If the isolator shorts out, I could imagine that it could happen. Or possibly the isolator went bad, and one battery of the 4 has a short and it...
Yes, on the yachts I have run when the engine shuts off and the flywheel stops turning on the engine, the gear will lose gear oil PSI and the gear...
I've seen people living on 20' Sailboats.........I wouldn't exactly call that a yacht.
I've seen the starting in gear and stuff.....Most of the time it's the controls located on the FB or someplace that are getting wet and bad.
I guess they just started putting the 600 hp engines in the Viking, because before it was only the 440's and 480's and speed was not...
ZF's have a shaft driven pump and can be free wheeled. Some TD's and others may or may not depending on the model......
I have only run a 39' Tiara in the intracoastal, so I cannot comment on it's seakeeping abilities. However the owner I was running it for bought...
I've used vkool also, but have never heard of it being installed on the exterior of the windows. Traditional window tinting on the inside of the...
I manage a 2001 Wellcraft, so far we have completely re-cored and fiberglassed the front deck, part of the cockpit 3 years ago, and the swim...
Yes, the 43' Lagoon will cruise at 20 knots. I know at 17 knots with the smaller motors 300hp volvo's, they burn 1.5 gpm. Obviously at 10 knots...
I just use a rope and wrap it many times around the shaft opposite of the direction it's going to turn, just like wrapping a piling and then tie...
I've never taken any of the boats I manage to a yard in Miami for work. The times I've been to several of the boat yards in Miami was to either...
This one had covered slips.......
I agree, but I'd rather cruise comfortably, even if it were a smaller area, or smaller boat.
I'm not sure, it was far up the river and the address was something like 3390 w river drive.......Every yard I've been to on the river, it seems...
Jones. Bertram was starting to get back on it's feet and I agree with you there. The problem is in the 2000's they took all of the strength and...
Richardsons or the Army Corp of Engineers doesn't make a chart for your area and Lake Michigan? I've found Richardsons to have charts for the...
That's not yachting, it's camping. I'd shoot myself if I had to anchor out 99.9% of the time and catch my own food and eat fish every single day...
If it weren't for Feretti, they'd be out of business completely at this point in time. When you build a boat that falls apart and try to compete...
and pay for them. The labor rate is considerably cheaper in NC than FL for employees building boats. I hate to say this, but I was at a boat...
