I also have come across submerged or neutral buoyancy containers floating just below the surface whist at sea. 25 years ago in the Florida straits...
Aluminum melts @ 1,200 degrees f and will support combustion @ 2,200 degrees f. I can only assume the superstructure of this vessel is aluminum....
Huckins has produced very nice boats for a long time and this S/F looks to be a lot of boat for the money. See how it surveys and go sea trial it...
Quake Hold Crystalline Museum Wax. Home Depot $5.49 specially made for wood and holds like cement but peels right off with no residue, no mess.
SLC Mercedes, what a sleeper. Fastest beast Merc made pre AMG Pulled up to a traffic light in a '72 440 Plymouth Duster and got smoked by some...
Hi CJJ2, that was an impressive first post knowledge wise! Thanks you for your contribution. Was Tor Yachts involved or the company that built...
Your not going to get a log or "Dead head" past the intake grill on KaMeWa's just small line and cordage and if the impellor speed is sufficient...
KaMeWa jets were maint. hungry for sure and would suck debris up past the intake grill (Lobster pot lines) and we would have to open the...
Hey CaptJ, I'm not going to waste a lot of time here, do some research , Google or ask some salty dogs that were around in the late eighties....
Let me adjust my eyes here , Number one , Octopussy's sea trials were in the Zuiderzee in the Netherlands under the direction of the build team...
WOW!! Every shot a screen saver!! Don't know what the F-stop would be @ 600 MPH ?? Good God your GREAT at what you do! Fantastic shots! Thank You...
Name change and new topsides paint completed at Derecktors shipyard in Ft.Lauderdale fall / winter of '13-'14 to very high standards. Much better...
At this point there are limiting HP factors for Zeus and IPS but it shouldn't be that way for long because the science and technology / equipment...
"Z drives" or "tractor Drives " usually (always) are forward facing Propellers in my travels and dealings with them. Your photo shows something...
Z Drives have a sacrificial flange @the hull interface that in case of a major grounding will shear the whole drive leg away and a temporary...
Lady Sandals was built as Gallant Lady in 1985 @ DeVries in Aaslmeer, NL. and has quite a history as lady Kathryn for two owners that kept that...
CaptJ, do you care to elaborate just when Octopussy had a KaMeWa bucket "Ripped Off"? Or a "Hole in the bottom? I ran that boat for Abe Gosman...
Builders and Interior decorators are in love with "Z" drives because it takes a frame or two out of the engine room and enlarges the...
Well said yacht jockey !
Lady Sandals has to be the hardest working Feadship since Highlander. They were down in Saint Lucia in Feb. @ the Sandals resort in Rodney Bay....
