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October 3, 2007 - 4:11pm
Diesel Electric Drive
freedom the system affords the yacht's designer. The engine can be installed wherever appropriate ... in a conventional direct engine-to-propeller drive. Turning the props with electric motors enhances slow ... propellers from a single engine or use multiple engines to power one or more props. In a twin-engine ...
October 3, 2007 - 4:11pm
Driven
possible by the development of the engine," Stephens wrote. That's been the case for more than a century ... -combustion engines and the drive trains they spin.
Powerboat buyers of 1907 could choose from a wide range ... . Seabury Company, like many of its contemporaries, offered steam engines and internal-combustion engines ...
October 3, 2007 - 4:11pm
Fuel Alert
engine at risk.
You just pumped fuel into your yacht's tank, but how do ... engines run on diesel fuel, on the other hand, you may be filling up with diesel fuel that contains oil ... -alcohol diesel fuels.
Regardless of the type of fuel you use, you need to know what fuels your engine ...
October 3, 2007 - 4:11pm
Beneteau Swift Trawler 42
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The Beneteau 42 can cruise all day at better then 20 knots without abusing her engines, structure or systems ... station is to starboard. The engines are managed with single-lever controls. The trim tab and bowthruster ... ) instrumentation are provided for each engine. The upper part of the instrument panel provides adequate space ...
October 3, 2007 - 4:11pm
Turn of the Screw
a propeller to the driving engine to obtain the greatest thrust per horsepower. Understanding this need led ... adapted from jet engine design efforts) and new materials and methods of production.
The selection ... designed for high-speed boats.
Most of the propellers used on conventional inboard engine-driven boats ...
October 3, 2007 - 4:11pm
Going Propless: Water-Jet Drives
on the driving engine does not vary with boat speed or wave impact, protecting the engine from possible overspeed ... is aft of the vessel's transom, allowing the engines to be placed far aft, which further reduces ... be directly coupled to the engine, with the flow diverters used to provide neutral thrust when the boat ...
October 3, 2007 - 4:12pm
Fuel Alert
How the rush to ethanol and bio-fuels may put your engine at risk.
Chuck Husick
yachting/images/magazine/2007/082007/pt_ethanol_175x141.jpg ...
October 3, 2007 - 4:11pm
The Incredible Lightness of Flight
-pilot operation (in the U.S.). VLJs use technology to minimize pilot workload. Engines are computer ... from about $1.4 million for the five-place, single-engine Diamond D-Jet to close to $3 million for the larger, twin-engine VLJs, such as the Embraer Phenom 100.
Your decision to buy a VLJ or to use one ...
October 3, 2007 - 4:11pm
Lazzara LSX75
Penta IPS system, using four joystick-controlled engines for trackball maneuverability, the LSX75 ... ; this is usually difficult given the necessity of providing space for the large engines needed to achieve express ... would have been required for a conventional twin engine, inclined-shaft power system. Yet the engine ...
October 3, 2007 - 4:11pm
Navman Tracker 5600 Plotter
with single or twin gasoline engines.
The 5600's compact size, its minimal magnetic influence on nearby ... . The system works only with gasoline engines and cannot be used with fuel-injected engines, which, like ... ).
Price: $1,000 (street). The optional fuel kit is $150 for a single engine, $300 for twin engines ...
October 3, 2007 - 4:11pm
Si-Tex CVS-106L Fishfinder
by engineers who know boats.
It is obvious that the new Si-Tex CVS-106L Color Fish Finder was designed by engineers who know something about life on the water. The 6-inch diagonal ... overlooked by design engineers who are not boaters.
The Si-Tex team's boat awareness is also apparent ...
October 3, 2007 - 4:11pm
Integrated PC Systems
battery and carefully isolated from the ship's power and engine-start circuits.
If you are skeptical ... . In most installations these displays can also show images of the engine room and cockpit from low light ... Internet connection. Data collected by the engine and generator control and monitor systems can ...
October 3, 2007 - 4:11pm
Autopilots Galore
characteristics. Wired and wireless remote controls are increasingly popular, and when combined with engine ... three versions of the NavPilot are available in special outboard engine configuration. Up to six control ... powered with Mercury Verado outboards. The TR-1 Gold is designed for use with outboard engines between 6 ...
October 3, 2007 - 4:11pm
PCs to Bring Aboard
control tool, if engineers learn to deal with the changeable wide dynamic range of background noise ... . As designers and engineers improve our ability to function as well as our machinery does in rough weather ...
October 3, 2007 - 4:11pm
Leica MK 40 GPS Navigator
this capability because GPS typically drops off-line when engines start without power from an isolated power bus ...
