Got your attention with that title huh? Pervert! Safe sex on your Hatteras: Step 1: Kill both engines. Step 2: Drop anchor. Step 3: You figure it out. ;)

Hello All I'm doing some repair/remodiling on my 61' MY and will need to finish/refinish several areas. The teak apears to have some sort of oil type finish on it there is no gloss and apears to be little or no film build. Does anyone know what was originaly used? Also any sugestions or advice...

I know this should have been done at sea trial but I didn’t think of it. At 16kts while on Traveler’s (45C) maiden voyage home after purchase, I turned her hard over to port, made a big circle in the water and when back on my original heading, I put her hard over to stbd. I did this to test...

I started out to the Hudson canyon last night in my friends 34 Yellowfin, with two other guys, both in their mid thirties. I already knew in advance we would hit 7 to 8 footers with 20 knot winds, but the Capt. (my age) said we would be OK. Needless to say, Cap used his 3 (250 Suzukis) to try to...

My '81 48 MY came to me with the bronze waste divertor valve stuck in the overboard postition. I can't budge it with a large pipe wrench. Any advice? Bob

I found on my Ford Lehman that adding MMO to the fuel was helpful. A friend found the same on his natural 3208 Cats. Smoking reduced etc. How about DD's? Any value to using it to help keep injectors etc clean? Bob

quite a specticle yesterday with the Crown Princess listing 45 degrees. News is saying steering problem but it sounds like stabilizers to me. Money on computer problem causing stabilizers to get wacked out. had a smilar issue on a smaller boat with bent rudder. Rudder post bent back about...

A friend has removed his leaking portholes. He has them and the sutfaces all cleaned up and is ready to reinstall. He mentioned using 5200 to rebed them. My immediate reaction was WAIT! They will never come out of there again if you need them to! Maybe thats a good thing, but I always think twice...

I remember Karl once posting what one should require of a mechanic that is quoting a rebuild job. I searched but I can't seem to find it. As I remember, it would make a good FAQ thread as it gave all of the specifics of what should be replaced and how the job should be done to be done right. It...

Hey guys , Any marinas in the Cold Spring to Northport area that you'd recommend? I'm looking for a place that has a pool ,possibly a town nearby. Also I need to set up transportation to go to a CE course. Are there cabs available or do I need to figure out how to rent a car from the marina? Any...