Since the bridgewatchman ticket is a Canadian specific item, few below 49N even known it exists. It has no STCW equivalent or recognition, and for...
I have to give you full marks for honesty. Both you and the future (probably short term) owner are the victims of marketing hype.
You can probably sell the TBODs (ThruBottomOutDrives) to someone who can justify it just because no one else on his block has one. But if you...
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You figure those boats will do a lot of long range cruising? They are made for speed, not for tankering enough fuel to get anywhere. That is...
Fair enough regarding the use on larger planing boats. But, in that application they are competing with surface piercing drives and jets, either...
Your ending bank balance.
I never said it was useless or didn't work, but I strongly suggest that the marketing hype far exceeds the real performance gains and costs above...
Sorry Cap, I don't have a "campaign." I could care less who buys the stuff, I just pointed out that marketing has more power over people in the...
Sure you do, but like most other people, you don't know what one is. The marketing folks at the companies jumping on the bandwagon are...
No, it's an outdrive or a Z-drive. There is no drive motor in the underwater part of those things. There is no more a "pod" to them than there is...
No way are these things "pods." They are simply another version of an outdrive or a lightweight Z-drive. A podded propulsor contains the drive...
My post was completely tongue-in-cheek, wink wink, nod nod ... taking the p-ss, eh what. There was not a serious thought associated with it.
What do you need fuel pumps for anyway? Didn't what's his name say there is supposed to be a gravity fed fuel system? ;)
Coveted? It can be bought off the shelf, it's not an award that has to be earned. It's not just tax and business. Cayman offers a few but...
Good idea, the guy might be royalty and we know those folks have problems doing internet searches.
A stoichiometric mixture is when the correct ratio of oxygen to fuel exists so that all the fuel can be burned without leaving excess oxygen after...
An oil sample should always be taken from a running engine at normal operating temperature. Like K1W1 suggested, if you had a change over 5...
I would check with CAT and ask them specifically about that engine and its expected lifetime fuel burn. Their standard number for maximum wear...
