I had my first experience this afternoon having my holding tank emptied. Now that's a job. The marina was great and we kept the mishaps to a slight and I mean slight couple of drops where my son was standing by with a bucket of bleach and water to wash away any left overs. The gentleman at the...

Happy fathers day to all fathers, hope you are all celebrating on your boats. and of course a happy fathers day to the "grand daddy of them all" Hatteras Yachts...:) Mario

I am getting ready to do my annual wood polishing in the salon of my 56 MY. For years, I used lemon oil. I was wonderiing whether a spray on (perhaps lemon pledge) might work as well and would certainly be easier. Any suggestions?

On a recent trip to the Bahamas, when loading things into the cockpit hatch someone inadvertently kicked the port fuel return valve to closed position. When I started to leave I noticed the engine hunting for an rpm level but adjusting the buffer screw all but stopped that. She ran fine, although...

Hi everyone. On my 58 yachtfish I have a swim platform mounted to the transom on 4 mounting struts. The struts are bolted to the transom - each has two bolts above the waterline and two below. On the two outside struts, access to the nuts inside the lazarrette is fine. I can remove and replace...

I would like to change the oil on my new boat,1980 37 c 671 n's. No oil change system. I will prefill the new filters, any other advise. What is the best way to get the old oil out? How much do I tighten the new filters? Anything else would be helpful.

Hello, I am new to the forum and my father and I will be closing on our new to us Hatteras this week. It is a 1982 50 convertible. I was woundering if anyone here has converted their 32vdc electrical system on their hatteras to a 24vdc system. It seems that as time has gone on, there are a...

What is the best size danforth anchor (steel) for a 43C? I have 1/4" all chain rode. I have a big Fortress now, but I hate the darn thing. I swear it floats.

FYI, I went with Glen Eagle for the sofa, Waterway Sysetms is making side frames and windows, Slane is doing new vents, I decided on Cummins QSB-330's with electronic controls, Wolfwatermakers for the watermaker. I havn't decided on a gen yet. Onan 9wk seems to much and big, Onan 5kw too small....

This is the weekend of the St Michaels meeting and we are looking forward to meeting all the other Hatteras owners. Both Bernadette and I will be there Saturday morning, however, we are driving. Not sure if it was in any prior thread but there is an antique boat show at the museum this weekend. ...