I found a copy of the MCA Regs. on yachtchefs.com This site has some interesting articles on this topic but you have to drill down to find them.
Agreed O Boater, A safe food handler cert. would suffice for food prep and storage. There's a White paper of recognized flags that the MLC & MCA...
Well it was bound to happen after the MCA and PYA ran out of yacht occupations to churn the money/ euro tills. Just think licensed jet Ski...
Triple and quads?? Pods have reduced the overall space envelope of engine rooms. Designers & builders love this as they can take a frame or two...
My understanding is the Zeus and IPS drives have self sealing bellows if the drive is sheared off? Is this correct? I mentioned previously that my...
Forward facing or aft facing makes no difference in a hard grounding or say hitting a dead head. Either way your going to have propeller and or...
Thank you Fish. That looks like a circle of Mako Shark teeth! Looks really aggressive compared to Spurs Marine. I don't have any experience with...
There seems to be a HP threshold for the mechanical smaller pods at this time. the ZF 4000 is rated at 1200 HP @ 2300 RPM and was fitted to a...
Can Spurs Marine or any kind of line cutters be fitted to IPS or Zeus pods?
The Rolls Royce system is currently being manufactured for yachts and has all the same characteristics whilst the Schottel is catching up at this...
Too funny, An old Benmar A/P , right up there with the not to be forgotten Wood Freeman!
There's three or four 100 + foot Browards still in Service that are running with Ulstein Speed Zee drives. (tractor drives) These units were fixed...
Ocean should follow Bertram?? Quite the statement to say the least! The Leek family has filled a niche in the sport fish market for a long time...
There's a lot of these units out there as Prime movers on generators in marine and agriculture configuration. the marine units always had soot...
Just like your land yacht ( Prevost) keep as much as u can on a power strip, room to room TV and electronics wise and unplug anything that you...
Well Ron, Your on line review of the interior so upset Capt. Ennes and Mr. Winch that they felt that they may have to redecorate and have taken...
Pitted shafts could be the culprit so that scenario isn't far fetched. Are both port and Starb leaking? I had a case of one seal leaked on me...
No way to 100 % protect your vessel from lightning. It's a crap shoot at best. There's all sorts of "Static Discharge / dissipaters on the market,...
Grounding plates AKA Dyna plates were primarily used on composite builds for counterpoise for Single Side Band radio installs up until a few years...
Let the fun begin!! What does the class surveyor have to say? Who would tell you that you don't need what was approved by ABS and built to...
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