The main advantage of the CE rating of pleasure boats are the safety standards, material strenght, quality standards (to some extend :)) and the...
Sorry for having Ed Dubois on my list, as he died 5 years ago. But I talked to him during the design phase of Twizzle and during the build of this...
The Load Line Length measurement is going back to the times of the old the Tall Ships and was invented by UK shipowners. Reason were the docking...
Brunick, I bet, this ugly duckling is either a homebuilt or the super structure was changed for the worse by a second owner. No yard will let one...
With production boats, You have the choice by studying the market. Nobody can force You to buy an ugly boat. With some of those production boats,...
Yep, that is the way, I have seen, how the Damen family works. I am a business man myself with thousands of employees, since my family called me...
I may have expressed myself drastically but that is what I wanted to get across. In my humble and personal opinion there are worlds between Amels...
Maritna_ra, I give You 3 diligence points. At 5 points You will receive a kick scooter :p. I am familiar with fact, that Tim Heywood is the...
Some features of that boat make me shake my head. That pool, without any safety rail (does not have to be permanent) is dangerous for guests and...
From this point of view I must also say a hard No.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Also I normally have a more conservative taste, as far as boats are concerned, I could live with the design...
I am THE typical example of a yacht owner designing his boats from the inside to the outside. Falling in love with a great external design and...
What is so unusual with 3 docking station on a 60 to 70 ft yacht. Two wing stations and one station in the aft cockpit for med mooring. Only thing...
Here are the complete GA drawings of Octopus, for those who are still interested, in a reasonable resolution. The original GA files are far to...
+1 on that statement. If You look at a video of a Delta 88 at planning speed, You see the difference. There is not much water pushed away to the...
I am afraid this is a fact. The raw materials (fruits) come frozen from China and some other countries in Asia. But it is even much worse. Fresh...
There are a lot parts for the German car industry on that ship. Most of it is on time delivery. But there other industries to be hampered by this...
The Evergreen ship is chained in Agypt by the authorities. They are asking for 1 billion dollar compensation for the loss of income during the...
Sorry for my pilot slang. With max continuous power or MCP, I basically ment full power or as we say in Germany, Throttle on the deck. Or in...
I honestly do not understand this Volvo Penta bashing, especially Your deep dislike of the IPS system. I can only assume, You get really ripped...
