How large is your ship? I'm assuming mostly sail power. The adventure in crossing is an experience. Hard to have dreams of a trip like this and...
Also on Thursday, the U.S. Coast Guard rescued 12 crewmembers who abandoned the Bolivian-flagged cargo ship Minouche north of Haiti after the ship...
RORO Ship missing in storm. Tim Nolan, President of TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico issued the following statement regarding the situation with the El...
Errrrr aahhhhh? It may not be all the temp of the fuel, the bilge area temp vs the water temp vs outside air temp and humidity are all factors in...
I think everybody has tried to talk you out of a wood boat, with gas engines and the expense of moving her. You still have a hard on to do this. I...
I do not recommend steel wool. You really have to make sure all (ALL) the steel is gone. And will probably leave micro stains on the deck/hull...
I'm 6'8"/ 280 lbs. On this 90, was not much room. All cast iron in the ER. less in the crew (by way of the ER).
We helped on a rare 90' (27+m) in Jax a few years ago. MTU was the captains #1 complaint. Next, he was Bingo fuel way before he was out of...
Ouch. Sorry to hear about that. It does take a bit of pressure to blow out one of those seals. I had it happen on a gen-set at start up. Cold oil...
Back to your sea trials vs real life use and original post. I can easily imagine a used boat, not much use lately, sitting with a for sale sign on...
There are usually a lil graphic or instructions on most filters. If the filter has instructions on it then that is what to follow. My comment was...
There are updated mounts for oil and secondary filters to make them spin on. Even for the old Allison clutches. DDC used to sell an adapter for...
Are you putting fresh oil on the gasket before assembling? When spinning on, it stops and 1/4 turn more? The gasket swells when wet from fuel, it...
Everybody thinks there saving water or capacity with short flushes. Complete flushes, expressively the beer flushes has to complete. Crystalline...
I wish a USVI - Caribbean expert would chime in here to help make sure. You may need to contact directly the places you want to stop at and ask...
I did the same on an old gas Chris my self. After years of bringing back the wood and fat toe rails I had to sell her. About the same as purchase...
I am sorry for your failure and troubles. Perils and disappointment this large can really pile on stress. Stay well.
Would you do better purchasing a Connie already or part way there? Then fixing her? It's not like a shortage of Connies already on the Left coast...
OP states; Jam at 2050 rpm. Thus far, that is the only thing we have to interpret from.
Hang on, Found the Silver Yacht web site. Yep, that is a very cool ship.
