Steel hulled boats are displacement trawlers so small engines are the norm. not sure you really need a steel hull on the river system. Yes...
One of the worst mistakes on the one I ran was that they forgot to put a limber hole in a frame right before the transom where the stern thruster...
Couple more things I remembered… window leaks: I’ve the 8 years I ran the boat we spent a lot of time fixing window and porthole leaks. And...
I d say 2014 maybe 2015. A friend of mine bought a 2013 a couple of years ago, it was the newest he could find.
I just had a new MTU starter fail after just a year … yep. Made in china. Glad we kept the old one which was still working but couldn’t get parts...
Thinking back I remember a couple of rough times…. One was leaving the cape may canal and heading up the Delaware with 15/18kts on the bow. 4...
I ran a 2003 70 Johnson skylounge for about 8 racking up thousands of miles up and down the east coast and the Bahamas. My personal boat is an...
i agree. The difference is minimal. I built a 26’ sailboat using dyvinicell core for everything incl the stingers, frames, hull below waterline...
[ATTACH] This beauty just passed by ….
Balsa is cheaper than divinicel and bonds a little better
On a 7 year old boat???? I have a few spots like that on my boat but it s 53 years old :)
This is for the 110 I run, owned by the owner’s LLC so I ll get the company manager to sign like I did last time for the 84. I got plenty of sea...
Well yes now I am renewing and have another question… the USCG small vessel sea service form is good for vessels under 200GT. Above that, the...
I have built in gauges on my Flagship chiller and the only issue I ve had in 6 years was a leaking gauge. No big deal but not worth it.
I don’t know how long it was running. That’s what’s odd about this. The float switch was free. I m guessing the float switch didn’t stop the...
Had a small 800 gph rule pump burn up yesterday. It was only 3 months old and used to pump the very bottom of the bilge. 3amp breaker didn’t pop…...
Mini splits are nice but the problem is where will you put the outside compressor? I can’t imagine having one in the cockpit like you suggest as...
It takes a lot of BTUs to effectively cool a FB to a level where it’s even worth the hassle. Even a solid skylounge… you will also need a...
The same folks that complain about generators usually have wind generators scream all night in the gusts
You can tell always tell a marina review is by a sailbot owner when most of the review describe the showers and public toilets… sometimes in...
