Ferretti Bertram probably is even more interested in what happened!
i did the math on prop speed (36" props...) and it didn't add up. in so fl it was much cheaper to pay a diver to scrub the props every month...
hitting a container will do it, however you cant' forget the pictures of the delaminating Bertram-Ferretti off Palm Beach. if they hit something...
Common Sense should trump most rules.... in a perfect world :)
it all comes down to why you're on the water. Personally, I didn't come to this job from the commercial world because jobs on white boats was...
it's a little grey... I have never found a clear definition of a narrow channel which means that no one should forget that they still must avoid a...
well, you never know where a thread will go... one of the span was locked down when i came thru, the other one was up in the air... looks like...
while i agree that 16 should not be used for passing arrangements, unfortunately we dont' have a choice since that's the only channel monitored by...
at $3 a foot, St Aug. municipal is a rip off... i know it sounds like pocket change compared to many places in the North :) I came thru the...
As I was rounding Peanut Island in Palm Beach on my way south to Miami, I noticed a tall mast on the other side and thought... it cant' be. You're...
i agree about imiting a new boat survey to hull only, not an engine survey since the hull survey will cover the engine isntallation anyway....
this is a little long, but i thought it could be worth putting all my notes together in one post for those traveling the ICW this fall. I just got...
a survey is a must on a new boat, except maybe a small boat (under 30) with simple systems. Yes, in a perfect world you'd expec the builder and...
i just arrived in miami yesterday and i cant' think of any bridge that gave me a hard time. most guys were actaully really good at opening at the...
start with checking the power source... do they have dedicated batteries? if so , how are they charged? check the connections for corrosion,...
too far off the channel to be a steering failure, there was time to recover. I dont know if he was northbound or southbound, but going northbound...
yesterday as i was heading up the Delaware, I heard sector Baltimore talking to a boat reporting and assisting a vessel on the rocks in the Elk...
we dont' know what happened but there are often signs before the engine will actually over heat. a little more steam, the tranny running a little...
sorry, my brain is frozen this morning... almost fell sliping on an icy foredeck! darn, i hate trick questions :-) i dont see why the old owner...
voltage is not adjusted by RPM! RPM affects frequency, NOT voltage. You do not want to mess with RPM unless you have a reliable Freq. meter....
