Yup. Mr. Jacobs is, first and foremost, a Businessman. Not mentioned in your article is how he (as a kid) and his father gathered old cast-off...
NYCAP nailed it: until the bank repo boats disappear, the 'normal' market suffers. The repo guys are bringing beaucoup product into the market...
"Irv The Liquidator" (as he was known, back in the day) will be asking the bankruptcy court for approval to allow Genmar to pay "...appropriate...
Great vid, thanks for sharing. Wonder why these guys couldn't take advantage of getting in the lee of the island... BTW,that 'Viking' in the...
If you find yourself stuck in Seattle for a few hours and get a hankering for seafood, I highly recommend Shuckers at 4th & University (downtown)....
....or Japanese net floats for the Minnow Seining Fleets.
Even under the old law, Scott, there was a 'Safe Harbor' clause that allowed you to remain in Fla waters beyond 90 days provided you were in a...
Don't think that's going to happen. As much as a "Better getting a small piece of something rather than no piece of anything" tax would help the...
This has to be particularly good news for thems who purchase slow boats which need all the time they can muster to depart State waters. :D...
More horsepower? With more displacement, seems likely. But less fuel consumption? Ooookaaaayyy..... Less engine wear/longer engine life?...
May or may not be true for all manufacturers, but everyone from Roger on down to the kid at the parts counter at Detroit Diesel knew not to run a...
This thread has turned into something shocking, nay, re-volting. Conducting this further may meet with resistance and result in being locked up in...
Bertram Yacht, and likely a lot of other manufacturers, were using isolation transformers for their shorepower circuits in the larger models...
Not to put too fine a point on it, but Detroits 6V-71TI engines were Not Good and, as a consequence, were short-lived in the pleasurecraft...
You wouldn't suppose all this has anything to do with 'dome envy', do you? "Oh, that one, dear boy, is for Muffy so she can watch the Animal...
Something else to consider... ...as K1W1 pointed out, you might be jumping ship in the dark under less than pleasant weather (and other)...
Having listed & sold my share of 'em... Doesn't really matter if you find one with the four-bangers. BTW, they are all stabilized. Naiads like to...
Likely, your best bet is to contact Nelson at GlassTech in Miami.
You'd think a 3408 rated continuous would run for a jillion hours. Why the need to replace? As Judy points out, replacing a motor that is...
The brand was not all that well received in the U.S.