looking good. really shows the amount of prep and taping etc that goes into painting. probably as much man hours as the actual painting.
Unfortunately no fishing this run. Most of our slow speed running was at night, then we hauled ass in the day.
Took on fuel at Nassau and PR as you said, Clarence town, then Provo Turks and Caicos, st Maarten and then st lucia. Other than the Turks to PR...
Thanks Dockmaster, was one hell of a trip. really glad I got the chance to be a deckhand for this run. For this long leg we had to do some slow...
this set of pics is from the run between the T&C islands to St Lucia
I was finally able to make the run from Fort Lauderdale to Trinidad on a 60 bert at the beginning of December. Made the trip with a local captain...
I wonder what she was doing here in Trinidad. We dont often get superyachts down this side. I could only assume, picking up spares or supplies.
Speaking of explorer yachts, saw Octopus at anchorage in Trinidad this weekend. She is quiet a machine.
yea on that size boat 150 foot of chain with 200 ft rope should be good For most anchoring you most likely wont use all the chain, and then you...
sweet ride ! congrats. You cat beat the lines of the vintage oceans. They sure have aged well.
Hi Cpatain Ralph, here are some better shots showing the front of the engines. Definietly a good bit more headroom at the front the engine. I...
About 1300 lbs per engine, and maybe a litle bit on the transmission. so around 2700 lbs total
Thanks fellas glad you like the pics. in answer to some of your questions. @Capt Ralph 1. the new gears are ZF 1.97:1 with a 10 degree down...
here she is launching and at speed
Here are the cats installed
My buddy finally finished up his repower project on his bertam 68 Cockpit MY, boat was a 58 aft cabin with a 10 foot cockpit added. The boat...
Hi all, a friend of mine is finishing up a repower project and he has reconditioned zf 665a gearboxes. He is trying to source the oil pressure...
As Captain J said, The GPH should be right at each RPM point, just make sure that you are propped right and making the max rpm of 2300, otherwise...
The MTU 10V2000, rated at 1600 hp might be a good candidate. Vikings has those engines in their 58 convertible, and the performance seems to be...
The posts above seem accurate, I remember watching a video review of the swift trawler 34 by a British boating mag, and in the video you heard the...
