Very nice , how does she run?
Glad to here all is well, will the Ft. Lauderdale Show get impacted?
Hard to follow when it is not an apples to apples comparison. A QSC8.3 vs. a KTA19 discussion makes no sense as you wouldn't compare a Ford Fusion...
Yes, I have lived that. Especially when they brought the auto industry into ours. It is all about features and design, access be damned.
Mechanical pump rooms, engine patches, wow, those old school builders knew a thing or two. Funny how some things get lost in generations.
Thanks for updates, glad you are safe and dry (for the most part!) Leaving a fairly new and expensive SF in an less than protected location makes...
I have had success with either one of them, but mostly Bennett. I would not recommend the Vertical Interceptor types at the moment because of all...
Well understood, every decision has trade-offs and budgets to realize. You will gain an amazing amount of space in the engine room and the new...
The first gen Oceans, starting in 1977/78 to the mid 80s had great calm water speeds, usually hitting 30 knots in a light dealer condition, an...
You are confusing knots with mph: http://www.lukebrownyachts.com/ocean-sportfish-yachts-for-sale/Ocean-53-Super-Sport/533 Check the GPS again and...
Yes, from the Deep-Vee gurus at the design firm C. Raymond Hunt, I believe these were built in Japan?
Unfortunately, that is not a fact and no reason to spread incorrect information. In the early 80s, the Ocean designs were the first production SF...
You have to factor in the design and structure when repowering. If you have a SF designed to go 30 - 35 mph WOT , is it structurally capable of...
Prefer a faired "bulge" forward with a teardrop "relief" aft to keep it from grabbing underway. There is a YF thread on a Sidepower Bow Thruster...
Sorry, maybe shouldn't have posted that link, it is a common commercial marine site, you can google the general topic.
Here is a good read that really addresses the serious issues facing the USN hierarchy in creating competent mariners/navigators:...
No one raised any issue about "legit" ambitions. The rest of the world can chime in, we do enjoy our free speech. I have been to many a global...
The NATO issue is more of getting everyone aligned to spending 2% of their GDP on Defense, sharing the burden of global "defense".. Theoretically,...
I am not sure what one spare prop does for you in the overall picture, what about the other prop?
You have to face the facts, in times of no real defined war, especially on our soil, peacekeeping/global policing becomes in reality a government...
