Unfortunately surveys only reveal so much. It won’t warn you about systems that are unmaintanable because of ridiculous access. Ever tried...
And the water is blue green. Not brown :). A little silty but green Run outside, come in at Cape Florida. Spend the afternoon anchored at...
Kind of limited in FLL. Lake Silvia maybe? Big enough and draft should be ok. Or hop outside to Miami. It s only an hour and you have the whole...
I ve used the Gobius on a holding tank but How do you install that on keel tanks ?
I be found that impellers last a long longer when they get used instead of sitting and taking a set, especially in cold weather. I’ve replaced...
It is not surprising, maintenance access on sea rays is often lousy. Back in the late 90s i considered a new 38/40 sundancer and passed because...
The pins look plated in the pictures. Most cables are indeed untinned. A few years back I got some times 50amp cable by the foot from Ward...
Jamaica isn’t a great cruising destination if for no other reason than security. And it s indeed a long way as well as a rough way in the passage...
The first thing is to decide whether or not your goal to cruise the leewards (“Far into the Caribbean”) is realistic or not. As explained it s not...
Most marinas should be up and running soon if not already with the possible exception of wirghtsville beach to southport The only way to be sure...
You really need diesel for any kind of serious trips. Also, when down in the Bahamas and on the way to the Caribbean you need storage for food...
Well up to Georgetown you are pretty much sheltered most of the way, except for the 45nm Gulf Stream crossing and then the 40nm Norwest channel...
Neither boat (I find it hard to use the word yacht) is suitable for “blue water”. No problem near coastal along the east coast and going to the...
15 extra hp and 2000 less weight isn’t going to get you 9 mph... again check with a prop shop although the Cummins dealer should have done that...
Correct, the wire came out without loosening that screw
I ve had very good experience with Trac. I once got a small leak on a pressure sender and they send a guy to swap it the next day becase we were...
Find a good prop shop, give them all the specs and they will crunch the numbers for you That s why i did when i repowered. They were pretty mich...
Not much sophistication required in pulling out your phone and looking uo the local radar...
The boat i run has $5M liability... that’s good enough for me to sleep well without carrying my own Plus, nobody would sue a poor captain...
Most of them are 50’ sometimes 75. Almost never 100’ Problem with the Hubbell is that it doesn’t fit well in the glendining. One of the reason I...
