i am trying to find out why i have a 3 rd fuel tank and it looks stock i have 2 150 gal tanks port and starbord but in the eng room to the rear of the fresh water tank i have a tank and its diesal that has a 1 1/2 opening the gen fuel lines both feed and return were stuck in the opening and duct...

I just installed new electronics on the boat and i took it out today to get an idea of th speed. 45C with 8V71 N's, i believe they're rated between 330 and 350 HP. At 1900-1950 she got 10.k5 kts on the C120. At WOT she got a little over 15 kts. Now i'm not a speed oriented guy, i was happy with...

Ok, I read this in an earlier post and desire comments on it. I know, I made the title long. REBrueckner on 12-17-2006 wrote Another partial solution: Hang a big zinc over the stern of your boat when dockside. This must be connected to the bonding system. I added a permanent stud,wing nut...

Not a newbie to Hatteras boats but to trolling. My 43 SX goes too fast when just in gear with both engines to troll for the local trophy fish (striped bass). I do not have trolling valves. So, when I troll on one engine, do I leave the other engine on but not in gear or off completely. I am...

We have received a letter from the marina advising their change over to dispensing Low Sulphur diesel at the fuel dock. The letter makes some vague references to "perhaps the need" for additives for use in our boats. Does anyone have any experience with this and what the possible ramifications are...

Here is a good link to a study on E-diesel. http://www.eere.energy.gov/afdc/pdfs/34817.pdf It shows what a dumb idea this is, and the changes to equipment, infrastructure that would have to be made. The biggest hurdle is safety due to the flash point of alcohol being less safe than gasoline.

Getting ready to re-do both heads on my 43 dc, I was thinking of removing all the original wall paper and then doing the walls in either teak or a cherry wood veneer. The flooring was just re-done with teak and holly flooring so I'm trying to decide on the walls. If I do the walls in wood will it...

Over the last weekend our GM water pump started cycling frequently to regain pressure. In the end it would cycle every 2 mins or so and on a couple of occasions it pinged the breaker. My ProSine inverter panel showed it drawing 15 - 18 amps while cylcing; which seemed high to me. A bunch of...

I am considering installing a pair of Flo-Scans on my 36 Hatteras w/3208T Caterpillar engines. Is anybody out there using the Flo-Scans, with GPS interface, and how do you like them? It seems to me that with the price of fuel that it wouldn't take long to pay for them if you could identify the RPM...