There is an outfit that has traveled numerous times to service my DD/MAN clients down in Panama and Venezuela. Try Performance Diesel out of...
+3 with SeaEric and K1W1. The rule of thumb is replacing engines will cost roughly twice the cost of those engines...it ain't 'Plug 'n play';...
I'll beat Judy to the punch here: see Cape Horn trawlers with their fully-azimuthing single drives. 10+ years ago before any IPS/Zeus stuff came out.
Tucker and AffrayedKnot make valid points. I think it was Jack Haley, who ran RBC's brokerage division decades ago, who coined the expression...
radmiral, your boat has "issues". Gilbert over at Glasstech on the river can offer you advice on the fix. It will not be inexpensive, but he's...
Contact a broker in the area near the boat and ask him/her for their list of surveyors. Expect half a dozen or more names; any less, try some...
Your 54 Bertram came out of the factory with 30 X 34 wheels with a slight (B or C) cup. The base boat--2/3 fuel, 2/3 water, 6 people, 2000lbs...
Great engines. They have a greater propensity over time, however, to run hot at high rpms. To aid in their longevity, run some de-scaler through...
In Germany, it's hard to know who owns who. With their corporate system of Interlocking Directorates--I'm not making this up, an MTU engine rep...
+2 (3?) on Nigel Calder's book. Voyaging Under Power by Robert P. Beebe (3rd Ed. rev. by Leishman) is also recommended.
A brief summary would be that new yacht regs are taking a page from their larger commercial bretheren and have to do with construction, crew...
+1 No worries, cabobo09, you're new here; you'll get used to the misinformation over time. Used to be, Detroit Diesels were marinized on the...
A strut backing block laminated to the hull over the strut palm is considered good boat building practice. Also, see post #13.
Liabilities = $5.4M Property worth ~ $1.2M Boat building stuff onhand = $150K.....sheesh! I've got that much in boat spare parts in my hall...
Wonder if they modified the engine mounts as well as these normally would be in compression, not tension as the engine hangs from them at the peak...
Dr. Maged Metwally is the inventor and runs the company (at least he did 7-8 years ago when he gave me some info on a Defever with his system) up...
The 63 Ocean Owner's Club is fairly exclusive as they only built thirty two of these.
Even top-tier yards have dropped a boat or two. Stuff happens. Somewhat shocking, however, is Affrayedknot's photo of the strut palm's delivery...
You have a cat boat? Any pics? I can recommend 'The Catboat Book' if you're into the history of these craft.
I don't claim to know much about varnish, but this post brought back memories. Had an old style 13-foot Whaler, 1963 vintage, which had the...
