Wire rope will fail from the core out so it doesn't matter if its clear or not. Amsteel and Spectra are just far superior to the old school wire...
Ohh, come on Ralph, Don't be a Debbie Downer... Your of the vintage to remember "Sat Nav" or transient satellite navigation where you had a bird...
That's the third time that "Braided Cable" has been mentioned in this thread. What is that? I've never heard of Braided cable, Is this something...
That's a good point. Nylon covered wire rope certainly is rigid, heavy or stiff enough that it wont wrap itself around a throttle binnacle or such...
There are much better alternatives to nylon covered wire cable, one being Spectra rope. Spectra 1000 rope as ten times the tensile strength of a...
Correction, that should have been Double pulse loran "A" for us old timers that were looking at trying to align the two circles on the CRT...
Si Tex / Koden is the radar in the photo after enlarging and its a Mono LCD eighties model because trust me when I tell you that stateside in the...
Fl. Rigging and Hydraulics in Riviera Bch, FL. may be your closest option.
Builders are leery of anything that's not main stream / tried and proven technology for the application at hand when negotiating new build...
Rolls Royce owns the designs or the licensing rights now for Ulstein Marines Fwd. facing drives or tractor drives in fixed and CP, azimuthing and...
Exactly why this abhorrent procedure is being done to the bows of vessels in that size range ,
So this turns out to be a situation for the 24 meter cut off measurement for pleasure vs commercial registration per MGN-280 MCA code. You can...
All kidding aside , perhaps this design has something to do with RINA tonnage certificates or gaming the system for coming in at a more...
Cheaper to ship on Dock Wise when you can remove the bow for less LOA... or, it'll fit in the boathouse easier with the pointy end removed.
Its a sad fact that the U.S. isn't as proactive in research and development in ceramic marine coatings as Europe has been.. They certainly have...
So "all in" what would be your estimate for this Jim Smith repower?
If Prop Speed is your coating of choice for your running gear than fair enough, You'll find many new entries into the silica/ ceramic hybrid...
J, I like your "pluck" but I'm sorry to say that two Caterpillar Marine C-32 Acert or any new C-32 motors of any rated output in bobtail...
Yes we did. I'm now a couple of months in on a medium sized repower that has the scenario listed above. Girder mods, drive line etc. etc. Rarely...
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