To answer your questions.. Yes, my design, hull shaped loosely based on 20' Herreshoff fish Spars are doug fir. Gaff and job club are 2 solid...
put together this quick video of our boats sailing together on Biscayne Bay. Most of the clips were taken in the past few days... The cat boat is...
Nice video. I had never been much beyond las olas, didn't realize the new River was so "green" that far up
Sure bigger and better but the issue with soloing a larger boat is that the physical requirements needed for some maneuvers are a lot higher and...
It depends on the boats. Sometimes they use a small converter in each room, in access panels in a closet for instance Your electrical panel...
I Ve been using Boat Beacon to view AIS and broadcast too although obviously being web based it s only visible in line, not thru AIS receivers,...
Nowadays I find news reports need to be taken with a grain of salt, no... make that a shaker full of salt... Getting as bad as the common blog......
Not sure about that, it really depends on the boat.while this may be true on megayachts, even on boats where you run the genset(s) 24/7 while away...
I ve read a lot of stuff too... On the Internet of all places, imagine that. Seriously, who is going to charter or run charters in third world...
When is the last time Bertram built a boat?
Water makers as they are called in boats have been around for decades in a variety of size from manually operated emergency devices to highly...
Please tell us us what idiotic builder drained the anchor locker in the bilge! There is no excuse for such pathetic design
Too much weight at the bow is compromise you have to accept if you want to carry toys although having both a jet ski and a tender seem a bit too...
Depends on the smell. Indeed aging hoses are a common issue. Another issue I have seen or experienced are air leaks at fittings on the tank,...
If the transponder is within 5 to 20 nm from land, yes it should be picked up by the shore side marine traffic receiver. Now, for you to be able...
Forget cabs in Miami... Hard to find, dirty and smelly (both cars and drivers). If you find one great but don't bother calling one by phone unless...
The question is how much power are you using and what you are powering. You're not going to run AC on that setup... 3 x 245 amps panels will...
One of th big issues with solar on boats is that for solar to be somewhat efficient you need to have the panels angled toward the sun. Any number...
You need to do the math... If you are up north in the 1000 islands how much power can you really generate? The problem with solar is that the cost...
The only thing I would add is that when installing new duck bills I usually out a bit of liquid soap on the DB flanges and scrape any mineral...
