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In a different topic about anchoring I explained the important factors when it comes to anchoring. What is important is the frontal...

Just as side information for those not familiar with Italian law. The accident happened in Sicily, otherwise known as Mafia country...

That is pretty standard in Italy. If someone dies in an accident someone always has to be guilty, so they will start looking for the...

Here's a comparison of helical v blocks: Helical Anchors: The Superior Choice for Mooring Applications - Pile Buck Magazine.

If you have water in the hull then absolutely don't let it go below zero. Once that water freezes it expands and next year you will suck...

So they are screwed into the sea bed ? No block of concrete holding down the chain ? That is indeed completely different than what we...

As soon as a company starts blaming anyone else but themselves you know they are signing their own death sentence. This company is not...

It is very difficult to give any advice if we don't know what the smell is like. Are we talking rotting wood ? Are we talking mold ? Are...

After reading some of the comments I am starting to wonder how mooring buoys are fixed in the US. In Europe they dump blocks of...

Kind of funny to read. We will not accept a mooring with less than a 5000 lbs block, preferably a 10.000 lbs block. Then we will tie one...

On a super yacht YouTube channel that was covering this incident, a crew member on a sister ship said they kept the keel raised at...

Do you perhaps have one of those old toilets with a handle next to it ? That handle is for pumping water as well as flush down. You...

In the Netherlands a nautical engineer explained why the keel may have been raised and what that would do to stability. Reason for...

I only read 'inspect' and a few times change a fluid. If that is all they are going to do I must say that is a hefty bill. But perhaps...

To be honest i don't think anyone else was capable of handling the boat, so leaving someone on the boat is thereby out of the question...