently in Miami. Not sure of the dates exactly yet but...
Very few are custom. For the most part they're all off the shelf for the domestic market until you get to the very large spas found on 60m+...
Might not be a bad idea to hire a delivery captain from the manufacturers, most keep a list of people. Then the guy would be as familiar as...
Thanks. Actually the marina were very quick in getting back to me which makes a change. All sorted now.
Hi all. We will be heading to St Maarten shortly and although I've been dozens of times I can't remember which shorepower plugs they use. I...
Hi. This isn't a new rule and you're not unique by any means. On my last two builds the same issue came up - and yes we did empty the tanks. It...
Had Kahlenbergs on loads of vessels. Only problem I ever had was that on one boat after 50 years the deckhands had polished them paperthin. 40...
Hi Again, The problem with stainless under the waterline is that it needs oxygen to maintain the protective layer that makes it stainless so to...
Hi, Everyone has oddly (to my mind) recomended using a synthetic material over bronze. Synthetics are a lot cheaper and won't give you corrosion...
You might want to fit carbon filters after the tank - new coatings tend to give a bit of a nasty taste for a while. Not necessarily harmful but...
Hi, there's a million different ways of getting into the business and I'm sure you'll get a million different suggestions. I started off not far...
Always liked the Stein & Sohn mainly because its so reliable - fitted to a lot of merchant ships. Shame it takes up so much space in the MCR...
There are a few quality distance learning courses available -...
HMI - you'd be absolutely correct. That anchorage is famous for being tricky in any sort of easterly. Standard procedure is to up sticks and head...
Is it constant or just as you plug in? If its just as you plug in sounds like the reducer chattering.
As to the question of fibre optics - makes excellent sense over 70m. Remember CAT6a is limited to 100m (as I remember but can't remember exactly),...
Think you've hit the nail on the head there. No class issues with gasoline and pratting around with jerry cans. I've had a dozen + diesel...
As I suspected then; the usual spurious claims of speed, service and coverage. Looks like we'll be going with one of the usual providers then and...
I've had a couple of those on tenders, intermittent faults. Didn't get a straight answer out of the dealers as to cause - they were dealt with...
