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I believe if all this "Russian manipulated elections" was true - you would be enjoying Hillary now. Thanks for the welcome. :thumb:

35 feet "officially", in real life more like 37-38. Aquila Boats, the guys who built her went bankrupt soon after selling a dozen of these boats. There is some new Aquila at the moment, having no relation to the one I have as far as I know.

Hi! Yes. We've already found a bigger boat to replace our trawler. The trawler is at Tomas Maestre now (Murcia), just been cleaned, antifouled, and serviced last month as we closed the season. Let me know if you want to come and see, I got friends living there on their boat - they will be able...

Yep, two engines do provide some safety, however I'm not sure what's best overall. Seems to me that autonomy with a single screw would be better. Rough seas I haven't tried yet - only a short river Elbe trip after picking her up. 1 meter waves from the container ships rushing down the river to...

Hi Olli, Are you sure your boat is more than 10 tons displacement? Because if less - you only need 15 minutes to register her as a sport boat. I just did so with my 35 feet trawler in Hamburg.

Purely a US issue, as we don't carry any guns. Bears on the streets of Moscow playing Balalaika (Russian type of banjo) is normal, but weapons are taboo :-)

Agree, the one you see hanging from the boat is apparently small, but I have 2 more on board so let's consider my personal anchor thread being closed without opening. :dance: Let's talk about dinghies or navigation instead! :whistling:

Indeed. This boat just bought me with her layout and range. Standing headroom throughout doesn't come often in this size, and the owners cabin with a 3rd bunk ( you don't see this on Singapore built examples in Australia). And then twin screws taking 12-14 liters at 7-8 knots and the tanks...

Indeed you're right. The only ratio available in "counter-engine" rotation for BW71C is 1,91:1. The closest to it in "same-as-engine" rotation is 2,10:1. I was mistaken 1,91 exists in both rotations. Thanks a lot for clarifying! You saved me a lot of a headache! Boris

Which means that I'm mistaken, and my boxes can not be re-geared to have the same ratio - right?

Ski, thanks a lot! What you say makes perfect sense. Both engines turn in the same direction indeed, but… From what I saw in the Velvet's manual - they did have 1,91:1 available in both directions. Strange they didn't fit similar ratio drives both sides. Or is it also normal? Boris

Hi all, First of all - thanks for the warm welcome on this forum. Now here goes my first question, and it doesn't seem to be an easy one: My new to me trawler (Aquila, you can see her in the "welcome mat" forum) is fitted with twin Peugeot Vetus engines from 1982 combined with (C71 or something)...

Thanks, guys (and girls?). It was a bad joke on the sanctions I guess? Anyway, if it does matter anything - I haven't been to Crimea or went out to support Russian government sending troops there. And not knowing the truth (and I strongly believe we know nothing for real) one can't really...

Hi to everybody. Hope this forum is not governmental, and there will be no economical sanctions on the new members from Russia. :roll eyes: Name is Boris, Boat is of a rare kind, as I believe less than a dozen were built - some in India, and some in Singapore in the beginning of 80-ies. Rumors...