Olderboater are you being a little hard on him by questioning his decision to buy the boat knowing he wanted to run at 8 knots on one engine? I...
By no means any kind of expert but have had shafts break and tried to educate myself as to the whys. Hard to tell from the picture but you might...
As my “handle” implies I love motoryachts especially Hatteras. I presently own a Viking 54 Sport Yacht (MY on a Sportfish hull). I cruise at...
I agree totally about the dry ride thing. Every boat I have ever owned throws some water when the wind comes up from the right direction. I have...
Don’t know what year the boat is but my 1995 Viking needed new exhaust risers. They had some life left in them but we had everything apart...
I second bayside diesel
Scott W seeking your insight not disagreeing. Why do you not like arbitration. I have been involved in that twice. It seems to promote...
Amgscrap’s post about loser pays works both ways probably favoring Princess. Despite the fact that I think capitalism (with a referee) is the...
Not disagreeing with Olderboat and others who think the blog route is detrimental. I am trying to learn why you all think this way. One I don’t...
Cruz and Ralph thanks for the feedback. Zen the 1000lb 4 way hydraulic rotation is 25,500 installed. Electric davits are much less 15,000(???)....
Thanks for your reply. Are you saying that the newer steelheads are a PIA to service? Is there a hydraulic davit that you know of that is...
Any of the forum members have experience with Steelhead Davits and the Dealer Bullhead Marine in Stuart? Am contemplating Steelhead’s ES1000 with...
I used gizmo when I couldn’t think of the word. I meant to say joystick.
I was in Southseas a couple of weeks ago when a brand new sea ray 50 plus footer came in and played bumper boats with me and the concrete dock....
Thank you all for your replies. I to like Chris. I worked with him when he was at UMT. I have read on here about Nautical Structures and am not...
Just got back from my big annual cruise and my 1000 lb manual davit with 120V “winch” gave me more trouble than I am willing to put up with....
Thanks I understand now.
Ralph what do you mean by a “D” bend in the shaft? Thanks
My problem sounded similar. I described it differently and I saw it as an occillation of the shaft between the gear and the stuffing box. I...
I never considered the possibility of going back to cables. Don’t know about the bends and such. Do cables exist that some of the commercial...
