Well, the Admiral and I took ownership of our first Hatteras this past Friday. "Kismet" is a 58' LRC. She's currently in Kent Island, MD and we'll be bringing her to Deltaville in the next 2 weeks. A long laundry list of things to do - but we're giddy with excitement! Here's a quick peek: ...

How do you do it short of hooking it up on your boat? I bought what was advertised as a new Rule 32V bilge pump, but it's far from new. The boat's over 2 hours away, and I'd like to know whether or not this thing works short of hauling it down there. I did buy a 32V charger from bigbill a...

I heard some radio traffic on 16 about a boat on the rocks. someone was on scene and talking to Sector Baltimore, but was still out in the Delaware so only heard part of the conversation, not the guy reporting the accident. apparently there was 4 POB and one was injured. I figured it would...

It is interesting that the David Pascoe topic came up in another thread. I have a friend that asked me if I knew of a good surveyor in the area (we live in Panama City), and I referred him to Pascoe's website. He called the office number listed last week and no one returned his call. My friend...

Saturday the local USPS (which I belong to) held a demo on handheld flares and aerial flares. We got to fire off our old ones plus we got to see and fire different types the Coast Guard provided. The basic Orion handhelds had some problems lighting, think we had about 40% not light, but most...

There is a brand new 9KW Onan gen for sale on Boatdiesel 7500.00. sounds like a good deal. I have no connection, just passing it along.

Update- read my Nov 2 post...on how bad it really was. I ran our '72 43'DCFB to her winter port, last Saturday, Oct 10, 2009. Somehow, I got caught in the worst seas I have encountered, since I have owned the boat. I am very gratified that Hatt's are very tough, seaworthy, and dependable, with...

OK, my daughter will be returning to San Diego on Mon, 12/15, after spending several months on a "Semester at Sea". I put her on the ship in Halifax back in August, and she will have been around the world by the time they arrive. I'll be meeting her when she gets off the ship. I thought I was...

Well went 43 miles off Sunday morning found the draggers and about 12 -15 other boats. Got nada heard of one 60 lb BFT being caught. At 1:00 ran back in to 30 mile mark and setup for sharking landed one Big Blue dog :( for a while thought it was Mr Mako but it was not he would have been about a 250...

Hi folks and fellow hatteras owners. I own a 53' inclosed motor yacht. This is the project I've resonly started. Dom't know why but Iv'e always wondered why Hatteras designed Two seperate engine rooms with a companion way down the center. Well what I'm doing is getting rid of the middle head and...