Update on my Yacht Controller post from 2 hrs ago: still love it but have learned a few things 1. Change batteries start of every year. I had the...
I upgraded my 54’ Flybridge with an ARG (anti roll gyro) installed by American Spin Doctors. Air cooled vs water cooked like Seakeeper. So far...
Thrusters are a godsend for inexperienced captains, like I was 4 years ne 500 hrs ago. I love having them paired with my hand held yacht...
I made the round trip from FLL to Charleston & back last year. (54’,4.5 draft 19.5’ air draft ) Biggest skinny water challenge was between...
A buddy of mine sets up syndications for oil drilling- he killed it during fracking boom, slowed some, now picking back up. But he had a great...
I thought the online instruction was good/ better than I expected. Lots of video animations that you could watch as many times as you needed. I...
I took Mariners Learning Sysrem to get my 6pack. I had enough documented inland hours over 20 years of runabout lake( literally on paper...
If we could only harvest all the hot air and hubris in Social Media posts to make a perpetual motion machine….. WAIT!!! IDEA!!! KRS WAS RIGHT...
Your family in Texas will love the easy flight to South Florida to see your boat. The bigger challenge I see is finding a marina to live aboard...
2 years ago I lucked into a slip at Sunset Harbor(54’) on the sat of Miami Boat Show as someone either departed or cancelled at last minute....
This is the fun part because everything is in front of you. Walk the docks. Sniff lots of boats. Get a sense of layout. (I’m a flybridge man...
Doc… there’s marketing and there is reality. When in some future date Pascal starts posting his experiences operating “Silent” or solar eYachts...
As a fellow midwesterner, when I bought my 54’ Flybridge in 2018 I chose to buy and base our boat in FLL. Reasons 1. Largest market of boats to...
I had same filmy issue from stbd engine. Ran injector cleaner and it cleared it up.
I was at Big Game/Bimini in 2018 and an older guy had charterered a 70’-ish-Euro looking yacht moored across from us. He had a nice blond...
no… sadly in successive college summers I bought a ‘74 Gremlin for $400 that the carpet would get wet every time I drive in the rain/ then the...
Doc there is a big difference in the capability of a “delivery” from FLL to NYC in 2 days versus the “reality” of that trip. I’m guessing Cap'nJ...
[ATTACH] I love my vintage watches. Favorite is a 1969 Omega Speedmaster that I swap out NATO bands on…. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Yikes. ….my 2 cents is the condition of the slot machine pictured in the listing may give you a sense of the current owners philosophy as much as...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Well I’m not shy… here’s a pic of me driving my boat and my close encounter with Judge Smail’s yacht while I was lost on my way...
