dear all I have an urgent question for you. on my hatt 37 there is a dockside water direst attaching that I have never used...and idem last owner. By now I have decided to use this way to avoid to work only with my galleymaid. Problem are three: 1) when I open the inlet cover of dockside...

Is Rotella T-1 40 weight oil ok in a 1972 8-53 natural?

I'm looking for information on the displacement of a classic 65-69 34 Convertable. I have seen 13,000-15,000 lbs, but am looking for accurate documentation. If anyone has original specifications, or can point me in the correct direction, I would appreciate it. Brian

lost a transformer which supplies the helm in the salon. Its a Newmar 32 volt to 12 volt DC transformer. I can't seem to find a source immediately online. Anyone out there had to do this and have a source? Wanting to go fishing this coming weekend and it looks like we may be staying at the slip. ...

I need to tap into a seachest or two (the ones on the inside of the hullsides where various things like sinks, hot water overflow, AC condensation pans, etc. drain) to discharge the cooling seawater from some self-contained air conditioning units that I am installing in the staterooms. These will...

I installed the 4th new 8d yesterday morning and we now have a new house bank.Interstates ran arount $200 each.I hooked everything back up and the inverter worked but I was afraid to run it for long because I was getting an 03 overheat warning on the link 2000 but it was bulk charging at about...

Had one of the dual-bulb circline florescent fixtures go out the other day. Since there are two bulbs with an individual socket to attach each bulb to the ballast, I assumed that the ballast was bad since I could not imagine that two bulbs failed at exactly the same instant. But to be sure I did...

I have a 52' hatteras and my insurance policy needs to be renewed. I currently have Boat US (underwritten by CNA) and have been happy with them over the years but they have raised their rates again and it is getting excessive. Can anyone recommend some good insurance companies to price out? As...

I recently had a davit installed on the foredeck of my 43c. I had the installer de-core and epoxy the area around the stand pipe and mounting flange to avoid any wet core issues later. My question is, should I also de-core the areas where I attach the deck cradle and tie down anchors? Is it...

I am stumped. Water is getting into stbd engine bilge and it appears to be fresh water, doesn't taste salty. All the other bilges are dry. There has been no rain or have we run the A/C. I guess there could be condensation but why only the stbd bilge unless the boat list a tad to stbd because of...