Surprised Pascal hasn't chimed in; he repowered his Hatt with re-man 6CTAs... Is the 35TE a single screw? Aftercooler zincs (2) are on the...
We had Diamond Series 450s, aka 430s, aka 6CTA8.3. (These were eventually superseded by the current electronic common-rail -- and higher...
I'm a little hazy on details and don't have the info on board with us just now... But I'm pretty sure it was the crankcase breathers that we...
Scandvik makes some decent LED replacement fixtures. See their E-500 or similar, for example. Operating room quality. That wouldn't be fitting...
Not really. Since Luhrs Group went south, all of their brands (Luhrs, Silverton/Ovation, Hunter, Mainship) have mostly been out in the wind....
Our previous boat had two main banks, each starting an engine and approx half of the house. Our AGMs -- 3x G31s each -- lasted at least 11 and 12...
Last I checked, ProNautic is ProMariner's current line. ProTech before that. Dunno "NOS". ? We installed a 1260 in our previous boat, worked...
I'd keep the closed cooling. It's worked OK for 55+ years, right? -Chris
I don't know about a 44DB, but ours came from the factory with a hydraulic platform made by General Hydraulic Solutions (GHS). Nothing special...
Yeah, I too would guess the rise would start changing at 70' or so. FWIW, I don't know anyone who hires a captain routinely to run a 50' boat....
Ah. -Chris
I thought Viking did/does mostly MANs... ?? -Chris
I recently read an unfavorable Crackerboy review in another forum, long time good employee gone, cutless bearing replacements improperly installed...
We have one, came with the boat, works well enough. I've not had a thruster before, so I have no way to compare Vetus with any other brand. -Chris
No, yes, and yes. Latter is often an aspiration, and it may take you a while to track down and fix each water source... but over time, a dry...
Call a servicing dealer and discuss. From reading, chances of Volvo answering seem slim. And it likely depends on which pod version, anyway,...
If you are in the upper Chesapeake, two MAN service providers are Hild's Marine and Shore Power. Hild's is the one we've been using, very...
Different boat, but... We had to first remove the door, and then the door frame... latter both screwed and glued. PITA, but doable without...
Can't speak to much of this, but... it's probably not uncommon you'll end up purchasing the boat wherever it is. After finding the boat (or...
Erp, sorry, I see I typed the math wrong. But I get your points. Maybe a consolation is that you might not have to run the genny as often or as...