You might also like to discuss questions of building small workboats on BDnet (boatdesign.net), there you will find lots of unqualified advice but...
It´s definitely quite an attractive boat you found there, especially considering the price. Generally the italian builders during the 1980s knew...
With broken sea valves / strainers for the cooling water intake you won´t notice something is wrong unless you enter the engine room for quite...
A fire axe against the sea valves for the engine cooling will do. as long as the valves are suffciently damaged there are very few ways to stop...
Basicaly the trick with boats is that the water is outside... :D
Hmm, ok, perhaps we should keep that question down to "don´t try this at home"?:D
Haha, I would guess having the need for a self-righting boat is not desireable at all.
...well, sure. Some math, some physics. That´s all. But if you want to give an answer and not just tell the TO not to bother the adults with that...
Basically it´s pretty simple, you need a boat boat with low center of gravity resulting in a long stability curve with positive righting moment...
You suggest he should have bought a Nordhavn instead? Or do you think it would have been better if he decided for a Nordhavn?
...everything comes with a price tag. ;) What I was talking about was the required number of hands for normal use. Of course more technical stuff...
Well, karo1776, handling a sailboat shorthanded is allways another thing and the more complex and big it gets the more you need afew hands with...
Ever hear of the Göta-Canal here in Europe? One of the most beautiful inland waterways over here with a ridiculous number of locks and many...
Well, I´m no typical yacht owner. Starts with not beeing adequately wealthy and ends with living aboard alone. Besides that I´m not much older...
I think Pascal is right. It all depends on how practical the boat is concerning layout and how time-consuming it is regarding maintenance and...
Ooops! I remenber it was something about boats, right? But now it´s getting scary... Helene Fischer is really a good looking lady, she just...
Difficult story. Partially it´s because governments often fail to take multinational corporate entities into responsibility for paying their share...
Basically all these tax workaround games are a problematic kind of approach for good reason. If it´s your toy you´re responsible for it. With...
If the boat is simple enough (concerning the auxiliary systems like water, heating and so on) it might be an option to try fixing normal problems...
I believe to remember that this particular yacht was used by its owner as a floating home in England and saw very few miles. I remember having...
