Hi, This happens more than you would realise, I always add to new build specs the line that the anchor windlass must lift all ground tackle and...
Hi, You could do a bit of research yourself: Velvet Drive - Marine | Products | 71/72 Series
Would that be Phil?
Hi, Fortunately I have done a lot of long distance travelling between Nthn and Sthn hemispheres , I have not spent much time in extreme latitudes...
Hi, Not so much , It was the first new build I did so knew the parties involved and the role of each very well.
That's the first time I have read anything like that. It is a Levi designed yacht built by Brookes with styling by JB as a company, with the...
Hi, Ed says its a Trumpy, those links say it was built by the New York Yacht and Engine Co so I guess Ken wins
Hi, Get a digital tacho gun and run at 1000 rpm, check the shaft speed. Divide 1000 by what you measure and you will have your speed:1...
I think posting that has caused the govts server to take an early memorial day vacation. (It wont load for me)
Hi, Lead is usually used on yachts as it gives the most bang for the buck By this I mean you get the most weight in the smallest space- a...
Hi, I wouldn't be so sure of that just now. This message has been pretty much the same since it was moved to Portugal. Premier...
Hi, I assume you are like me I worked on a lot of them doing my apprenticeship. I will never tire of the sound of one fully on song. I...
Hi, I would also be interested in knowing more about this. Not many liferafts ever actually get deployed compared to the number that get...
Very good point
Hi, If you can remember that, try to remember this. Don't come back, the forum does not need input like yours in this thread. We get...
Hi, If this were really the case then there might well be grounds for an insurance claim which might reduce the losses.
Hi, This is very much how it works in the yards I am familiar with. The operations where the OR can do anything regardless of the...
Hi, If the vessel were stationary and not beyond the point of no return surely anyone with an ounce of knowledge of launching vessels would...
Hi, Good that you found a simple cheap fix. Thank you for posting the result as it completes the thread, so many ask questions and never say...
Hi, You could have extracted a good portion of that from the Sea Trial section of many build contracts. Depending on what your on and where...
