I Installed a few auto pilots and transducers on CSY's in the late 70's as a tech for Electronics for Yachting in Ft. Laud. & remember the CSY...
I spent a week with Seth Atwood in the fall of 1987 while Time had an extended layover at Skull Creek Marina in Hilton Head as she was making her...
Going from yellow to white was referred to as the "yacht package" pioneered unfortunately by Pantropic in Miami in the early "80's and after that...
FireBoy system possibly?
Several coats (5-6) of High solids clear Awl grip was the method used in the 80's and 90's. Not sure what the go to is nowadays. It'll be...
It doesn't surprise me that M.W. is chasing a commission since he was involved with the purchase and sale of the original 86 meter Seven Seas and...
Interesting development if factual. Wright Maritime Group of Fort Lauderdale put the build package together and negotiated the price for the owner...
The vast majority of vessels with sea chests employ electrolytic anti fouling systems in the sea chests to keep them free from hard growths such...
Neon gas only needs voltage to ignite under vacuum. You can hold a bulb next or near to a high voltage transformer and it will ignite in your...
Well, my scientific wild ass guess (SWAG) was way off. You sir are correct in the statement of a resistor being present. I had to break out the...
Better detail in this photo. Pretty confident that this is an alarming fuse. That would be a switching diode with what looks to be a neon tube...
Looks to be a low voltage control medium lag or alarming fuse. Photos kind of fuzzy but that's my SWAG on this.
There are a few other Broward's out there with classification societies "new build" certificates and one that comes to mind is the vessel "Serque"...
This vessel had a crazy history well before its incarnation of "Just Enough". The vessel in question started life as hull #222 @120 ft. & 22 ft...
The turbos and injector pump amongst other items would have been serviced @ the 2,000 hr. or W-2 interval and should reflect the same in your records.
Auto pilot control
Very common on aluminum and steel vessels. Referred to as a WEP, (welded equipment penetration) Painting and fairing of the replaced WEP /...
I understand your position on proper maintenance and would venture to say were not talking apples to apples here. Oil and filter changes are...
With MTU service intervals completed it will mean the difference between a sale or no sale for a yacht. Many a large yacht have lingered for years...
MTU major service intervals are W-2, W-4, W-6 / 2,000-4,000 & 6,000 hrs. 2,000 hrs. are injectors, pumps. coolers and turbo service. 4,000 hrs is...