With water lift mufflers, isn’t it the water that muffles the noise, not baffles?
Yes the pin and jaw was free I ll take a picture of the piston and bracket / hinge tomorrow, but I doubt it is a Lazzara designed/manufactured...
I just hate having to re engineer it. I wish there would be a bigger engine driven pump.
I ve been using Fire Ranger for years, although since they were bought by another company their service has gone down a bit. The techs are good...
Turned out it wasn’t an hydraulic problem but the 1/2” threaded rod at the end of piston snapping off… Still loosing sleep about safety. [ATTACH]
Just had a close today while opening one the jet ski pod on the Lazzara 110. After lifting 6” it slammed back down. We haven’t been able to open...
Details on the firefighter death [ATTACH]
We started running a 70’ charter boat just the two of us when we were about 46/47 with up to 6 guests. Everybody is different but that fine....
Very sad. I hate these batteries, we have an eFoil on board to which I added a WiFi temp sensor which should alert me if the battery gets too...
Another screen grab…[ATTACH]
Typical Nautical Structures service. how old is the pump? May not be worth rebuilding the motor a new one maybe a better option. Not from NS...
Defender carries maxwells, they may not stock the bigger ones but they should be able to special order them. And they usually have the best...
I m not a huge fan of hydraulic windlasses unless absolutely necessary. Loose hydraulics and you can’t raise anchor… do you have a thruster? If...
HE inlet is clean. I did find some old impeller bits which a previous captain never looked for. It’s not really noticeable from inside the boat,...
How is the hull built? Cored?if so Balsa or foam? If solid glass or foam cored you don’t have much to worry about in the near term but if the...
We ve out about 100 hours on it in the last couple of weeks. I think it was an old defective VR which someone just left on board
Another ohno issue: exhaust noise. While neither of them overheat or even run hot they are just way too loud as if not getting enough water to...
But wait there is more…. That spare regulator I had while looking brand new may have been used and defective. It worked far a few hours and...
I know owners who run their own 70…80… even one with 94 footer. Underwriters care more about experience than a piece of paper. in the US there...
A water flow issue will not prevent the fan from running or the pump from running either. it’s been 20 years since I be had to deal with the old...
