Yeah this is typical of bareboat charters... You want to mandate licensing? Sure... Great idea... Saturday night I was following one of th Miami...
You need to look at the pin configuration on the plugs but it indeed sounds like you have 125v-50 amps inlets on the boat side and use a Y to...
Latest info on active captain suggest favoring the red side with well over 10' thru out When in doubt about local knowledge, I call the local sea...
Iraq was about eliminating a brutal mass murdering belligerent dictator whose goal was to acquire WMDs and supporting terrorist groups whose goal...
It sounds good, it s nice sound bite but go back to the debate and the resolutions passed to authorize action (back in the days when we had a...
The primary reason to invade Iraq was not oil but was to prevent sadam Hussein from developing WMDs and providing support to terrorist. It was not...
If a wire had not been connected it woudlnt work at all... No way a bilge pump starting woudl cause enough of a voltage drop to shut down...
Because you are not loosing power to all instruments at the same times, I think you eliminate the wiring between the battery and the breaker...
Intermittent problems are the worst to troubleshoot especially when you get billed by the hour The fact that it affects various items at...
Which items shut down? A complete list will help determine where to look... For instance, is it only some of the electronics like GPS, sounder,...
And who is pushing ethanol? Who is forcing oil companies to use it? Who recently admitted in an interview that he only supported and pushed...
Low pressure is usually a sign of low oil in those transmissions. Level needs to be checked with the engine at idle. Typically when it s low you...
Definitely an alternator or regulator issue.. You need to start by checking the wiring to see if you have an internal or external regulator. This...
It all depends on the boat and how it s used... I think this thread, and it's latest post, is about boats under 100' so 100 gal a minute...
I ve had two doing this... One had a loose motor assembly, all 4 bolts to the plastic brackets where gone and the motor and gear where flapping...
Install a blue sea digital volt meter with alarm in a place where you can easily see it... Saloon, galley, wherever you spend a lot of time. Way...
It s no just the sand, silt, etc that makes it thru the strainer but most importantly the growth that sticks to the inside of the coils and reduce...
When you say it didn't hold course, what where the exact symptoms? Did it let the boat drift off course in one direction until the error got so...
As Capt J suggested a 5 gal bucket circulating the cleaning mix with a small bilge pump is th way to do it. You can use Trac or Ph-ospho. Some use...
Guests especially kids love to jump from the upper decks. We only let guests do that if the water is deep enough obviously but they pay a lot of...
