Resale on a yacht built by an established well reagarded yard would be expected to be much better than a conversion. Most affluent owners do...
My 2004 Xantrex 3000 Inverter/Charger started misbehaving this summer. Before it let me down in the wrong place, a Magnum PSW Inverter/Charger has...
KIWI may be correct regarding over loaded. How do you know they ran at 3200 RPM loaded before you bought the boat? Have you checked tachs for...
Clean mattress and foundation with bleach - really good. Then put a permeable mattress support (many types out there) underneath. Works for me.
Air cleaner plugged? Throttle cable not advancing all the way? Bad tach?
This past summer one of my engines developed an aftercooler leak. FIxed that with a new one. A month later the hot water tank started leaking (a...
Some marine gensets have a high temperature cutoff placed so low RW flow will cause a high temperature at that point and shutdown (shut off fuel)....
Good comments by all with another force at work, SF boats are purpose built - to fish. FL fishing is not like it used to be with sizes and...
I may have missed the installation of active stabilizers in the article, if so I apologize. Except for the Diesel Duck, the competition uses...
The check, UNCASHED, can be held in escrow. 10% is OK but 5% should be fine too. Both statements are based upon my recent experiences. A...
karo Your comments on Al vessels are not accurate according to some Al yacht builders, it comes down to the alloy used and build techniques....
For boats less than 120' or so, owners tend to favor FRP due to resale and shear numbers of FRP vessels in this size range. The herd buys and...
House power on most vessels, both 110 and 12 or 24 is drawn through the house batteries. As suggested, loose house battery wiring or a bad...
How about mounting Fleetguards rather than Racors, much smaller foot print
Armed with 2012 first hand knowledege regarding a major refit, Delta bears some attention particularly since as Karl says they build good boats...
1000 hours and 7 years of sitting on hard for 23 year old engines would certainly label them as nearing the end of their life in my book. I have...
FRP seems to hold its resale price and time-to-sell better than steel hulled vessels less than say Westport size. I have a friend with a 56' steel...
Pascal is 100% correct if you do a lot cruising and use your genset to charge up while at anchor. A well set up and reliable inverter/charger...
Lest I start a thread creep, but in this age of plotters and related electronic data, how many really use their compass?
My Xantrex 3000 MSW inverter charger is being replaced today by a similar sized PSW Magnum. I got eight good and one not so good years out of the...
