I see boats your size get towed regularly in the Ft Lauderdale area. It seems the tow boat companies often use twin engine large RIBs, over 20...
That is an extremely good price for complete install and replacement of 4 aftercoolers. I just paid $5800 for C18 aftercoolers and the price has...
Ours is a 2006 model year. The boat spent half its life in fresh water, had 1500 hours on properly serviced C18s, and had a major refit (all...
I have done aftercoolers on a 3208 a few times and then recently on my C18s. For the 3208s the cost is maybe $5500 per cooler plus labor. I did...
This was also similar to our situation earlier this year, except that I was happy to entertain a Hatteras or higher end British build. We wanted...
\ Every technical discussion with you turns into a pissing match. My entire point here was to discuss and disagree with what you said in post...
The following is a direct quote from a 2008 thread between Marmot and K1W1, who has not been around in a while but was a respected member here and...
I think you missed the point of my comments above. It is not so much the difference between 80% and 68% but running for example 7 of 8 hours at...
I was on my boat this past weekend and went through my CAT C18 manuals and the guidance is as I posted above. These are the standard factory...
I will second using prop speed on your bow thruster props. I’ve tried petit and bottom paint and a few other things, and prop speed with a...
Rather than disassembling and rebuilding the pumps yourself, I would send it to Depco Pumps in Florida. For a reasonable price they will do a...
I think most of what your saying is correct. But not #2. The 100% load is strictly limited running time for E rated engines - thats because it...
Let me try to make this a little simpler. CATs D rated engines say the following. Look closely at the figure which shows what needs to go with...
What I posted has everything to do with load at cruise or continuous load. What I posted is also directly copied out of CAT literature and not...
What I posted above is not CAT C18 specific. It is the load and duty rating guidance across many of the large CAT industrial diesels including...
I have looked into this quite a bit over the years. I had CAT 3208s for 16 years and now C18s. There is the common folklore about running modern...
I agree with the above about getting a few reliable quotes to set your price reduction. You need to gauge the quality and state of the interior,...
Everything Pascal said is spot on. AC may need new compressor or something more simple. Stern thruster, just get a price reduction to cover a...
Hi Pascal. Thanks for the suggestions. I will definitely look into temp sensors for the ACs. I am always worried about the sea water pump...
Thanks for the response. The SENA and Eartec are the two that look good on a search. I like the idea of a headset vs handset when docking and...
