Can't comment on when you get to 62'. The biggest IPS I've run is 48' (Formula 45) and it sure didn't need thrusters. One particular docking...
+1 on the pump.
"Water Pressure: The New York State Department of Health standard indicates that normal water pressure in the distribution system should be...
Wouldn't a pump be easier and more sure? I'm thinking if they suck more than the hose can handle it might form a vacuum you won't know about...
Understandable but shameful (and costly) that the U.S. isn't on that approved list.
I know how they operate. I also know their size and weight. Fine for picking up cars in a junkyard where you might just grab an extra bumper,...
How are you going to teach that magnet the difference between cars and the hull and decks? As long as this has taken and as little as has been...
New boat with warranty in this size I can see not surveying, but sight unseen? Hope you've seen others in person to get an idea of fit and...
If that's it then the answer from the seller should be let me get it fixed and then we'll talk. The alternative would be let me deduct the price...
I've run several 65' to 110' crew boats with no thrusters, and never had a problem walking them straight sideways. And yeah, boats don't like to...
Btw, one place I taught a lot of people to use IPS was on the Shinnecock Canal where the current often runs at up to 6 kts., and yes an eddy runs...
Could be or could be..... Why would someone put a boat on the market without first repairing something as important and expensive as a gen if...
Or you could pay a few thousand for a new gen. I'd use that as my base line in negotiations unless the owner would prefer to bring it up to...
You're welcome to your opinion.
Fair enough. I have to say I don't think I've ever had a surveyor pick up on something I hadn't picked up on, but I'm not a mechanic. So the...
We'll agree to disagree on that, and in my thousands of hours transporting and teaching on IPS I've never had a complaint from a slip mate about...
Thrusters on pod boats? Sure on some big yachts and commercial craft, but I've never seen them on boats in this size range.
It's a must regardless.
To me Sea Rays are like Chevrolets, nice appropriately priced boats for what you get. Where they outshine most other brands on the east coast is...
Sorry but you're incorrect in that. With IPS you can do every maneuver you can with thrusters and gears and more. The fuel saving is well...
