On November4th, 2013, Saildrone 1 arrived in Kaneohe, Hawaii, 34 days after leaving San Francisco. This amazing accomplishment sets a new world...
another Flying Yacht Concept How about this concept vessel...:rolleyes: Flying Yacht Concept Has the Industry Buzzing - YouTube Mon Voile...
I don't know what inspired their model, but it was Lock Crowther's Tara Vana that inspired mine.
I've been away from this subject thread a long time... Rather interesting that this 'specialty fishing vessel' of theirs does not depict any...
Crows in Boston Researchers for the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority found over 200 dead crows near greater Boston recently, and there was...
Compression Figures BTW, does anyone know what the pressure reading should be for one of these engines? ...and or a posted source for that info??
Electronic Ignition? I thought I had read where a number of these engines didn't have electronic ignitions?....at least the early ones?? I...
Maybe we should send the MADD folks after these ethanol blenders.....afterall they are the alcohol chasers, aren't they?....:rolleyes: ;)
Sent you a private email. hope it came thru OK? Turns out both of them are headed south today and tomorrow.
Asking RB480 and rcrapps,....and anyone else about adding a supplemental 'hotter spark' ignition system to these engines?
Ethanol in Marine Fuel? Does most gasoline fuel you buy at the marina pumps contain that same lousy ethanol content as the hwy brands? I...
Interesting submissions from a trawler forum discussion....
Thanks for that dbltime, I've made a mental note of that. Now if I can just keep my memory on track :eek:;)
Preliminary Engine Check I realize that this is the procedure on a 'typical survey'. But what if one wanted to determine the general condition...
I think I might shy away from a vessel that was trying to pump that much HP out of each cyclinder (~80),...from what I am reading on several...
In these cases you site 'dbltime', how extensive were the engines surveyed? Could the problems that arose be connected to an incomplete survey, or...
I'm a little confused. What is the difference between 4-71TI and 4-71TIB?? Aren't most 71 series engines 2 cyc diesels? Don't 2 cyc diesels...
Perfect Man ...saw this on another forum....ha...ha A man walks out to the street and catches a taxi just going by. He gets into the...
I don't doubt you Olderboater, I get **** mad at the manner this modern folks have adopted to telemarket their things. And I get tired of this...
That was what I was wondering about these gearboxes in particular? Good point about shaft bearings.
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