Hi, The white stuff you see with coolant being boiled off is steam not smoke. White smoke is normally unburnt fuel. Cold engines and a lack...
Hi, I heard of a contract negotiation where both parties had pretty heavy legal teams battling for each side. The shipyard had clauses that...
It is the same in many businesses. It sounds like someone had a big idea to show what a wealthy and generous person they were but did not have...
If by this you mean fwd or aft side not top or bottom you have a bent crank.
Hi When the main brg shells are out is there any signs of fretting on the back or a lot of wear on one side of the bearing surface? If it...
Hi, If it got that dent from striking something the shaft might be bent which might explain why it spat the thrusts out.
Hi, Personally I would keep it, I would much prefer to spend the day working with an inflatable one to an old fashioned one.
Hi, Wasn't there one involving the US Navy and a trawler where the sub was being used for a jolly with civilian guests onboard albeit under...
Hi, The size of them means more capacity can be carried in a given space. In a sinking properly secured rafts with hydrostatic releases will...
Hi, I am hoping this is s typo and not an indication that Adobe has entered the LSA Arena.
Ed, You might want to look st a chart next time you are bored. Southern Latitudes include places like Antartica and Cape Horn, not the...
Hi, If building from scratch a colission bulkhead, storm shutters, double bottom tanks, closed cofferdams and watertight compartments with good...
Hi, Thanks for that, I have followed that project with interest.
+1 from a steel boat fanatic
CapnJack, Copper in oil, damaged crank or other copper backed bearings. Reduced Oil Pressure, damaged crank or other bearings reducing the...
Hi, If you can call going from 14l to 18l an increase of some 200 ci, overhead cam and full electronics and thinner liner walls minor changes,...
Hi, If the OP is on a tight budget the 3406E would be very well worth considering even if he has to buy a couple of old cores out of trucks to...
Hi, Here is the rest of it. Don't look like a windy day though but the river was high with all the flood water flowing away. The Boat...
Hi, I object very strongly to being asked this especially if I am also being asked to pay to attend something. If I don't have a drivers...
Hi, Not quite the thing I was looking at