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From the earlier post: The problem is not that a claim was denied because of a fire and the boats fire fighting systems were not in working order, it is because the claim for a collision and grounding was denied which had nothing to do with the state of the fire system. Denying a claim like...

I have "known" a guy on the Internet for close to 25 years. He owns a bunch of single family homes in California and the stories he, and others, have told over the years regarding tenants has kept me out of residential investments. What has really made being a landlord even more difficult, is...

I would suggest getting a step counter/fitness monitor/Fitbit to track how much walking you do. I have been using a Fitbit for years and tracking how many steps I do, active minutes, miles walks, stairs climbed, BPM, etc has been helpful. My goal is to walk at least 10,000 steps a day, and I...

Morgan's Cloud published another article on Wakespeed and ARCO.

Morgan's Cloud is writing up a comparison of Arco and Wakespeed. Might want to subscribe to the website to see what they write up. Wakespeed WS 500 or ARCO Zeus or… is the link to where they say they are doing a comparison.

With AIS and radar integration into chart plotters, controling the auto pilot, there really is only a few more pieces needed to have The System change course as needed to avoid other vessels or shallow water. Hopefully, one did not set a course into the hard bits but we know that happens. What...

A year or so ago, I saw a video from a ship's engineer that talked about the ships engine. Starting was done from compressed air. There is no transmission and to go from forward to reverse, the engine, and thus prop shaft and prop, had to be stopped. Then the engine was started in reverse...

Yep, that is why I mentioned the Tampa Bay Bridge. The structures around the Tampa Bay Bridge would make it very difficult for a ship to drop the bridge. Though, after watching the video of the ship taking out the cranes in a port, I wonder if the Tampa Bay protective structures are far enough...

Can't post the image I want... Hopefully this will work. There are many protective structures on the Tampa Bay bridge. https://www.google.com/maps/search/tampa+bay+bridge+map/@27.6206137,-82.6575106,771m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu

One can see the lights go out, then on, then out again, and during the power flickering, one could see a huge amount of black smoke. I also noticed the slow turn to starboard along with the vehicles on the bridge and wondered about prop walk. The ship is supposed to have dropped anchor as...

I can see automation being able to cross large bodies of water are well surveyed coastal areas and rivers easily. However, I know areas where the inlet is constantly changing and the chart is questionable. One has to look at the buoys AND read the water. There can be very little space...

Yep, I would guess many users pop the battery in the charger when the battery is warm. In my case, I drilled 3-4 holes in thin plastic before putting the battery back in the charger. The battery was not warm at all but it still shorted out for some reason.:eek:

A Dewalt tool battery did almost catch fire and burn down my house as I posted above. Afterwards, I went for years without using battery powered tool but then I had to buy one. The batteries get charged where if they do catch fire, it won't cause property damage. Had to buy some replacement...

Open hatches that can slam/slide shut on fingers are also a risk.

Excellent advice about the hatches. Sometimes when doing a chore, one has the choice of trying to do something fast to save time or take a short period of time to remove/minimize one's chance to get injured. I have been really good at looking at a situation, seeing the possible problem that...

:thumb: I would change that first sentence to, "This tragedy will be repeated time and again on the unwary, those who choose to ignore reality, or those who accept risk to a further extent than practical." CF is full of personal safety discussions where people just ignore reality. They see...

Yep they are all of the same, Ford Gold, JD Green, and Zerex G-05. I don't know about Mopar though. :) I forget the brand but there is/was an orange colored coolant that was the same chemistry as these. Some of the Prestone green should not be used in my diesel engines since it was for gas...

Years ago, I had one remaining NiMH cordless battery that still worked. The rest had aged out. One day I needed to drill a few holes so I grabbed the battery and drill, got the work done, put the battery in the charger and sat down to work on the laptop. After a few minutes, I started...

Be careful picking coolant by color. Color is not an indicator of the correct coolant chemistry required for an engine. My Ford truck has an International engine that came with gold colored coolant. Ford has a green colored coolant and the two are not interchangeable. My JD tractor, with a...

You are spot on about what we have to remember today. It is not just passwords, but how to operate a vehicle, heck, how to watch something on TV, is so much more complicated than it used to be. Making a phone call is not as simple as it used to be either. There is soooo much more we know...

If you have not read this on Kasten's website, https://www.kastenmarine.com/roll_attenuation.htm it discusses bilge keels and other anti rolling strategies. Kasten's website is a treasure trove of information.

From the initial reports, this is what I was afraid had happened. I hope the husband did not have to witness what was done to his wife. There are evil people walking this earth, far to many of them, and often closer to you than you think. One needs to recognize this fact and take simple...

If the OP has not read this article, Beam vs Ballast for Stability, it might be helpful. If it was my boat, I would have a conversation with a naval architect about the problem and see what they suggest.

I think that depends on where one is located and what one orders. The air filter I needed arrived in less than 24 hours from Amazon. And for half the price at the local store that was out of stock in the local store. Not the first time that has happened either. I once had to go to three...

Yes, but as I said, the company I linked too, seems to have much lower maintenance requirements which lowers the long term expense compared to other gyros. The expense of maintaining some gyros, as mentioned in other posts, is very expensive. For some boats, the energy requirements will be a...