Recent content by Tm Donley

I am in agreement with Ksceviour regarding air entrapment. Same as a car or truck, after opening the closed loop cooling system for repairs you always insure the air has been "burped" out of the cooling system to prevent air lock or low coolant. You have to exercise care when plumbing the water...

It will be my pleasure and an honor to Win Durbeck. Tim Donley Stuart FL.

Sparks, Regarding the genset, the original owner intent was to canablize the genset for the main propulsion engine where there may be no parts available to get home or to a population center. Genius idea! Consider this when contemplating genset change out. Best regards, Tim

For what it's worth, Krogen is styled like a Durbeck as the Durbeck preceded the Krogen by a few years in the early 70's.

Hello, Any information you may be seeking regarding Durbeck trawlers I should be able to shed some light on the subject/history questions. I was with Durbecks from 1973 to the mid 80's when Win retired the company. I have knowledge of most all of the vessels built at Durbeck's Inc. Email me...