IPS tidbits Have been working with IPS installations for 3 years and the following observations or experiences might be helpful: As a builder...
OK, so how about stupid? Back in my younger, apparently less prudent years, we ran our rebuilt offshore hot rod north up Lake Michigan to Bear...
On occasion, a particular thread will inspire a concise and informative-writing member to share an experience at sea that most of us have no...
for the record Every production boat builder, likely any builder for that matter, has had an incident or two that they would like to forget and...
It is unique to see the outboard drives on the same plane, or at least parallel to the center drive. This should help to neutralize a bit of the...
The numbers were run at Tiara to consider 2 of the IPS2 900's at 700hp for the 5800 Sovran, in place of her 3 IPS 600's at 435hp. The added...
What a great idea Judy ... thanks for creating a must-read list (except of course for Chapman's, which "my deceased relatives" read and I can only...
Pardon the ignorance, but what is the purpose of dropping the hooks when tied to? Cleaning? Fabulous work on the review Carl and Chuck.
If you saw the anchorage, you would understand my point. There is no choice but the center, give or take 5 feet, and it is not a soft, mucky...
Had an interesting comparison via delivering 2 identical boats, 2 weeks apart, from the Great Lakes down the rivers to the Gulf. In the narrow...
My apologies, poor choice of words in haste. The insinuation of the now removed post I confronted was that forward facing props had a role in...
This is a recipe from a yachting Emeril! Savor it, copy it, use it! Thanks Capt.Bill
You're right CAP, Julius & Heese were indeed in place before '03. My error, best bone up on my own history. But I believe the first year the...
NYCAP, If you believe you sold them on(to) Chris Craft and they were among the first to use them, you are quite torn with delusion. Best to...
Ps: Oh, and if anyone could look at those pictures and say she hit rock, that person should be automatically disqualified from rendering any...
It would appear she was making a hard turn to port when grounded. The IPS signature turning heel would put that drive into the bottom first, thus...
Sorry Capt. Bill for not responding to your question. The Volvo IPS triple engine system on the boat had 19, and we added 2 of our own. Come to...
Sirius Weather shows lightning strikes, but in a bad storm, a Raymarine G-Series' whole screen is peppered over with bolt symbols. So putting the...
Thanks Tom, not only for the well done piece but going through the effort to share it.
Was coming out of Anna Maria Island Tuesday for a quick seatrial when lightning cracked right on top of us and ripped horizontally across the...
