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Thanks you, all, for the additional discussion starting with... And AMG's comment about triple IPS600 performance in a 54/60 is very useful....
I was eventually steered to two local Volvo-Penta servicing dealers, each with extensive IPS experience. Both have been very helpful, and I’ll...
Thanks, guys, very useful. And I'm in touch with some Volvo/IPS folks, getting better info now... so I'll get back with factoids... One I've...
Yeah, haven't tracked down local IPS specialists, yet... Partly due to lock-down, partly because the Volvo-Penta dealer locator doesn't speak...
I'll maybe have to rent a 12-year-old. :) The "deck seal" would be the "steering seal"? And the "one behind the prop" would be the "propshaft...
Heh. I've played a computer game with joysticks approximately 0 (zero) times in my life. Trying to occasionally aim our current spotlight with...
Thanks, Carl. I, for one at least, had read those threads... and a boatload of others from various places... but it's easy enough to have missed...
Happens I'm only just now beginning to consider the same questions about IPS... so factoids, informed opinions, adult-supervision would be very...
I don't know the waters or the fisheries out there, but... I'd expect a more usable candidate "sportfisher" might come from Viking, Hatteras,...
What is it about working for another guy on his boat that sounds attractive? Why not buy your own boat, be your own engineer... and captain, and...
?? I looked at the Post article. Didn't see the word "hoax" anywhere. It looked like a recap of what they were told at the time by CDC, Dr....
In many areas, the situation is also an opportunity for major transformation... if some will take the bait. For example, given recent forced...
Heh... don't feel like the Lone Stranger... almost nobody is born knowing everything about boats and boating. Heard of a Captain the other day --...
Comment from the smaller-boat audience, and pardon if I didn't understand you comment: Your Captain shouldn't be made to feel like that at all....
Umm... yes, legit point about slipping on FRP stairs. Although I've slipped (slightly) on both stairs and ladders, a slip on stairs when used in...
I don't see much of a safety difference; we have those same handholds on our stairs, and we can come down "backwards" and using those handholds if...
We've had a ladder, and now we have stairs. I could fall off of either. OTOH, I can't carry a tray of Happy Hour up a ladder, but I can do that...
The Powerboat Guide Broker's addition can be slightly useful, when the keyword search cooperates... and when a given boat is actually listed...
There are potential issues with stern mounting: backwash when coming down off plane, crossing stern lines at the dock, obscuring the name and...
