Not sure about all that. My feeling is that the OP is not a captain, or at least not one with experience in this type of trip. There should be...
The 37 aft (believe it was a 1987) w/ Cummins gas cruised at between 14 & 17 kts. depending on circumstances. Don't remember the RPM's What I...
Ditto. Check the quals of each person coming. This is no place for tourists who will be bored when they're not scared, and end up expecting you...
That would be the one.
I thought you were just playing Devil's Advocate to help the less experienced boaters get the message. Didn't realize that you were going a step...
Let's be serious now. From the cases I've read about on Google searches, what determines culpability in that situation is how long it was...
Knew that. Owners just never cease to amaze me, especially when it comes to using radar. I once came out of B.I. in dense fog, saw a boat...
No need to have it fitted, but if you have it you must use it.
I'm no head expert and DK what a "GM toilet" is, but most places won't be thrilled with pumping overboard treated or not.
Why in the world didn't he split-screen the GPS with either the radar or FLIR? No way would I give up radar. It could also bring legal or...
New Twist Now here a new and interesting twist in the game, BIG JAIL TIME FOR PAYING RANSOMS:...
Welcome Stephen. It sounds like you've packed in quite a bit of experience with no papers. Obviously you're realizing that you'll have to get...
Very interesting. On a slight tangent, Like we need people surfing the freakin net while driving, as if calling & texting aren't bad enough....
With most of the gas boats I run you can turn them on at either location (helm or panel), but you have to turn them off at the same location. DK...
Especially if you're getting paid by the day.:D
I'm noticing a patern growing here, i.e. 'Let's throw on another option nobody wants so we can charge more .
Unless someone didn't connect the dots and say 'We don't respond to these', I foresee a big problem for 1st responders coming.
Don't these have a distinctly different distress signal than a marine unit? When I see the Northstar commercials the operator calls, refers to...
We can only hope. I've heard several calls with "no name, location or nature of distress" over the past couple of weeks (Not from this area), but...
If it's the convertable that has a 1230 gal. capacity. Assuming 70gph that gives a 357nm (17 hour) range at 20 kts. That says fuel stop (Ocean...
