Pretty rare for a boat that size to burn, isn’t it? Plenty of smaller boats (under 110-120) going up in flames but that big?
No COI. Strictly private it s taken me three years to go thru all the systems most of Which had been ignored for years. same with the...
How often do you guys test your sea water fire pumps? It doesn’t get tested during the annual fire system inspection. I ve been hitting the...
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Win 3.1? Wow that brings back memories… It was state of the art and amazing back then… If I remember correctly it came on a bunch of floppies....
She went up in smoke in Italy … https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-gg7C7Crq4/?igsh=MXB1dXM0MWJ1eno5cg==
That makes a lot of sense…. Just like I m sure you make sure nobody is in the water :) the reason for my post was to get some insight about...
yes it should.
For a boat your size assuming you now have LEDs instead of halogens, 20 amp should be fine. personally I like the Pro Mariner Pronautics. I have...
Where do I start? bilge pumps Heads Fresh water pump Lights Electronics Yes some Of these will not be used when the boat is unattended but if...
Ken, wouldn’t you agree that on a boat like that there will always be someone monitoring the ER?
I have no doubt the master of a such a boat is VERY conscientious. I am just curious to learn from such an incident. I was also very surprised...
I can understand some systems being shut down when dockside but at anchor? Air compressors not being kept online? No matter how big they may be,...
What kind of engines do you have ? On the 110 I run with 16V2000 MTUs, it takes about 15 seconds for the engines to boot up before they can be...
I have a couple of question about big boat operations, way out of my league:). I came across a video from Sysman about this incident (is this...
Well it doesn’t matter. They re anchored, they have their day shape on… the other vessel need to address their dragging problem. Screaming and...
She s anchored with proper day shape… last time I checked boats don’t drag upwind…
I n surprised a 70 didn’t have enough room for more batteries. My old 53 originally had two 32v banks in the gen room and I added 8 golf cart...
Geez. Even back then hatteras used separate batteries for the gens. I hated how one starting bank doubled up as house bank. Changed all that...
No separate gen battery on a 65 footer??? That’s why small boat builders end up in the deep end of the pool when they try to build significantly...
