The last few years they were operated we had strain gauges mounted on deck and immersion gauges fitted under the waterline at several points and...
There are numerous articles on the Sapona breaking in 2 midships: The Sapona was run aground in 1926 and broken in two by the great storm of...
If you look at the video, it is the class of the freighters made with high tensile steel with thinner main decks and so forth for increased cargo...
There is but it is costly, Here is what you would need to do. 1. But a 50' or so 50amp/250volt shorepower cord. 2. Install a 250v 50amp boatside...
The Sapona ran aground and broke in half midships. Much like the sistership to the flexi-steel freighter featured in the video, broke in half...
The owner wants to be at the Munciple marina and has made reservations there, so that's where it's going. I agree the current can be ferocious there.
There is not one surviving concrete ship in use today. Look up the Sapona. It is a ferro-cement freighter that is sunk off of Bimini in shallow...
Exactly, each 125volt lead has a 50 amp breaker, yet everyone is using a 50' 125volt cord rated for 30amps, not 50amps.
If you bend metal enough times in the same place, it's going to break. I have a feeling those ships are going to eventually meet their...
50amps at 250 volts= 100 amps at 125 volts. Swapping the 2- 125V 50AMP inlets to 1 250v/50amp inlet and wiring it correctly and using 1...
Can't get out Sebastian, we need 20' of clearance and Sebastian is a very narrow harrowing inlet with lots of current to take a 52' Sedan Bridge...
If you can change the sparkplug, you can get the flexible rubber compression tester hose screwed into the spark plug hole which is easier than...
I shouldn't need to come in at night. I will give St. Augustine a shot if the weather is good. The boat cruises at 27 knots if I remember...
Have you tried calling Viking Yachts?
Awlgrip is never supposed to be waxed, ever. Which is probably the paint on her......Make sure you use only the Awlwash soap (made by Awlgrip)...
Would Ponce be a safer inlet to use than St. Augustine inlet overall?
I have to run a newish 2007? 52' Searay Sedan Bridge up to St. Augustine this weekend. I think the boat only draws either 4' or 4'6 and was...
I've never seen strength or the quality of the bond of the extension as ever a problem. The ride and handling are always the problem.....how much...
It could also be ignition timing......
I saw a 85' ish Inace crossing the gulfstream to Bimini with 6' on the beam, the ride was downright SCARY how much it heeled on it's side and...
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