You are comparing apples to oranges. IF you look in your CAT manual it will state that you can cruise your E rated Caterpillars at 80% load all...
What you posted has nothing to do with load at cruise or continuous load and CAT does indeed recommend 80% load as an all day, every day, cruise...
Rarely, but yes just like anything. I've had an ECM go bad once.......some engine control stuff such as a shifter solenoid.....but was able to...
They have a supercharger which makes them very efficient at 1000 rpms and under. Yes you could run them that way, but I'd plan on running them at...
What style boat are they in? In all reality in most situations they're 2000-2500 hour engines between majors. Parts and so forth are available...
The heat inside the boat will be unreal during summer time. I would believe it would effect the stability of the woodwork and the finish on the...
The dehumidifier and fan will help, but I surely wouldn't leave a 55' Fleming on the hard in Grenada in the summer, the heat will destroy the...
I'd go with a new one, I had them make a heat exchanger for a Detroit years ago based on a drawing and it came out great. I'd really consider...
Has it been 3 years since you've changed the oil? If so that is a very long time, it should be changed annually. The levels are fairly normal...
You can, there's also a marina that can accomodate that boat. Shelter Cova marina it's on the North side of the Canal on the Atlantic side. OP,...
It would most likely be much cheaper to have full time crew on salary than it would be for daily crew. Perhaps hire a few daily crew also.
It will probably be cheaper to ship it when you add up all the expenses, crew/food/fuel/repairs/marinas/canal transit/etc. etc. Just the fee for...
LOLOLOL that's nothing for your style Detroits.
It's because the blowers stopped producing positive pressure and the turbo's aren't making a lot of pressure yet. Test at 1800/2000/2300 with a load.
Hatteras 60' my has an aluminum tank in the forward engine room bulkhead, it's in a dry location and above any bilge water, if there were any....
Single levers are much easier and free up your hand for bow thruster controls or other measures like steering in tight spaces. Seperate levers...
64' Hatteras has a tremendous fuel burn, even dialed down to 20 knots was 100 gph. 60' Hatteras is 80 gph at 25 knots. IF you dial it down to 20...
It's gotten prohibitively expensive to repair outboard propellers. You're almost better off buying a good used one a lot of times if it's...
expanding on it, aside from the marina's in Naples, majority of the dockage is only suitable for a center console boat or outboard due to draft or...
I'm taking boats that were converted. Kobelt are a bit old school looking, but they're not known as being as waterproof as some of the other...
