During a recent 5 day cruise on my 41DC, I was awakened by the sound of my 7kw Westerbeke gas generator shutting down at about 4am. My first thought was it ran out of gas as that side was showing low on fuel. After refueling later that morning, the generator proved very hard to start. I checked...

I post this only because of our fondness for diesel fuel and/or gasoline. Like the proverbial robot, the press, and the rest of us really, refer to the oil pumped world wide as "fossil fuels". The emphasis is on a depletable resource. However, this may be another of those old wives tales (hope...

Worthy of having a thread entitled as such, I must shout, PASCAL IS MY HERO!!! He came to my rescue to help me get the forbidden object out of my macerator after a guest flushed one down the head last weekend. It turned out to be that getting the hose off was a two person job. Just when I...

The Book of Genesis… The Book of Karl… There’s some symbolism for ya’. ;) I gotta’ say thanks again man. I have learned SO MUCH from you. I'm indebted to you and there will ALWAYS be some Heineken’s for you aboard my boat. If you ever need a hand with anything, just give me a call. I owe...

Going to look at the boat in the link boat later today. Need all 53 owners help in evaluating this listing as best you can from a listing. Obviously the boat had the newer style flybridge installed, and has had deck work done as well as full awlgrip paint job. Look closely at the aft stateroom...

Last weekend, I noticed a gear oil trail coming from the top of the windlass (Galley Maid BBHW 12V, vertical). The oil "puddle" had water in it due to the recent thunderstorms. All oil was on deck, with none showing in the rode locker. Ok...I thought, what is forcing the oil out of the gear box?...

I have been looking at many hatteras' as well as other types boats lately and I want to buy one soon. My question is which is a better engine in general, the 871 or the 892? Also should I be concerned with ethanol in diesel? I don't want to be changing tanks. Any advise would be appreciated....

This spring, I invested the big bucks in a computer balance redo of my props complete with fancy print outs, care and feeding instructions, the whole big deal. This was done in an attempt to tweak up the performance a little, and maximize speed and efficiency. The boat launched in late April. Due...

Well I did not what to kill the other thread since it was a 2 part question and a good set of questions. But I will high jack the one part. All of you have great points but my feeling goes with who Lobbyist. There are big players in this game this time around Bill Gates and many more...

I'm need to remove my old leaking AP pump (woods freeman) and need to cap the lines. It's connected to the original copper steering lines with Tees.. any idea what size and threads they are ? there are two larger ones and one smaller one.