Timely Repair Leads to Successful Charter
A fishing captain’s worst nightmare: a boat breakdown days before the prestigious Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament. Can he overcome this challenge?
Volvo Penta D11 Running Smoothly After Five Years
Water Proof, a 42-foot, custom-built Northern Bay sportfishing boat, completed in 2016, is running at its best with a Volvo Penta D11, 670-horsepower engine.
Lightweight Sportfishing Yacht Reaches 55 Knots
Composite Yacht, located on the eastern shore of Maryland, is a family-owned and run business, which was started by the Hardy family. They have been building one-of-a-kind boats for the past 23 years.
Repowering the Harbor Queen Improves Fuel Consumption and Speed
Located in Marblehead, Ohio, the Harbor Queen, a 42-foot, aluminum, 12-passenger, custom charter fishing boat, was repowered with an EPA Tier 3 Volvo Penta D6 380-horsepower engine, matched with a ZF HS85A reduction gear at 1.96:1 ratio.
Pilot Boats Running Well with Volvo Penta Engines
The Association of Maryland Pilots have been enjoying the superior performance of Volvo Penta engines installed in two pilot boats built by Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding in Somerset, Massachusetts.
Second Life for M/V Bus Brown
With two locations along the Kanawha River in West Virginia and one along the upper Ohio River, Amherst Madison, Inc., is an employee-owned business focusing on marine towing, construction, and repair. Tim Spencer, director of vessel maintenance and engineering, managed the repower of the M/V Bus Brown, which is primarily used by the company’s construction division […]
Volvo Penta Engines Providing Power & Reliability to Ferries
To get to Daufuskie Island, South Carolina, you need a boat. The special thing about the island is that it offers a glimpse, for visitors and residents, of what sea islands were like before bridges, causeways and development. Richard Inglis, Director of Transportation for Haig Point, located on Daufuskie Island, began working for the ferry company in […]
Success of Charter Business Rides on D6s
“The engines are running awesome. With or without a load, we’re burning three gallons of fuel per hour, cruising at 16–17 mph,” says John Tibbels, owner and captain at Tibbels Fishing Charter Service, a family-owned company started by his grandfather and great uncle in 1921. Located in Marblehead, Ohio, Tibbels has repowered his custom-built Laux fishing […]
Sea Creature Comes to Life with Volvo Penta D13s
Your engines are smoking. “Not exactly the words any boat captain wants to hear,” says Steve “Creature” Coulter, captain of Sea Creature, in Hatteras Village, NC. “I knew about the problem, and replaced the turbos, but the engines were still smoking. After realizing the injectors were bad and the engines needed to be rebuilt, I found […]
Mission-Critical Work Driven by D11s
Coming alongside and boarding a 150,000-ton coal collier on open water is not easy. Matt Hardison, operations manager and captain for Paradise Point Marine, who operates Paradise Creek, a launch boat with newly installed, twin Volvo Penta D11 510-horsepower engines, accomplishes this task with relative ease. After a catastrophic engine failure in June, Hardison contacted Tim […]