In yachting those trying to save money always lose money. Those focusing on spending wisely always come ahead. If you try and purchase a motor...
The Coast Guard Aux does a lot of good deeds through out the communities of the United States in the ways of educating the public and teaching...
Ha! Good one fish. Let me tell you about the barnacles that seem to make a lot of no good noise... barnacles - YouTube Don't hate!
YachtJockey I will look again under that 17 bridge to see if I do see evidence. I am sure there are paint marks from sail boat mask and yacht...
Good point. I must of had some additional grounding through the motor mounds. I was getting full voltage at the starter when cranking, 12v start...
Yes, every now and then these guys do have something fairly intellectually stimulating to share:D They have taught me a lot
I so agree. A loose ground wire had thrown me into a fit for 3 days trying to get a 471 gen started. The main ground lead was disconnected down...
Beau How do truckers know or learn there height for bridge clearances? Not just for the cab, but I am thinking every load could be different,...
I might had mistaken that particular story for an air draft issue, when it was the other draft issue to be known. However plenty of vessels have...
Hi Capt I would have to guess if your drawings are not what they built then you have the wrong drawings to be trying to calculate your air draft...
Those numbers along the bottom read 1 through 37 (you cant read them in the picture) and I know the vessel is a 38 meter build. I was thinking...
Exactly. With the GA drawings, we can take a ruler (or dividers) and take measurement of the numbers running along the bottom of the drawing and...
Yes, You are going to look through your General Arrangement drawings and hope you find the numbers to tell you your air draft height. What if you...
I would like to ask you Captains out there... If you where planing a trip where there is bridges along the way, and you are on a boat that you...
Capt J That sounds just like a normal hand over to an engine room... "Look, this machine here, you have to kick it twice at the bottom and...
Tuesday!?! Thats to long. I am coming down to that boat and we are going to figure this **** out right now!
Marblehead Waiting to hear why your pump would not prime. I can not tell you how many times I have fought with pump priming issues and just...
As far as human comfort inside is concerned, it all depends on how well the builder has insulated the vessel. Done right you would not know the...
Check for dissimilar metals in your plumbing that are not isolated. If you see corrosion around the threads then I would be kind of concerned and...
I always did wonder what ghetto location you where referring to on your avatar tag.. see you at the next Marlin game :D Key Biscayne boat...
