Main propulsion on bigger vessels
To work on ships with over 1000V Mains Engineers need to get their tickets endorsed specifically for this and if not able to achieve this by...
Your American Qualifications will be transferable for use on other flag vessels as long as they are for all oceans not an inland or near coastal...
Are these potentiometers dead? If not you could unsolder any wires going to them and with a test meter set to measure resistance (OHMS) rotate the...
That is the exact reason I posted that line.
Very good advice, Trusts are coming under increasing scrutiny in my area of operation. There are some pitfalls that the alure of a quick fix trust...
I used it to get the snell knots sorted for my long line hooks, I have also found that using a hi contrast colour line helps when I should really...
CaptHolli would be a good one to wade in here as I think I read somewhere in one of his posts that he went through one of the US Maritime colleges.
Just like the automotive world, making a profit on a re power which is a marathon undertaking in a boat compared to a car for the most part rarely...
That is a great and informative post. You seem to have a handle on the electric business so maybe you can answer this. Why is there such a push...
The reason is 1.732. The advantages are smaller cables and switch gear as the current is halved. More places use it so you don't have as many...
One of the analogue ones might have been replaced at some stage. If the CAT Guy has a laptop with ET on it all should be revealed including how...
This website has a good list of what you get where and which plugs and sockets they use standard....
You might have better success posting that in a sailing forum
This is a great site for animated knot tying. http://www.animatedknots.com/snell/index.php?Categ=fishing
Google thinks there are some: https://www.google.com/search?q=YACHT+CLUB+IN+ANCHORAGE+ALASKA&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&channel=fs&trackid=sp-006&gws_rd=ssl
I was trying to think of a diplomatic way to write that, well done. In my experiences with the aforementioned I would say I can agree with that...
Another member who could give excellent engineering advice would be Marmot if he were still contributing, he might be reached by PM I think. I...
The OP could do worse than speak to CaptJ on here. He and I have crossed swords at times but I know someone else via this site who used him and...
No thanks needed, I was just curious as to how a valve spring would end up in small enough pieces to get down the guide into the cylinder in the...
