"... for some guys it's more important to see crew quarters..." Yeah, about the same percentage as crew quarters pics in the brokerage brochures.
"No Crew Cabin Pics??? " Well, duh ... when crews start buying yachts, brokers will start showing pictures of crew quarters.
Like the man said, Google is your friend: "TWICs remain valid for five years, unless the expiration date was based on a comparable credential...
"My license is due to expire next July ..." If that is a USCG license it will expire on April 15th. Your license is invalid without a TWIC...
Yeah, they doubled production capacity at public expense and made record after tax profits. Not to mention their Axis connections that are still...
"I still would run the engines every 2 weeks to keep the valvetrain lubricated and oil on everything." That is what the prelube pump is for....
"Getting the engine up to operating temperature without a load will still burn off any condensation in the upper end of the motor ..." Since...
"... shine spots on the crown?" Are you seeing this on all the damaged pistons? If so then you may have the wrong tips, wrong popping pressure,...
A thousand hours is only a few weeks of running. For the type of engine and operation he is talking about, fuel samples are very much an important...
I really doubt it is fuel if it only effected one engine over an extended period. Besides, bad fuel usually manifests itself in other symptoms...
"... he said his last visual of the Stbd one was last year." You've got a point there. But, if the stbd engine was suffering the same problems...
"... it was blamed on fuel quality by MTU ..." But this appears to effect only one engine.
"We don't need to nationalize anything unless you're ready and willing to nationalize everything!" The U.S. has done pretty well with the...
"... shine spots on the crown?" Localized high temperature burns off the carbon. This is consistent with overloading. I would check the...
By pump I meant the impeller if you are running a jet drive. It doesn't take much of a tweek to increase the loading of either. Ask K1W1 about his...
I neglected to mention that a slight overload in combination with poor scavenging will combine to create the problems mentioned. have a good look...
What is the condition of the turbos? Almost imperceptible loss of turbo efficiency can lead to overheating of exhaust valves and the kind of...
"Cellison31 has requested his membership to be removed." Geez, talk about thin skin. It's difficult to be more educational than to quote the...
Gee, you mean like what was posted back in July? "Currently, for mariner licensing and documentation purposes, the only accepted equivalencies...
Here's today's latest: Sonic solution may not be a sound investment Use of long range acoustic devices called into question after security...
