Is she west side or east side?
As for weather routing, PredictWind has been a pretty reliable service. I'm relatively new to TimeZone.
I run the stream from Ft Pierce to Montauk every year. My leg from Inlet to due east of Diamond Shoal is 40-43 hours. If I choose Beaufort to...
It's a 600 mile run from the Backbone to Beaufort if you follow the outside of the Abacos to Walker's (160 NM) and then head NW towards Cape...
I wouldn't agree that the 200 pounder is useless.... Helluva stressful night...
Paravanes, flopper-stoppers. But Cali, isn't your best stabilization from adding a bit of speed at a moment of need as you describe?
We've had displacement boats with paravanes, and they worked well. We've also welded a flat plate to the bottom of a steel keel and had some...
On my Hatt with cat C15's the issue was fuel injectors. One or two weren't properly metering the fuel at idle. So after docking there was...
Good. Check the rudder posts, too, while you're at it. Well overlooked and neglected. Curious that your start up/idle temp was 180. Seems like...
You should also be checking the shaft rotation while on the hill. Cutlass bearings can swell and bind, causing you a few hundred RPM. Ive seen...
Well, to be fair he corrected that issue with some healthy snark.
Im not clear that you're digesting the issue I'm discussing, likely plaguing you some as well. Flushing doesn't remedy growth that commences...
Again, not a good idea in spite of the source of water to leave a pressurized water source connected to the boat from shore. Why do bromine...
I have an external scoop/strainer fabricated on the hull, but still use the internal strainer, too. Replaced my strainer with a nylon version...
What was the reason for no-bromine? Do you recall? Bromine tabs in a stationary HVAc turned up while away no bueno, but with the chiller the...
As far as a service, local boat yards will have the vendors you need.
No time like the present to add a fuel pump and racor to your manifold and polish your own...
Bromine tablets into your sea strainer basket....
That's crazy.
Barnacle Buster or an HVAC coil cleaner if available.
