Thanks Carl for the kind words. Since my date isn't until the end of the month I have given myself a reason to celebrate all month long, Woo...
Pardon me while I am a little self indulgent in congratulating myself on my 5th year anniversary on being a senior member on the greatest yacht...
I don't think this was posted yet. At least it didn't come up in my search. This tow boat captain needs to be drawn and quartered for...
Latest News on Ferretti as Feb 26 RLPC-UPDATE 1 Ferretti management in debt restructuring bid Thu Feb 26, 2009 7:27pm GMT * Ferretti...
Will do. You guys have provided me with some basic knowledge so I won't go in totally in the dark.
The boat will be US based most of the time. It may spend sometime in Florida for the winter, which means it could make a run to the Bahamas to...
Slightly off topic but kind of related - DUMB QUESTION ALERT Ok, by what I have read, the reason that most US owners flag their vessels outside...
Bayliner yachts now Meridian Brunswick did discontinue or should I say changed the name of the Bayliner boats over 34' to Meridian. Most...
Almost a year latter after that Sunseeker press release I wonder how the Bank of Scottland is fairing with the banking collapse?
That's interesting. You read so much about US builders and how bad the economy is hurting them (at least what is published here). I read the...
Hatteras has announce another but significant lay off at their main facility in New Bern, NC. 330 workers in this round. Hatteras has gone from...
From what I have read it is not available for sale as of yet. However, it should be soon as the various companies have the info on their...
If you haven't read about the latest upcoming radar technology here are a couple of links to a youtube video put out by Navico describing their...
The AIS data is received from VHF land stations with AIS receivers that are then connected to a PC. Which means, depending on the position of the...
Another feature I saw is that if you single click as you have your mouse over the ship you can get more vessel information and option to see the...
For all who like to see whats going on in the harbors around the world can go to this free AIS monitoring website. They overlay real time AIS...
Why MANs over CAT? What I understand is that the maintenance costs and parts availability are considerable higher and more difficult to obtain...
Thanks Capt J and K1W1. That's the info I was looking for. Trying to sift out the most current and correct info off of Google can be a challenge...
Question 1 Did MTU take over Detroit Diesel and are the previous DD engines still around, Series 60 and Series 2000? Not sure if the Series...
Maxpower Congrats on the new family member. Beautiful... BTW I love Singapore and the food there.:D