I mentioned in another thread that I had recently started a full refit of my aging 1970 Hatteras 53 MY. Bottom line, both engines needed a...
8.3 Originally I was going to use the smaller B series and keep running the boat as a trawler liek I do with the natural Detroits but overall it...
Mine is an early 1970 53 MYS and I have just started a full refit. While a little smaller than the boats you mentioned it doesn't make much of a...
For new boat buyers, I d say up to 60/70, the boat show offers a chance to see a number of models and narrow it down to a short list. After that...
Noise isn't much of an issue, you can probably improve sound insulation for a lot less money than the MAN maintenance cost. Do yourself a favor...
My comment about the yacht label was a joke aimed at every "journalist" who s ever called a smallish boat a luxury yacht... Especially when it...
Well I feel sorry for you not missign boating.... I guess you picked the wrong line of work. I love how the newspaper calls a 60' sea ray a...
Not a huge deal, although by 2003 you d think bertram would have learned how to handle core! No wonder they r out of business Spongy decks is...
Latest i saw last night wast that the ROV found a missing bridge and data recorder can't be found... They re going to go back to Side scan sonar...
The smell is better than clear Awlgrip :) you can recoat in 4 to 6 hours
I started using it inside my boat a few weeks ago. Easy to use and apply. Haven't used it outside but will soon on my sailboat.
Like every thing you need to use the right material and the right amount. A divinicel cored panel with just 2 layers of 10 oz S glass on each side...
True, although coring must be glassed on both sides, not just one, otherwise it will flex. You can easily epoxy plywood mounting blocks where...
Builders have been using plywood bulkheads for years and owners have been fixing bulkhead rot for just as long. Why not use foam core? Is it...
I think the possible issues between balsa and foam core are too differed to lump them together The problem with balsa is that once you get water...
Bottom line : the master picked the route, trapped himself between a hurricane and the bahamas, encountered weather his ship couldn't handle....
There is a HUGE difference in fuel burn between 8 and 9kts on a boat that size which probably has an 8kts hull speed. At 9kts you probably will...
If the core isn't balsa then it s even worst... At least with balsa you know the material will wick water but delamination in a form core hull...
If you plot the direct course or the course along the Florida coast then south of the bahamas, you will see the distance difference is only 100...
The problem with balsa core is that the boats do not come with a warning labels about the care required by balsa core when working on these hulls...
