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drone I saw a drone in Hong Kong. The boat owner said it was called a "Splash" but he bought it direct from a factory in China. It was waterproof. He also had a standalone depth sounder/fishfinder. This attached to the drone with a string and sent depth date to his phone. a dipping sonar

purpose-built delivery boat After retiring to Guam I thought I would spend a lot of time under the mango tree, but it is not working out that way. The people of the Western Pacific and the Philippines are spread over hundreds of small islands. Only a few are serviced by regular freight...

I saw this new boat on a news feed. A simple hull SeaPiper 35 - Modern Compact Trawler - SeaPiper SeaPiper 35 Specifications • LOA: 35ft / 10.90 m • Beam: 8ft-6in / 2.60 m • Draft: 2ft-10in / 0.85 m • Displacement: 16,300 lbs / 7400 kg • Ballast: 2,600 lbs / 1200 kg...

IMPROVING PROPELLER EFFICIENCY Improving Propeller Efficiency | Boating Magazine

The 6 cylinder Cummings is replacing the Gardner in the Chinese fishing boat fleet. Chinese Cummings are showing up in pleasure boats as well.

I have used gems switches for many years they seem to outlast the systems they control. Years ago I was in a yard that was refitting a high-end motor yacht. They were selling lots of scrap gear. I ended up with a few boxes of reed switches. They all worked after 20 years of duty and I expect...

Hatches Hood Yacht Systems buys hatches from ManShip of Koahsiung. They may have Gasket http://www.manshipmarine.com/index.html

I pull my raw water impeller all the time, lub it and reinstall it. It’s become easy and fast. Since Dec . I have covered 1700 miles and had it out twice. Practice makes perfect

HAPPY NEW YEAR just got in from Palawan

is there an Iphone app for locating these Gourmet Cruisers

Loading up for a Christmas trip to the Typhoon effected area. Last trip we had the boat full of goods for island and remote coastal communities, including one ton of fuel we had over 3.5 tons on board. This trip was about 1000 miles, the boat was loading at the start and empty at the end. Day...

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In the Philippines it’s about $1. US per liter. The good news is after a 1000 miles the filters are still like new.

I currently have a 130 pound CQR and plan to upgrade to a big Mantus. It looks like a lot of holding power for the money.

In the displacement world I don’t think there is a best design. Some of the multihulls can push the hull speed number a bit over 1.34 but most of the gain comes in the fact that the displacements are low and the waterline lengths are long. The hp/ton number at a given hull speed is...

As Bruce stated Manila is fine and I dry sail so my boat was in the cradle. (light boats have advantages) We are planning to head down to Caluya, Antique (islands of and around Semirara, Buad, and Molocamboc) We have the next TD that will pass that area Tuesday and Wednesday so we are...

Super Typhoon Haiyan Headed Toward Philippines

all charts have to be updated even the echarts. Updating charts was an honorable task for Plebes. I took a fewAdmiralty Charts in for update and found a few were still updated by hand but they also had a printer that printed the updates on a sticky-back type paper. These small overlays...

I have used Bellingham Charts for years. Bellingham Chart Printers

On my current boat I have an auto system. The air handler is the type used in the back of vans. I built a heat exchanger and plumbed it into the main engine’s seawater inlet. The extra heat did not affect the engine water temp or exhaust gas temp but its a small system.

There is a fill in the blank book that works well. I was hoping they would come out with a software version but haven’t seen it yet. “The International Marine Boat Manager: Your Vessel's Custom Handbook of Operating and Service Procedures by Nick Ellison, Bob Payne

I have used pvc pipe as the limber holes linings mold. After wrapping the pipe with glass just cut it in half and epoxy in the semi circular limber holes.

I had a 7kw diesel outboards on my tri, it was the get home. It worked well but was just too heavy for me to handle by myself in a seaway and I didn’t want it on the stern all the time. I replaced it with a 9 hp 4 cycle gas outboards. My next boat, which is in the yard, had a 40 hp yanmar...

It’s also effective to soft mount noisy equipment (pumps, fans, transformers, exhaust) 'Rubber Design's catalog is full of great ideas and products and may be worth a phone call.

Thanks for the kind words and thoughts. Spending time on boats in beautiful tropical places, visiting beautiful island, where beautiful people are happy you visited is such a burden. ( Just kidding thanks)