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I know first hand (as a landlord in both states) that Arizona's regulations are significantly less complex, less subjective, and less intrusive. Moreover, Arizona's landlord remedies are much more landlord favorable. California's excessive regulations (which are not limited to residential real...

Your comment got me wondering how I dock without rudders. It is sort of second nature, so I had to think hard to make sure I do not use them at the end. Then I realized that I approach the dock at about a 20 degree angle, and get close enough that my bow deck overhangs the dock (generally...

With a bow thruster, walking sideways is easy with a twin. But it can be done on most twins with rudders and throttles alone, and without any need for a bow thruster.

IMO / IME: 1. Stabilizers should not be active during close quarters maneuvering and when not active should not have any noticeable impact on maneuverability. If the captain of your boat was experienced and had them on, he should / would have instantly noticed and turned them off (standby, so...

A buddy with a similar boat and fishing aspirations put a pair of diaper bags on the back of his. At first, I was skeptical, but they did a great job of keeping bait and were easily removed when not needed to free up the transom.

For many functions, such as dodging and a slight course alteration, the use of a control head is much simpler than through MFD. I wouldn't be without mine, but if my use were primarily well off shore where course corrections are very infrequent, I might feel differently. The other comment I...

Since, at least for many (if not most) of us, fuel is the least expensive part of boat ownership, cost really isn't a consideration for me. My boats have all been used predominantly for offshore fishing. On my last boat, I typically traveled to and from the tuna grounds (generally 60 - 100 nm...

I have a Brower Crane, and if I recall correctly, its 1,600 lb rating was based on the crane being tilted up at 30 degrees -- any more horizontal position would put more strain on the crane than it was rated to handle. I suggest that you make sure to use your crane only in a way that complies...

Are you able to name an additional insured on your umbrella policy? If not, how are you able to accommodate marinas, etc., that require more than $1M of coverage under your policies? My umbrella carrier will NOT provide that coverage, but that may be due to the high limits of liability I maintain.

I don't remember the specifics, but when I was considering my current boat, I ruled out anything over 65' as additional rules come into play. My boat is 64.5 feet, so I am free of those burdens, but wouldn't be surprised that regulatorily imposed sanitary system requirements are different...

I have been a Meater user for years, but couldn't use it for high temperature BBQing, like rotisserie. There is a new improved Meater out now -- tolerant of much higher ambient temperatures.

My point exactly -- otherwise I don't see the distinction between gross and simple making any difference to the prospect of personal liability. Respecting corporate formalities is necessary to the preservation of the LLC shield, but it is not sufficient to protect its owner from liability for...

We may be saying different things. Let's say you are in the movie business and you are producing a movie on a shoe string budget. Its a western so there are prop guns and you need an armorer. You interview a few and find a broad range of experience and comp expectations. You select the least...

It is commonly believed that conducting business activities through an LLC shields the owners' other assets from tort liabilities occasioned by those business operations. But, that ignores liability for one's own negligent actions and inactions. So, owners with any role in making (or failing...

When Cummins gave me a "captain's briefing" on my QSM11's, as part of the delivery process, they told me that although the engines would go into a low power (rpm) mode, they would never shut themselves down due to even the most severe fault condition for exactly that reason, adding that it is...

My boat has a complicated fuel manifold designed up to allow either main engine and either genset to draw from any of three tanks and to return to any one or more of those three, complicated by a 4th tanks that gravity feeds (if its valve is open) into one of the other three and a pump that...

So, is that your picture? If so, please post a follow up with you holding a sign that says TF Rocks. That way, we might take you seriously.

Bang is a relative term, but I hear and feel, from the pilot house helm, when I put my twin discs in gear, even one at a time. This on a boat that is so quiet, I have to strain to hear whether the genset is on (in fact, once I left the boat without turning it off). I have electronic controls...

I don't get youtube ads, so not from youtube. My comment was in response to the question about whether anyone bought anything that they wouldn't have bought anyway but for the ad. In my case, yes. I would not have purchased a UST, and probably would have waited until the existing TV dies...

Good advertising assists good decision making by providing information about which a consumer might otherwise be unaware. Targeting advertising provides that information about products most likely to be of interest to a particular consumer. In any event, I am that person. I spent the last few...

I am about the most frugal person I know, but I pay for youtube to avoid the ads. It is unwatchable with the ads.

Although I have never used wifi calling, I do use Zoom (etc.) extensively with virtually zero interruptions of any sort. And zoom must require more bandwidth and is no more able to buffer, than voice alone. It may matter that my starlink is land based (although with a first gen antenna).

Edit: I just realized that this is an old thread that was recently resurrected. My boat's displacement is 100,000 pounds and even at the dock it is close to impossible for one person to move. And if there is any current, or even a gentle breeze pushing the opposite direction, one person is...

A big component of that price differential is California tax.

I have been boating since before much of the modern stuff existed, and before I could afford it even if it did. As such, I equipped my boat (different boats, with different uses, over time) in the order presented below, but there are some other important safety-related things that took priority...