I forgot to mention it was 1550hp C30's. I also ran a 52' Cabo SF with C18's, one of I think only 3 FB boats they built in the 52'. It was a...
Well, yes I did get here today. Yesterday it was calling for 2' or less and 5 knots wind SE. Well it was beautiful all of the way from Boca...
Why not run 80%? A 54' Without a tower and C18's absolutely...... A towered 54' with 1550hp C32's runs 32 knots at 80%, Without tower 34 knots....
You're wrong. You are adding length to the stern and less weight to the stern extension per linear foot than what is forward, so the center of...
A 4" grinder with a cutoff wheel, probably but very messy. Is it not possible to take the top off and seal them from the inside so they're...
No, a lot of detroits had (ac) Delco gauges, some manufacturers used SW, but I know Bertram, Viking, and Searay back in the D.D. days used VDO.
Call "Lauderdale Speedometer" in Fort Lauderdale,FL. They have a million gauges for marine in stock, that's about all the specialize in and they...
No, 2003ish-2008 was exactly when all of the problem boats were made. One guy had 2 Bertrams in a row have serious structural issues and...
I have done on average 12,000-15,000NMs at sea per year since 2002, and I don't know how many miles before that but still quite a bit. I saw a...
I would skip the Bertram entirely in that build era for fear of it coming apart and disintigrating. They had many yachts that had major...
Just a cockpit adds a lot of bouyancy without adding a lot of weight compared to the rest of the boat which has a structure above it, per linear...
Because they're powered by the engine bank. So if you lose everything but the engines you still have gauges for the engines.....just measure the...
Not entirely true in the real world. 10% of the boats length is the common number.....Although I ran a Broward that was extended 3 different...
It's a resister......Lauderdale speedometer sells them among many other people. They don't make 32 volt gauges and haven't for a while so you have...
From what I've read and seen in the pictures. All of the damage and breakage of the ship occured solely in Cargo hold 11. I don't know if this...
This and it's probably also hard for a Sailboat manufacturer to properly estimate the build cost and build a powerboat as efficiently in regards...
Yes, and yes the Navy did during the WWII era. It seems like the Navy wasn't too good of a shot back then. LOL
Here is what I have gathered from researching these ships: The MOL Comfort, together with its sister vessels, were the first containerships...
No, it actually broke almost midships, there is an entire section that crumbled and submerged into the water.....in between the stern and the...
Ok, so you reduce speed and alter course and then PRAY the ship doesn't break in half like the previous one. High Tensile steel is a double...
