how is this applied to USCG licenses, because to my understanding the passenger limit, is that of the vessel, not of the license once you are over...
Nycap123, i agree with the soberness. hahaha. closest i have come to that kind of stress would be doing LNG escort turns at 9 knots in the...
Marmot, thank you for the correction! you are correct, made me look back at my notes. hahah. The MLC would state the requirements, yet has not...
It would take a few cocktails for me to grow the culjones to try to get Azteca into the harbor in St. maarten.
Swamp Fox: I agree there is a good ole boy group, but that is not necessarily a bad thing. It protects the industry. You have to prove your salt...
Good on ya nycap123, you take the cake with that one. what make of boat was that?
We were there for that, it was the talk of the harbor. Why I dont know but she ended up having to dock behind "Soggy Dollar" for the repairs....
Haha, surprising how some think that way huh! on the 37 meter Heesen I was on, the stewardess room was less than a shoebox and the owners wanted...
There were a few owners at the meeting and they had voiced that they most likely not willing to build a bigger boat and lose personal space for...
I sat in on a meeting for the new ISM standards in St. Maarten in February, and this was a hot topic. There may be an ISM standard that will make...
Marmot, That was a wonderful reply! Thank you. After 6 months on the 37 meter Heesen, I did notice that I played babysitter more than boatsman/...
Hello to all Captains and Crew, I am relatively new to the yachting industry, yet I have been a professional sailor for about 7 years. I hold my...
Hi Capt. Zeke, My name is David K., and I am a 28 year old USCG 200 Ton master/ 200 ton mate of towing. I am interested in knowing more about...
I would check into the whole buying land in GA thing. As far as i know it is Illegal to live aboard in georgia, dont know why but i remember the...
IPX 7 rated radio wwwhhhhooooaa! greatest invention yet.
Yeah her place stays packed! its pretty good you really should try it one day.
Marmot, check out the Voithe Schneider drives. they are cycloidal drives, amazing thrust to hp rating, but very finicky with trash in the river....
The actual name for pointing your drives outward is "Transverse Arrest" and works at 0 thrust just as well at 100 percent. The odd thing with ASD...
Cruiser, Just be happy they didnt use 3m 5200. I had a person around here ask how to remove his Northstar that he sealed in place with it. he...
I was just over Mike's house today as a matter of fact. His son in the mate on my boat and he is one of our docking pilots. Nice folks, very...
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