Defender carries maxwells, they may not stock the bigger ones but they should be able to special order them. And they usually have the best...
I m not a huge fan of hydraulic windlasses unless absolutely necessary. Loose hydraulics and you can’t raise anchor… do you have a thruster? If...
HE inlet is clean. I did find some old impeller bits which a previous captain never looked for. It’s not really noticeable from inside the boat,...
How is the hull built? Cored?if so Balsa or foam? If solid glass or foam cored you don’t have much to worry about in the near term but if the...
We ve out about 100 hours on it in the last couple of weeks. I think it was an old defective VR which someone just left on board
Another ohno issue: exhaust noise. While neither of them overheat or even run hot they are just way too loud as if not getting enough water to...
But wait there is more…. That spare regulator I had while looking brand new may have been used and defective. It worked far a few hours and...
I know owners who run their own 70…80… even one with 94 footer. Underwriters care more about experience than a piece of paper. in the US there...
A water flow issue will not prevent the fan from running or the pump from running either. it’s been 20 years since I be had to deal with the old...
We get two of three years out of the impellers on the 3412Es, over 1000 hours. I don’t think we replaced the pumps in all these years. Same with...
None. Best engine in that HP range. I ran a pair of them (2003 vintage ) for about 8 years, started in 2008 at 1800 hours and ended at 5400 in...
Yes! Nothing worse than a boat without the right sheer line or worse, a reverse sheer line like sea ray started doing some year ago.
We were docked actually, that’s at Norman’s Cay here is a side view [ATTACH]
I think I had nightmare after taking a picture of this thing bearing down on us :) [ATTACH]
What size boat? Was there a dinghy on the platform ? i ve seen many small sea rays with hydraulic platforms and dinghys, they all seem fine....
Under 60 it will be pretty rare for owners not run their own boats except for occasional long trips or parties when the owner what to enjoy the...
This is why I suggested a remote controller instead. If your thruster control is 8’ away front your stern cleat, it s not going to do you any...
My personal boat is a 53 hatt…. No locks down here but but plenty of single handed docking, no need for thrusters. if you don’t get the fact...
Fire up the engines, split the gears to kick the stern and pick up the slack. You can do that from the aft deck controls or a remote. or better...
Why would you be standing in the dock to pull the boat when docking ?
