I just love it when all the experts jump in and tell me that "obviously I have no idea" how the business works, how a crew works really hard etc...
Simplistic answer, however, in a commercial application that generator or any small engine should have been maintained by a professionally trained...
Was that "turnip truck" next to the "banana boat". :cool: Caterpillar give guide lines as for how much fuel is used more than emphasizing the...
Commercial app - professional engineers, private app - amateur Captains, rather simple
So one of the very busiest charter boats over 100' here in the US does about 19 to 22 weeks per year, does that mean the crew are working their...
for those with friends in Japan, that is not humor but sick.
If there was a paid "professional" captain on board it is his / her responsibility to ensure that the vessel is in a safe & seaworthy condition. A...
I often wonder why a yacht charterer is prepared to pay thousands and in some cases hundreds of thousands in tips, food and fuel costs when they...
Might have been a good idea for the captain to check the position of the fenders before attempting a narrow opening instead of blaming the deck...
Is this the same "Norseman" offering free beer cruises to his tenants on a friday night. ? :rolleyes:
I think alot of times people forget we are in the Pleasure boating business, does that mean we have to upset other folk, is there not enough areas...
NO, I do not like to argue but your post about Manatee's being NON Native is like a lot of what you write, wrong. Why can you not admit your...
So CaptJ, how are you going to explain the following that is taken from the US Fish & Wildlife Service "Manatees are well represented in...
are you saying the float switch would air lock or the pump ?
20 years ago I did not really have an opinion one way or the other about the manatee's and speed zones but then saw some terrible photographs of a...
I thought those stickers said do not disturb until I put my glasses on and then thought that must be nice, employing the US Marshalls for a...
I have noticed that alot of the boats owned by people in the construction business keep them at a marina in Fort Lauderdale on the New River, West...
I heard that the naval ships know when these small boats are about but when they board them the pirates dump their guns and insist that they are...
Captevan, You must have seen the Volvo with the strainer on the suction side in the conference center as the one on display at the brokerage...
That same very large and successful sportfishing boat builder is also the largest user of the same MAN engines that you are referring to and they...
