I ran an '07 38' flybridge with a hardtop and enclosure. It was a nice boat, nicely finished inside and out, engine room was a tiny bit tight on...
Re-painting the non-skid should be much cheaper. Last I heard, it was $130 per square foot to do a teak deck.
I would choose the 50' Viking SF of that era, long before a 51' Bertram for many different reasons.
There is no problem with prop speed under 20 knots that I know of. It's just that the Tri-Lux is cheaper then the prop speed, and I have had...
It's all in the application and prep. The surfaces have to be very clean. ALSO, electrolyses will make prop speed or any other product on the...
I know my experience with it was not an apples to apples comparision. But, there was no reason for the owner to pay to have the yard launch the...
I would say soda blasting the bottom gave it 1 knot and the seaslide the other knot. The bottom was not all that bad before it was soda blasted....
I ran one boat that had it put on. The boat was a 1999 45' Searay sedan bridge. Before applying it, it cruised at 17.2-17.5 knots at 1950 rpms...
Typically if you're boaring a yacht that is anchored, the yachts bow is into the waves and cuts most of it so that at the transom it's usually not...
All of this activity in the Carribbean is not good at all. I haven't heard of this much stuff going on in so many different islands ever. I...
With some gear boxes like a lot of the ZF's they have a shaft mounted oil pump that lubricates the gear boxes if the engine is not running. I...
I have no idea what he is working on looks like. I've just heard about it from a friend of his. He has a yacht that he runs it on, and some...
Honestly, I think our efforts to reduce oil usage would best be focused on non consumer products with biodiesel and ethanol. I think with...
Well it looks like another misshap in the Carribbean. A crew of 4 was robbed at gunpoint and they took everything they had on them (watches,...
What happened and why was it a disaster?
I have never used it, nor have I seen it for sale on the water. However, I have heard from several mechanics to never use it as it does a number...
You're right. It looks like someone was operating the vessel from the pilothouse, and forgot that they needed a whole heck of a lot more...
We will never go away from paper charts. It is the only form of chart that the USCG approves for navigation. I have seen MANY MANY chartplotters...
I've done that trip many times. There are many times I've left Key West with a great forecast and great weather. Once it was under 1' and then...
The Mona can be worse or usually is. The Yucatan you're dealing with waves usually from the South or one direction. Mona it's more of a washing...
