The news article stated that the yacht was on it's way to Fort Lauderdale and owned by Westport. Have to wonder if it was going to...
There are a lot of inadequate search utilities on web sites. When I have trouble with them, I use the site search extension available for chrome...
Like Ralph says, "Last fuel filter change?" Eliminate any cheap (er) variables, first. Replace primary and secondary fuel filters and be sure of...
I ran a boat for a man that was trapped in a fire aboard his previous yacht. He had to run through flames to get out and was near fatally burned....
No app available, only the Windows program, but I used Yacht Manager for years. It's very configurable, and can be interfaced with the log...
Had a similar problem on a 400 gallon waste tank. We almost never used a pump-out station, just pumped at sea. The bottom of the tank filled with...
Are those photos from 3 years ago, or more recent?
Conventional thought is that AC current does not cause galvanic corrosion, only DC. The purpose of the galvanic isolator is to prevent DC current...
Bad engine rooms could be a long and popular forum thread. A 92' Tarrab, comes to mind. Literally had to crawl over the top of the Detroit 12v92's...
You can buy them at virtually any auto parts chain, like THIS one
There are areas in the world where stern thrusters are a definite asset, like in the Pacific Northwest. There can be currents of over 4 knots at a...
It's pretty clear that there are two camps on this issue. I've done several bladder trips to/from Cabo, done trips with Nauta bladders, done a...
It looks like Whiskey Lima Oscar is still operating out of Mobile, Alabama, if Facebook is current. Over in the Pacific, we used KMI out of Point...
I've done the San Diego to Cabo trip numerous times with both bladders and drums. First, the distance with my set of waypoints from San Diego is...
The extended life types of antifreeze should be checked with test strips after 2 years, as I recall. Trying to find the test strips was a real...
It depends on if you're thinking of HF-SSB or HF Ham. There's lot's of traffic and scheduled listeners on Ham, but not a lot on SSB. Years ago, in...
I've been lurking on this one after scrubbing my initial reaction in case there was some incredible tech out there that I wasn't aware of. It...
Too late to change the industry. As has been noted, the gear is installed somehow. Maybe reevaluate basic assumptions, i.e; fastened from the...
Sometimes have to step back and think "inside" the box. Can another device be removed, like the radar, plotter, engine control panel, etc. to...
There are maybe 3 different manufacturers for those types of push-lock pull knobs (or more), all with a different center offset. It would be best...
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