Lots of good info around, here is a site with plain language information....
That is called "bank effect" and is also related to bottom profile. While the extent is not very predictable, the effect is to be expected. I see...
If the boat is in displacement mode in shallow water the draft will increase due to "squat." It will also require more power to achieve the same...
The inverter in air conditioning systems is just one part of the process. AC is rectified to DC which is then reconstituted to AC by the inverter...
Not just soft starts but variable speed compressors with speed proportional to load along with unloaders and other capacity controls have been in...
Look up the word "jingoism" and try to keep such things out of a thread about ship collisions.
CAT told you when to start worrying ... listen to them. What is your engine room ambient temperature? If the air temperature in the engine room...
What kind of problem is that?
Collision between Colombo Express and Maersk Tanjong off Suez Canal - YouTube
They are containerships, not tankers.
I don't see why you think those boats are challenged by technology.The technology underlying those components has reached a very high standard of...
Like they say ... "No good deed goes unpunished."
It looks like Pelorus needs a generator exhaust treatment system.
If only that were true. I believe the IACS requirements only call for individual EGT on engines of 500kW per cylinder and above.
It sounds like you would be better off spending your money on fuel. A sportsfish doesn't run far enough long enough to generate the kind of...
You have to have the EGT reading before it can be tracked ... the elephant in this room is that few yacht size engines provide a place to install...
Unless you have individual cylinders ala a Gardner, a CHT readout is not going to do much good at all. Even in the case of a Gardner, by the time...
Won't is the working word ... I don't understand that.
Which for reasons I have never been able to comprehend, are not normally fitted. EGT is probably the best indicator of load (second only to a...
It would be easy to locate and convert to scrap though. It kind of negates what submarines are supposed to be about doncha think?
