No clue about the boat, but if you don't know already reading suggests you should look over Tony Athen's/Seaboard Marine recommendations on how to...
Do you mean those as examples of "unfounded negative comments about Zeus drives" that you heard? -Chris
I expect that's only if you're looking at boats from the '80s or before... or maybe early '90s? Reading suggests DDs are relatively easy to care...
I dunno squat about marine gas engines, so can't really compare. We had 7.4 gassers in a previous boat though, 33' express, and I think 375-hp......
If you intend to do any traveling, or offshore fishing, with a 42' Egg... can't say I'd recommend gas engines. Our previous boat was a 42, a few...
You might. After tuning. But I suspect "better" props is about the quality of the metal, maybe some differences in shaping (perhaps to the max...
Either of those models (or some other), sounds like you just need to do some tuning. Tell your prop shop what RPM you've got (fully loaded boat,...
Were it me, think I'd aim for 2350-ish. Recommendation for our 2300 engines is 2300 at 90% load. I suspect that "shoot for 80% load at cruise"...
Surprised to hear that. We just had to have some out-of-the-ordinary work done, our MAN guy got parts easily enough. I've ordered routine parts...
We've invented the term "Carver Wake" -- not intended to be pejorative. just to describe what we often (not always) see. Only guess I can make is...
I'd think 6CTAs would be more suitable for that size/weight/style of boat... if that had been an option... -Chris
I went straight to 100 GT, and any extra requirement over OUPV was minimal. I don't know whether it made insurance easier or not. I know it did...
AIS frequencies are a smaller slice within the marine VHF frequency range. Shakespeare (probably among others) makes at least one antenna type...
We had a single DD 8.2T -- 220 hp, IIRC -- in a previous boat, worked fine. Wasn't meant to be a fast boat, and the builder's common alternative...
Agree, and if overnight charters might be part of the plan, a review of sleeping quarters and heads/showers is probably in order. (I dunno...
Agree... -Chris
Is it the steps? Or the ladder configuration and the climbing process? If the latter (almost a pun?) then maybe a staircase replacement might...
Bow thrusters can be nice... But often larger boats (40-50' is just a boat) don't drift or get pushed around as much as smaller ones, twins do...
Our MultiPlus installation also includes a remote DMC (basic controls, sounds like what you have) and a BMV-712 for remote monitoring. There's a...
If your guy used something like PropScan, he could send you softcopy of the results... -Chris
