You have chartered a couple of mainshits trawlers in the Abacos and want to go Around the world ?? you are much braver than I am......
And at the risk of jinxing myself on day one of a 6 weeks Exuma trip, new outboard rarely have issues. I get the safety but it s pretty easy to...
yes it is safer if kids are driving it and using it but for use by an adult it doesn’t make make a difference.
Similar story with the 4 stroke Rotax in our 3 year old PWC. We ve replaced a bunch of stuff incl an ECU, coolant pump, jet pump and more....
I find What Ifs scenario very educating and a good exercise to plan for emergencies. Many times in past I ve wondered what I should do if...
From my experience with jetskis I wouldn’t never get a tender with jet. don’t want to deal with weeds in the intake, the risk of catching a line...
As I have mentioned in other threads, the USCG is finally cracking down. They stop at least a couple of illegal charters a week here in Miami. It...
On a tender you can put some small lights, for $200-400 a piece. Someone even make a light that fits in the plug hole.
afaik, no.
Nope... max capacity of a bareboat MY is 12 guests plus the charterer.
Try $30k for a Walker bay 15 with 75 Honda 4 years ago ...
If the bareboat criteria are met, you can do up to 13 people legally on a boat under 100GT. You just have to follow the rules. Once you hit...
Nobody is going to repaint a boat because of a few gelcoat cracks here and there. You get a good guy to repair it and it will last. I ve had a...
Stress cracks in the gel coat are pretty common across brands and eras. These look like typical gelcoat cracks to me especially if the area feels...
I m surprised you are having a hard time getting insured for 50/55 footer if you have significant experience on a 40’ FB unless that was a very...
Very scary. Still wonder why there isn’t an emergency shut down on the engine that could have been hit as soon as the gear (s) engaged...
Might also want to give us some information. You ll find many smart guys here (and gals... and maybe in between...) but you don’t even bother...
Easy to make. Take some 2” coosa, epoxy two pieces and cut at an angle matching the transom. Epoxy on the transom. Install the lights.
I had this on a 70 johnson years ago. The yard did a mounting block out of fiberglass. Easy to do with Coosa as well
14 computers probably includes unrelated systems like nav, entertainment, sat coms, cctv, etc. Still amazing that there wasn’t an emergency...
