I worked on an original 1970-71, Striker 44. I miss that boat. I remember that Striker 70 at the southern tip of Marsh Harbor entrance. Her...
Of the 3, I feel the South American build quality may be better. However, my opinion here is based on other builds from Brazil and very little...
Where is your home port and cruising grounds?
So, The least of 3 evils? The Schaefer. may be the nicer build but may have Volvo pods. If you don't have IPS issues, then this would be my first...
As in post #52 above, Builders are tuning for emission rules. Think of those last ponies in the block as unleashed / wild / spare horses. When...
Ever notice how long a coke can last in salt water?
Don't get lower drive units confused with alloy yacht hulls. That is comparing weeds with granite. I have delivered and serviced converted...
Darn good price. We used to do this same service. But we worked on gen-sets.
Reminds me of another story. I was a guest at a S FL house in the mid 90s and the home owner wanted me to call him when the septic tank crew...
During some time in a previous life (career), us techs were called account managers then product managers. The contract managers were all laid off...
I think Oceans are a heck of a bit lighter also.
Sadly, 42 years ago, Bertram wanted the props in deep water. I do wish they were a bit further apart, level and shallower. Only vented these...
All in how you do your thing. With no thrusters, I often put my stern towards the wind or current (witch ever is greater) and crab in like that....
Again, I don't mean to distract from T.K.s thread, just killing server disk capacity till we get an update.
80% load is far from max HP. Rough but close enough; 1/10 of a gallon per hp per hour / 2, per engine. So, 2000 HP is about 100 GPH. Per engine,...
I'm 18 wide and don't have that much room between my 12V71 Detroits. However, got lots of room on the outside on the engines. Are your german...
Not painted red threw me off. However, I should of looked at the control box better. Yep, Westerbeke. I also did not recognize the Mitsubishi...
I understand all. :D:D
I was just reading this thread. One thought came up that was not mentioned; Somewhere, some water leaked into the air inlet. Water in the lung...
I think there is a panel behind the gen-set. From this I guess the box assembly has been removed for some maintenance. However, What ever brand...
