Hi everyone.New to this forum and as a wannabe hat owner have a million questions.Looking at a 1966(via internet) 41 twin cabin.Has updated drives(cats).Wondering what areas I should concentrate on if I get to the viewing and sea trial part.Have some general knowledge of boats having owned several...

I pulled several burnt out bulbs and the only identifier on them is B2A. Haven't been able to find them anywhere including the web. Anyone have a source or a cross ref #. 1974 36C. They are about the size of a flashlight bulb. Single pole bottom with two locking pins near the base of the bulb,...

I have a Garmin 3210C chartplotter with XM weather module, which I love. However, on the Great Lakes we seem to have a problem this season following a software change made by XM weather earlier this spring. That software change necessitated a compensatory change in Garmin's software to correctly...

After 6 weeks in the Keys and Abacos some things are starting to break and unfortunately in the same system. My new generator has a leaking heat exchanger. Second hole of the trip after welding the first one earlier. Now the inverter fried a cable and blew a hole around the post of one of the...

Does anyone out there know the size "diameter" of your engine and throttle cables for the 53Hatt MY . Looking at mine they appear to be old (1972) morse, (now teleflex) but definitely larger in diameter than the standard 10/32 threaded Teleflex. About 1/4" diameter on mine. Also noted control...

Anyone else having problems using the "search" function on the forum?

Obviously, where are the not so perfect ones? Maybe I am being foolish because if the market keeps up the way it is, a decent convertible will be actually affordable to me soon haha. I think I want something in the 50-60 foot rang, convertible....age doesn't matter, running engines (or at least...

Where do you guys get yours and what is good? I need to add soundproofing to my engine hatches. I removed it during the repower because it was saturated with oil from 25yrs. The new engines are quiet but I just want to see how much quieter they are with the soundproofing.

The teak trim on our 1985 61' MY bow pulpit has deteriorated and rotted to the point where we must dig-it out and remove it or replace it. There's a considerable amount of teak there, and I also think that the current deteriorated condition of the teak is resulting in some leakage into the anchor...

Almost all cruise ships are diesel electric now. Looks like the technology is filtering down to the smaller stuff. To me it looks like you guys that cruise at hull speed have a perfect application (variable pitch prop may be simpler/cheaper thoguh) http://www.ossapowerlite.com/ they have a...