I had cork decks and cork seating areas on my Duffy: It was ok, can’t say it was great, but it did the job and held up fairly good for being...
Horrible story and no lessons to be learned, it is already a known fact that the autopilot should be off to gain manual control of the ship. As...
Have you looked at the Albin 28TE? Good boats that should meet your 3 criteria. Over 1,000 made back in the day, lots of them still around and for...
Well, where is it? (Pics or it didn’t happen):cool:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/red-sea-yacht-egypt-survivors-trapped-cabins-diver-b2654741.html
Unconfirmed rumor: 3 of the pax on this boat survived 35 hours in an air pocket in the wreck and was rescued today…:eek: Wow.
Copied from The Independent
I had Stidds in my previous boat, pricey but very comfortable: If not standard equipment, at least they should be optional on high end boats.
[ATTACH] Supposedly a wave caused it to roll over, 16 missing including 1 crew. A wooden boat according to one news outlet but doesn’t look like.....
I had silicone in every Yanmar oil sample I did, the engine ran fine and every other parameter was perfect. Changed oil and filter every 125 hours...
Should be, absolutely. We even do it on land before starting the low slung jet engines on airliners, but sometimes humanity interferes by a...
My time in helicopters operations on Yachts are zero, but this post is to remind everyone of the difference between a Man and a Monkey: A Monkey...
Darn, I like the Passport style tickets, oh well. I used the TWIC a few times in Fort Lauderdale going to Port Everglades by road to get on ships....
Ok, instead of a Global Entry then? I looked up the TSA accepted IDs just now, the TWIC is on the list: Acceptable Identification at the TSA...
Nah, not a full breakfast bro, I am an almost a vegetarian , no need to cook a side of bacon, or a big ham. I do however eat seafood, for those...
Yup, I have kept my TWICs updated since they were invented, shortly after 9/11 meh think. The TWIC has come in handy occasionally trying to enter...
Ok and yes I started the process. Got a few snags along the way but it should work. Yes, I get bored frequently after a traveling and living on...
Water soaked hull? Or the battery banks and/or tools and spares on the Starboard side? Is the boat sitting low in the water? (It shouldn’t if...
Not in Fort Lauderdale anymore, sold everything in 2022 and moved North to Palm Coast, built a house on a residential marina:...
Drug testing for renewal: Followed a link from the USCG page to “Accredited Drug Testing”, paid my $90 online and was told to come in anytime, no...
