In truth it's a very easy project that doesn't require structural compromise or a big budget in many cases. I made the changes for many of the...
Before and After Plans for Fwd VIP Conversion, Just for as an example. In the end I spun the head outboard and cleared space for a second entry...
Always have each vessel handle both ends of their own line, looped together to make the bridle. No one wants to waste their own dock line, but...
If sloppy out, I typically would use the starboard side knowing the davit would be on my outboard as I went forward.
When I rebuilt my Hatt53c, I built a pulpit for a plow and installed all chain rode and a windlass. Anchoring was never a problem, and no rail...
Forward I had a captain stateroom and a crew v berth. I reconfigured and built a VIP queen in the space of the former V berth, shrunk the captain...
I agree. Honestly, I don't even care about the bow line unless working into a slip using dolphin pilings. I want a spring line in place and a...
Yeah, bigger is slower to stop, so move more slowly in tight situations until you get a feel for her. In fact, get her out into the open and move...
...sort of like "Beetlejuice"...
I don't sweat the dock help. I appreciate it, and I know that the plan here is merely to get lines on and the vessel (and surrounding vessels)...
Actually think spring lines are both the first and third things.
Ok, I've done the same. Thanks, Capt Ralph... And my apologies for the few times I've run into shallow water and lost steerage.
Went SIM modem, plugged into the vessel wifi router, and it bounces through a cell extender on board as well....
End of the day, we all must do our due diligence aboard to put to rest issues that bring us concern. If you have an issue that is raising a flag...
Ok, fine. Don't touch the coolers. Use your heat gun on the incoming and discharge ports of the heat exchanger. Your temperature delta on each...
Consider swapping the coolers to see if the problem follows the cooler?
I don't think I've done that stretch of the ditch in 20 years. But when I think of bridges, it's the Alligator swing bridge that comes to...
I was on pace to do 3 days at displacement from Ft Pierce to LIS. We had a 5 knot boost from the stream. Bertha stirred things up, so we spun...
Just a heads up...when you load that "old" air handler with new pressures from a new compressor system, it is now the weak link. Keeping the r22...
Yeah, it's two week creep down the ditch...that would hurt...
