To bad the migrants thread was closed down. I frequently operate in the Ionian Sea. Ground Zero in the migrant crisis. Security is...
Im laying two winter moorings... 14mm steel chain to 5 ton mooring blocks. Do i need to install a chain swivel at the chain mooring block...
Had a look out to the Anchorage today and two whitbread round the world boats appear. Decades apart...same bow nose, ketch rigged Kritter...
Burma has banned the export of raw teak from 2014 . Good time to stock up on teak deck timber...
I sail a 20 year old boat with a complex PTO driven Hydraulic system. Last month I tangled with a ghost gill net and destroyed the underwater...
Hexis vinyl films, marine aplication. Does anyone have any experience ? Im presently looking at an Oyster 80 sailing yacht hauled at the yard....
I know a young boy...14 years old. He is a special boy. Good with math and computers. He also has a health problem. He lives on a machine so...
Thermal switch. A new chart plotter with an ultra bright screen is generating too much heat in the nav station. Im worried that other pieces...
Hull form for towed mega yacht tender. A friend asked me what would be the best hull form for a towed megayacht tender ? This would be...
A client has asked me to purchase a touchscreen tablet type computer , install Maxsea software then fit onto a cabin bulkhead. It sounds...
http://www.mirkadustfreesanding.co.uk/product.html Does anyone have any experience with the Merka Ceros ? Its eye watering expensive, but...
Coral Princess dive boat cat capsize http://www.sun-sentinel.com/fl-pompano-dive-boat-folo-20121123-001,0,7437640.photo...
Italian Ingenuity. Then and now.
Another one bites the dust. 60 meter motoryacht YOGI http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/showallphotos.aspx?imo=9544621&photoid=611754#top_photo...
Bonding epoxy to pvc pipe ? Flame treat or sandaper tooth ?
Several times Ive been asked to post technical drawings or to clarify a point I have posted technical drawings. The Knowledge on the drawing...
A friend of mine needs a new painters punt, raft. Any aspiring plywood designers out there with good ideas for a painters punt ?...
Local double ended 30ft motor launch was recently launched after a total re plank , refit. They have established floatation marks and the boat...
Got a question. Refit.... The boat is painted dark green. It has big, frame less " style " windows, flush set into the topsides. We have...
