I missed the part in the article that stated that just a partial section of hull was being shipped with the superstructure and looking at Rogers...
My first thoughts exactly but it looks like Rodger's photo captured the hull aboard the transport ship along with the superstructure, so both were...
Super Yacht Times had an article on this build on Aug 30-22. It's a 55-meter that Balk had the contract for the superstructure but not the hull....
It'll be interesting to see how our "Ghost Navy" or unmanned vessels pan out in the future. I've been reading what's out there so far and it seems...
I don't buy into your statement that Hatteras employees weren't boaters or seafarers. In 1994 Hatteras's director of engineering Walter...
eSysman on YouTube has some pretty shocking new video of the extent of below the water line damage on Utopia and other relevant video that's very...
Saudi owned and sits in Jeddah at the yacht club and doesn't move out of the Red Sea area so rarely seen. Middle Eastern's don't use their yachts...
The glass manufacturer 's name should be etched into a corner of the glass somewhere. CMR used to make a lot of glass and stainless portlights for...
Pacific's Russian owner is on "the list" so the reflag makes sense and has followed suite with the others that have avoided seizure.
If the engines are MTU than they'll have major service intervals referred to as "W" service@ 2,000, 4,000 & 6,000 hours.
His warehouse / lab in Riviera Bch always looked like the original mad scientist of the marine world every time that I would drop in on him....
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You definitely get what you pay for with pressure regulators and Watts makes a robust unit that's on the pricy side of $200+. I've installed a few...
The generator should be showing fault codes or shutdown event messages on the comm screen. What code are you getting?
Taking power off of the shell door hydraulics sounds like a simple solution underway but the reality is the door seals leak, and it doesn't matter...
I think that's some extremely expensive compound curved glass up there that more than likely came from Zeiss after exhaustive testing and sign...
Feadship mentioned the heavy lift crane in one of the press releases that it was used to lift the stern over the graving docks entrance sill on...
That would be a depressing letter to receive. And the fine for turning your AIS off? Has to be cheaper than $32,000? All sorts of good excuses of...
I've been watching this thread hoping somebody would say how the Gov / law enforcement was going to enforce this regulation? Satellites?...
That 66 Pacemaker was a huge boat in the mid to late seventies. I used to be part time washdown/ mop boy when I was a kid at the Pacemaker...
