To answer both questions. I've always seen C30s rated at 1550 HP. I've never seen whisper wall falling down, especially on any Hatteras 80' as...
It shredded gears. It was being delivered back North on a delivery, no owners/guests on board, no water in the oil. Stuff breaks.......I would...
By using that theory you could also state that the Oil pressure gauge is useless too.......because a motor always has pressure, unless it's about...
The listing fuel burn numbers are wrong. At 1200 rpms you'd be at about 45 GPH combined. 80% load is 112 gph both if propped to achieve WOT....
The IPS boat I dealt with, did some traveling. To and from Key West from Baltimore, Exumas, etc........it went almost 5 years before it had 1 pod...
Cargo below could be damn near anything. I would think something dense and heavy such as steel. The cargo had to have enough room to shift...
I also had another oil sample that had high coolant. We weren't losing a lot of coolant, very little actually, almost not enough to notice but...
If anything would survive a fall off of a freighter, that boat would be a very good pick. A fiberglass yacht OTOH would probably be a disaster.
Yes, I had one with a similar situation captpkilbride. Same/similar scenario, all of a sudden really high copper, and engine was almost out of...
it's actually not hard to remove 5200 from a flat stainless rub rail or most others. The rubrail is a nice flat surface and you can get a razor...
It looks like they lost a yacht on the stern on the port side. You can see the cradles welded to the deck and everything where it used to be and...
What if there's high sodium. Then you know there's an issue and can check your heat exchangers/coolers and change the bad one, before you ARE...
EVC failure....... i've seen it pop up on a few of them......lol...... turn off battery switches, wait 30 seconds, restart and you won't see it...
Too low to worry about IMO. Indicative of a boat that's been sitting more than it's been running. However, if I saw over 150 ppm of iron or 60...
50% of the nutrients in fruit, the fruit gains in the last 2 weeks on the vine......so even if you ripen them, they still don't taste the same as...
Look INSIDE of the breaker panels in the engine room, as in behind the one row of breakers, there are additional breakers and fuses in some of...
Generally you have a couple of breakers and selector switches all on the same electrical panel. All of this remote switching of shorepower, I've...
No parents don't teach millenials any of the basics. I much prefer the days when we actually got local fruits and veggies that actually were ripe...
The cummins are very good engines. You would have to consult the Cummins dealer as to what is recommended/required for the 1000 hour service and...
Why is installing it with 5200 incorrect?????? That's how Viking installs them now and many other SF builders.
