On my 1988 Hatteras 38 Conv I'm experiencing a small leak around the steering post where it goes into the hydraulic block (Hynautic steering). It leaks about 1 cup of fluid every 6 months, and just refill / repressurize the tank to keep the fluid mid sightglass. I was going to disconnect the...

Does running the blower, whether low or high speed cruising, help reduce diesel smell in boat after cruise is over. I always have a slight diesel smell in the boat after a couple hours running, goes away or I get used to it, just wandering if the blower running all the time in any way helps to...

Hi, I need guidance, I 'm looking at a set of 454,365hp crusaders w/1.58 transmissions.could anyone tell me if this ratio transmission is ok or do i need a 1.91 ?my boat had a set of chrysler engines that are long gone.if this set up is ok would anyone know what kind of speed it might generate? ...

After 40 years, the aluminun frame of my windshield was badly corroded on the aft facing sides. You can see it in some of the pictures. I used every polishing compound available, and although they helped, none could never make the aluminum shine like new or get out the tiny-dark blister looking...

58' Hatteras Yachtfisherman. The boat has a 32 volt system. Currently I have 4 8d batteries per side which are going bad. One side is hooked up to the 3000w Newmar inverter/charger. The inverter/charger is capable of charging AGM, wet cell and gell cell. In my quest to find the best battery for...

Before I put the boat in the water this weekend, wanted to run something by you guys.. In my 1965 41DC, the bilge seems to be seperated into 3 parts where water collected in one area does not spill over to the next area until it reaches a certain height. For example, the little bit of water...

I'm still amazed at what I find after owning this boat for more than 4 years... Quite a while back I was trying to figure out how to get to the vent blower for the forward head in the v berth area. I concluded that although I could SEE it from an access panel in the back of the galley cabinet...

I'm going to have a MarQuipt 800 lb. davit installed on the port side on the Hatt in a week or two. I checked the V berth closet(port side) and there wasn't any support and/or foundation as someone had mentioned that some of the Hatt's may have come from the factory in 85. I would appreciate any...

I need to know how many HP a 36000btu compressor is. I'm hooking up the Coastal Climate Control and they rate the output of their box for up to 2HP compressor at 230v. If I'm under that then I can remove the PWX box. What is the conversion? I just noticed that the compressor shows 18.5 input...

It was strongly suggested that should I convert to VC17 botton paint, that all the old bottom paint had to come off, either sanding (ugh) or better yet soda blasting (check please!). So by happenstance the last few days I have been looking at pressure washers/sprayers in the 2,500-3,500 psi's...