Yep, I have a mess below. Two 32v banks for the engines and split house as you said. Two 12v batteries for electronics and gen-sets. One 24v bank...
Thank you four thoughts Well, your idea is what we ended up doing, twice. Butt; Unlike AGM batteries, these starting & house flooded batteries...
I'm glad you called him. Now that's funny.. :D:D
Years ago I had a surveyor who did gripe about it below the water line on a sink drain. I had to prove it was not below the water line, He still...
We have been off the dock for several days. Headed south and anchored in the N/W corner of Lake George behind Drayton Island. The weather was cool...
I think I commented before, Grey or schedule 80 PVC is not an issue. Surveyors usually do not have a problem with it. It's the glued assembly...
Now, The chain sprocket should separate from the bottom face and come up & off.
Somebody needs to find out what or who is ticking off these lil fish. I was raised with the understanding that Orca had never attacked a human....
On November 13, 2022, about 1530 local time, a fire started on the bridge of the oil tanker S-Trust while the vessel was docked at the Genesis...
I loath the ambulance chasers also. However in this case, I do agree that Maersk and Phillips did put the crews lives at risk. Similar to the...
I used to solder up heavy copper fitting manifolds. Looked great but took time. Walk back on the boat and discover one hose nipple would work...
Uh?? Problem with lawyers or problem that nobody else had reported this.
Other than the glued fittings, (I would have gone to threaded fittings) WOW that all looks great and pretty.
Lessons Learned From Handling the Captain Phillips Case The Maersk Alabama, a U.S. cargo ship, found itself in the crosshairs of Somali pirates...
I remember on a vertical that seized, I let the anchor out a few feet, loosened the clutch nut, stood on the pulpit lifting the anchor by hand a...
I think on your model, the top of the clutch is spline-keyed to the shaft. This could be a seized concern along with the clutch contact surface...
The clutch area on these ole windlasses are near machined surfaces tightened together. After years (many?) untouched and under compression, there...
Captain of Dive Boat Found Guilty of ‘Seaman’s Manslaughter’ in California Tragedy Mike Schuler November 7, 2023 In a late afternoon verdict on...
You don't have main engine monitor gauges at your helms already?
Don't mean to stray from topic. If needed, we can carry to a new thread. "When properly designed," Very important text here. "AND properly...
