Fuel costs in Europe Yesterday, my son refuelled his boat in a little harbour in Germany in the Baltic Sea for 7.97 US $ per US Gal with...
Gallons And be carefull, our American friends are talking about US gallons, which are 3.78 Liter per gallon, whereas you might think in Imperial...
"Boot" Düsseldorf There is an excellent coverage here on YF about the boot Düsseldorf and their website is very informative. As you can see,the...
The next one for normal size boats :o, is the HISWA in water boat show in the Amsterdam Marina, Netherland, (from 2. to 7. of sept. 2014). Great...
Indoor boat harbour They are very popular in the Netherland. The boats are very well protected against crimes, sun rays, dirt, underwater growth...
Jacobs ladder Marmot is correct. It is the pilot ladder used on larger ships for climbing on board. But the name Jacob Ladder is not a slang...
A very nice video Brian, such maneuvers can not be seen in the North Sea any more. ALL light houses and lightships are now fully automatic and...
Loosing a box We have lost 12 boxes in the last 7 years. 7 of them were lost during a tropical storm from a single ship, when the ship was hit by...
Archimedes principle Just add more (underwater)volume than weight :D. apparent immersed weight = weight of object - weight of displaced fluid
Herbert Dahm and Jongert Herbert Dahm and Jongert were the best symbiosis this company ever had. Herbert brought in the clients and developed the...
If it doesn't bend, it breaks Large ships, especially box arriers, tankers and bulkers are flexing a lot. And they have to, otherwise they will...
Pod drives Volvo has versions of their IPS system available for semi displacement hulls and the drums are telling, they are working on a...
Captholli, I think you are right, stern drive is the better english term for it. But we most likely can agree, that if a stern drive tears off, it...
Volvo Penta Z-drive My wording might have caused some misunderstanding. We call the Volvo Penta Aquamatic system a Z-drive in Germany.
Engine room size A quad IPS installation is not that bad, as far as engine maintenance or repair is concerned. You cant take a bike tour around...
Tunnel props or pod drives It depends on the size of the boat and the area of usage. For planning boats up to about 45 to max. 50 ft, where the...
What makes a company a builder I believe, the big difference is here is the business setup of Nordhavn. You are talking to a US company, you buy...
Nordhavn OB, by your definition several US builders are just broker and selling companies. Nordhavn in my opinion is much more and a builder. The...
A boat to consider NEO56, by reading your requirements for your new boat, like being able to go faster if needed, a fishing cockpit, real yacht...
Last set for today 1. Pirate attack on the port of Palma. The Navy has been called on alert :p. 2. Final touch up on Twizzle. I like her very...
