Thank you, Ralph. I'm realizing that I'm not providing this forum all the information. I'll do so now because there is a lot of attention on the...
According to the marine hydraulics guy onboard today, the gyro is part of what would be replaced in an upgrade to a MultiSea II system. If a...
As I just now mentioned above, they appear to be working fine. For both sea trials, they were turned on while underway. They were intentionally...
There was a guy from NCH Marine on-board and all he does is marine hydraulics. He believes that the stabilizers were working correctly. And I've...
We ran another sea trial yesterday. Pretty calm conditions off of Ft Lauderdale. Four runs: 1) Fins locked in center, tabs up, southbound 2)...
Thanks for this. I think that one of the options here is to upgrade the stabilizer controls to a Naiad MultiSea II system. Perhaps this is what...
This is interesting, thank you. My takeaway from this is that the controls are based on differential / change of angle of the boat, for which the...
I believe that it was actually Naiad who has been doing all this work. The problem (prior to us making an offer) is that the techs out at the...
Not really sure what the right answer here is... We made an offer on the boat because it fits our needs / wants better than the other ~two dozen...
Thank you, great information. At this point, I'm looking for recommendations on a technician who knows these 20 year-old Naiad stabilizer systems...
The surveyor was one that my agent has used numerous times and seems to be both trustworthy and entirely working in my best interest. He may not...
Funny you mentioned those... [ATTACH]
The captain stated that he either keeps them at "Center" or "On" while underway. ("Off" is the third switch position.) Another thing I noticed...
Yes, this is the Naiad system and fins installed at the factory back in 2001. Surveyor measured them to be 12 sq-ft, in case that matters.
You are correct. : )
Good questions. I'll ask about warrantied work for both. Engines just had 11 reman injectors installed, as part of engine FW update, plus the...
These are perhaps the best ones I took of the bottom and one of the fins. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Thank you all. I've asked for a complete and thorough history of all the work done to-date on the stabilizers, particularly the flurry of...
Ah, that's really good to know that there isn't generally a key on those shafts, so somehow they need to be either adjusted or calibrated...
Yes, I tend to agree. Your thought of un-parallel fins gets me thinking, because Naiad has been out to the boat a lot lately, fighting issues....
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