Refit and Upgrade

Refit and Upgrade

Recreating A Boat's Helm By Capt. Bill Pike \| Posted April 2012 Don’t Like Your Helm? Here’s How One Boater Recreated His. Read Article	What You Need To Know About Propeller Options By Eric Colby \| Posted April 2012 The right set of propellers can smooth the ride and increase efficiency. Read Article
Interceptors By Eric Colby \| Posted February 2012 Interceptors can sharpen up a boat’s performance and efficiency. For decades trim tabs have been the popular way to adjust a boat’s running angle. They work well on... Read Article	Air-Conditioning Systems - Part II By Eric Colby \| Posted October 2011 Last month we showed you how to determine your boat’s cooling needs as a first step in an air-conditioning installation or refit (see article here).Now that you know how... Read Article
Preserving JFK's yacht "Honey Fitz" By Jason Y. Wood \| Posted October 2011 The owner of Honey Fitz made the right call—twice. First, after the former presidential yacht had paid many visits to various repair yards since the mid-1970s, he decided to... Read Article	Upgrading the 102-foot motoryacht Banyan By Alyssa Haak \| Posted October 2011 Neptune Group YachtingBanyan’s new profile while underway Capt. Andrew GregoBanyan's original launch.Rock SteadyAn extensive refit, complete with two Seakeeper gyros, put Read Article
Air-Conditioning Systems By Eric Colby \| Posted September 2011 In this less-than-perfect economy, many people are keeping their current boats and upgrading them in various ways. One smart investment to improve your comfort and your boat... Read Article	Lürssen's Polar Star By Alyssa Haak Photos by Jim R... \| Posted July 2011 Seeing a yacht in a shipyard is like seeing a dolphin at Sea World—it’s not an entirely accurate representation of behavior in the wild. So when I heard that the 208-... Read Article
Dinghy Replacement By Capt. Bill Pike Photos by Jeffe... \| Posted February 2011 Recently, I underwent a profoundly meaningful conversion experience and, like a whole passel of converts before me, I’m hot in the heels to share it with the world. The... Read Article	The Ultimate Upgrade By Capt. Bill Pike \| Posted January 2011 Disaster struck at seven o’clock on a wintry North Florida morning. Tim Martin and his buddies were idling along in Martin’s seasoned battlewagon, 30 miles offshore,... Read Article
Labor of Love By Alyssa Haak Photos by Darle... \| Posted October 2010 The 30-foot Carver Santego was for sale and up on the hard. From a distance she looked gray and tan instead of her original white with navy and black trim with... Read Article	Yacht Restoration By MiMi Yeh \| Posted November 2009 Any boatyard can refurbish an elderly vessel, but where do old yachts get new lives using traditional techniques? The answer is the Newport, Rhode Island-based International Yacht... Read Article
Nautic Air Module - Got Allergies? By Capt. Bill Pike \| Posted October 2009 As an unabashed booster for boats and boating, I’m a tad amazed to find myself admitting that we boaters have a wholly invisible but smelly problem: onboard air quality. Consider... Read Article	Swap or Not? By Capt. Bill Pike \| Posted July 2009 I explained to Joe Galati of Galati Yacht Sales that PMY was looking for a cruiser with incandescent or halogen lighting that we could swap for LEDs from Imtra Marine. We had four... Read Article
Walking the Plank of the Charles W. Morgan By MiMi Yeh \| Posted April 2009 Keeping a 19th-century whaling ship afloat requires a combination of old-world craftsmanship and new-age planning, especially when that ship is the Charles W. Morgan, the world... Read Article	Movin' On Up By Capt. Patrick S... \| Posted November 2008 Having owned countless smaller craft, the D'Ascanio family was ready to step up. For as long as Florida Keys native Franco D'Ascanio can remember, being on the water has... Read Article
Put a Lid on It By Mike Smith \| Posted September 2008 They used to say a man wasn't well-dressed without a hat, and maybe that's true of boats, too. A hardtop provides a place to mount the radar and antennas and keeps... Read Article	The Refit of <i>Lauren L</i> By Kim Kavin \| Posted September 2008 Andreas Liveras had a problem. The Greek owner of Monaco-based Liveras Yachts had made his name in large charter yachts, having refit some 15 vessels since 1985 (including gutting... Read Article
America America By Capt. Bill Pike \| Posted July 2008 Who knew? I mean, at the start of the project, I was under the impression that installing an autopilot would be a piece de gateau. You know, something akin to, say, toggling a new... Read Article	This Ol' Boat By Adam LaRosa \| Posted September 2007 Late last winter, my crew and I were faced with a dilemma: sell our faithful 1987 48-foot Viking charter vessel, and be forced to purchase the best boat we could find, or refit... Read Article
The Hard Core Facts By George L. Petrie \| Posted August 2007 Craftsmen apply core-bonding putty to the inner surface of the laminate.It's probably just human nature. Whether the controversy is Ford versus Chevy, Yankees versus Red Sox, or... Read Article	Spares Solution By Mike Smith \| Posted July 2007 SeaKits' MMS keeps track of parts to save you the trouble.Think about how many individual parts make up your yacht: The engines are full of them, as are the genset, stabilizers,... Read Article
Painting Underwater Metal By Mike Smith \| Posted March 2007 Painting your boat’s bottom is a straightforward job: You, or your boatyard, apply new paint over old. But what about the running gear: struts, shafts, trim tabs, and propellers?... Read Article	Splash Out on Spray Rails By Mike Smith \| Posted November 2006 Some boats are fine in almost all respects but harbor a gremlin or two that become annoying out of proportion to their real importance. PMY editor-in-chief Richard Thiel owns such... Read Article
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