I have been commissioned to convert a 53 MY from 32 VDC with five (that's right 5 :eek: ) DC/DC converters scattered throughout the vessel to a much saner 24 VDC system. I will generate the 12 VDC required for the VHF and the TNT dinghy lift with a battery equalizer in each bank. Has anybody...

I recently noticed some water in my starboard engine room bildge on my 1973 53MY. I am not an engine expert by any stretch of the imagination, but I found that the water was a fairly steady drip coming from the shaft just in front of where the shaft goes out through the aft section of the starboard...

I like to listen to radio chatter, so about an hour before a head-pump/day cruise I tune in to several channels. I keep hearing how rough it is and "we are slowing down, so we can use the head...you know how rough it is". So we go out, pump heads, and stick out nose out into Lk Huron. About...

We have a 1969 50MY. The engines use 32v. I am thinking of adding a 12v alt to one eng. This would keep up the 12v battery I use for electronics. My gen is 12v but I would like to charge of the DD. Has anyone done this? What type alt? Diamond Sun Ft Myers

anybody have an insurance company that insures older hatteras boats at a reasonable rate? i just got my new policy, WOW, its time to start comparing prices. thanks for your help bigbill

I have a 1970 45 with 8V71TI, been restoring for 2 years, finally got my tachs going, and can only get 2100 RPM WOT. The props are 4 bladed 28x30. Any ideas on re-working or replacing my props? I would like to also find a better used set as these are old.

I did something really studpid this weekend, I let my 7.5 Onan MDJE run the forward fuel tank dry. ( 1979 43 DCMY ) The genset is now totally dead, no response at all to the start switch, which I'm assuming is the result of a safety shut down at the control panel. Two questions: First, does...

I was quite pleased that I had zero water in the bilge after being gone for two weeks...some leaks are so difficult to identify, but I thought I had them all. Rebedded a main raw water intake and repacked the rudder stuffing boxes. But no. My wife stayed aboard and in a week more water shows up...

I have a CruiseAir 3000gph 230v pump that supplies all 4 of my A/c units. It has started to take a long time to prime after cruising. The strainer is clean, but the pump will barely supply enough water to flow through the shortest hose run off of the manifold. Then, after about 30 min it will...

I have RACOR "Cruise Pack" set ups on my 6V92TA's. On my port engine the aft filter will not allow fuel to flow, when I close the fwd filter and open the valve to the aft filter the vacuum gauge goes immediately into the red (full restriction). Is there a check valve at the bottom of the tube in...