No time. Besides the virtually every boat I've seen the captain has emergency kill switches at every control station. There is so much forward...
Look at the logo for this website: YachtForums: We Know Big Boats! It's NOT: Yachtforums: We Know Medium Boats! LOLOL
Well, lets see, a shell and tube heat exchanger for a typical Cat 3512 is approx. 18" dia., 7' long, weighs about 1000 lbs, has two 4" raw water...
Most Capt's / Engineers know their particular job, but are not trained and have no experience dealing with shipyard and vendor contracts, let...
Actually the Capt and Engineer only need to be brought in close to the end of the project. A proper Project Manager is much better. A project...
Navigators seem to have a pretty good reputation, Carvers not so much. While I generally prefer Cummins (parts are cheaper and easier to get) to...
LOL that's funny!! Asking the shipyard to send you a few glossy photos is like asking the fox to guard the hen house! What, you think they're...
Those items were some of my primary jobs. I was onboard and inspecting each of my boats each and every day for quality control, future access for...
I've built over a dozen custom mega's, and watched many others being built alongside in the next slip over that I was not part of. All my builds...
I've designed a number of megayacht helms and it's not that simple. -You're given a hull design by the owner -You're given a helm furniture (dash)...
On the mega's I built/ran, 99.99% of the time we were in full salinity water, I could always ball park it on startup, flow always changed a bit...
Also many mfg install the potable flow meter before the three way valve, and after several three way valve or salinity probe failures where I...
I'm not a fan of any of the automated/touchscreen type stuff. A basic watermaker is nothing but prefilters, a high pressure pump, and membranes....
I'm pretty sure the law reads something along the lines of the "forward portion of the vessel". On some new build motoryachts I've mounted them on...
I had a similar situation with the dis-engagement of thruster at increased RPM's on Cat 3512's. What we did was have a small bracket made up that...
I don't know that model so I won't attempt a guess. But, be EXTREMELY careful lowering chill temps below factory settings, you can easily freeze...
A regular fin, non zero, uses the velocity of the water going past and acts similar to a rudder to control boats motion. In zero's, the shape of...
Not sure, but that may be high side/low side freon pressures in bars pressure. That would be a bit to high a pressure for the high side, but about...
Everybody keeps saying why didn't the yacht move? Well this did happen on a Sunday afternoon, it's more than likely that there was minimum crew...
I've been Chief Engineer on Mega's for over 35 yrs, and I usually work the aft deck on maneuvers, wear a headset and do all distance and tactical...
