You're welcome, Scott. I actually did very little boating. I was project manager on a refit of a Hurricane Katrina boat. When the job was...
I would suggest that the single most important requirement for piloting in your target areas is a comfortable knowledge of the rules of the road,...
Well, I do, but out of deference to this site's advertisers, I won't check that can for worm content. Some models of long range trawlers by maker...
I would go with a vessel that stays upright if the propulsion or stabilizers are lost.
Active Captain had a couple of newsletters about using T-Mobile in the Bahamas. Free data and text roaming just about anywhere, and phones are...
Cantalupi was the big name in interior lights for a time, maybe even the original mousetrap light. Everyone carried them, including West Marine,...
I live in San Diego, run the coast from Mexico to Alaska and spend time in Pacific Northwest waters. I've also done the entire Atlantic...
I ran a 55 Nordhavn for a while that had overflowing evaporator pan issues from Day 1, I was told. The worst ones were in the pilothouse settee...
Maybe a picture when you're there. You say in Post #1 "Fuel Switch". Is it a switch for sure, or a valve?
I've worked on a number of Rivieras, including the 51. I really had no problems finding electrical stuff for them. The switches (Vimar, Carling...
The IRS isn't doing as well at policing these deductions as they once were able. It used to be that if an IRS auditor was looking into your books,...
On the West Coast, it was much like you describe in that the boat owner's business extended the salaries and benefits to "off site personnel". In...
Unfortunately, your summary is quite correct, but it may be that the responses illustrate why there is no unified or accessible health care in the...
The water is the conductor.
olderboater: Thank you first for the concern you've always demonstrated for not only your own yacht employees, but for the culture as a whole. I...
It depends on the type of installation. Some older systems have plumbing from the bottle going to discharge ports. Otherwise, the emergency pull...
Surprisingly (to me, anyway), direct drive isn't unusual. When transiting the Panama Canal one time, we were told that was the reason yachts have...
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I'm with you, Carl.
The big problem was that the weather jib sheet was fouled or the leeward sheet had come undone.. You can see the clew curled over to the port side...
