NO. See Capt Ralph's post for more details. Stick with Dometic.
Get a job as a mate on some of these day charter boats. You'll build sea time and see what happens behind the scenes. Then you'll come to the...
The pool pumps just don't last....... I ran one boat that had them.......6-9 months......and done. I don't think they do well with the cycling on...
PEX is the TYPE of plumbing. PEX is Cross-linked Polyethylene Chemistry Plastics. Most of those were/are brands of PEX tubing and fittings....
This ONE TIME in MIAMI.......no, that stuff happens all of the time in Miami......LOLOLOL, how do they spear the pier?
Several brands of PEX have had zero issues......google it, google dezincing.......several of those brands have made it on yachts.
A lot of the new handheld VHF's are submersible and float. Plus you can take them on the dinghy etc. etc.
The 70NM's is going to be easy to accomplish. Figure your range based upon 80% fuel capacity (10% unusable and 10% for storms), also figure the...
Not enough info......what cruise speed? How many days on board. How far would your trips be? What style are you looking for? Type of boating?...
They were 1150 hp. Boat was a 2001 68' Azimut. I managed 2 of them that were 2 hull numbers apart, and ALL electrical and location of everything...
Yeah, they're all different because San Lorenzo used 5 different sub contractors on all 5 boats, and none of them followed whatever plans there...
St. Augustine city marina, across the street A1 Ale house is a cool spot with great food. Comachee Cove is easy in/out from Ocean and has a good...
Every boat/yacht I run one gear runs a good 10F hotter than the other and 9 times out of 10, it's the port gear.
The multi conductor cable goes into a chase in the front of the engine room. It is a very distinct dark grey color and over 1/2" thick. All of...
So I tore more of the boat apart today. Master stateroom floors, nothing. Both midship twin staterooms.......found raymarine autopilot compass...
This was on daylight running only. 2 days at cruise.
I had a customer that had a cracked block. Recent service, replaced all injectors, injector pump etc. on 12v183 that was about 5 years old....
Why are you trying to fix a problem that does not exist? The temperature that the port gear is running is well within spec. Leave it alone.
Megayachts use vhf's for crew use almost exclusively. Any channel other than 09.13.16,22. 68, 10, 12 are popular. Problem with them is, when...
Where did you find mates for $100 a day? The homeless shelter? 1400 miles x 2.5 gpnm = 3500 gallons x $2.50 per gallon = $8750 just in fuel crew...
