We ve had a walker Bay 450 (15’ ) for about 8 years now with a 75 Honda. Great tender. We have had 8 or 9 adults on board and it gets on plane....
AIS shows ICE making a loop into that cove. Weird. Even if it seems dangerous to tie the stern so far away, ICE hit the numarine, not the line...
The witness reports are conflicting. While some say she went down by the bow, the captain of the classic schooner who rescued the survivors said...
Here you go: “ My last sailing vessel was a 19' Hobie. If this weight is needed for stability it would seem to add some significant concern when...
Comparing a hobie to a big keel boat? That’s funny…
Not a good season in the med! the 90 meter Lurssen ICE has hit a Numarine in Turkey. Looks like the Numarine was tied stern to shore, or maybe...
you can see matching opening on the inside of the port side in that picture. Cockpit drain
They really lucky it didn’t fall down a few seconds earlier. That would have been game over.
Could also be air outlet… you need both inlets and outlets to cool the ER. At least that’s how it done on smaller MYs
Yeah… I still cringe seeing aussies and kiwis at the helm of US or euro boats !
The defender is not racing for points in the round robins. They ll loose valuable training but that’s about it.
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Close call for the Kiwis… crane failure caused the boat to be dropped on its cradle. Damage not known yet, possible crack in the hull but the rig...
ease of access isn’t an excuse to keep the ER door open. It takes seconds to turn the wheel and latch the door after you come in or out....
As a MY if we dip the ER vents in the water, we d be done anyway :). We d have to be at 90 degree… on MYs dampers will shut down when the the...
Watching race 2 right now… in race 1 they weee doing 35+kts in 7kts wind. Crazy.
There are still two things that don’t make much sense 1)- leaving the ER door open at anchor. Why would anyone do that? Two reasons not to: in...
Most modern phones will survive a salt bath, we ve retrieved guests phones down to about 15’ and they worked fine. I wonder what they hope to...
If anything a dragging anchor will keep the boat pointed into the wind. There is no way for an anchor to pull the bow down! Except maybe on a...
Went to buy a replacement timer module for one of our 7 headhunter royal flush heads today and it turns out that they don’t carry the original...
