We are leaving in the morning for Little River, SC to finally bring our boat home to Colonial Beach, VA, shoving off Sunday. It's been a long time coming and we've had (and needed) much more work done to the boat than we anticipated. We've got a reservation at Seapath Yacht Club in Wrightsville for Sunday night. After that, who knows? The weather forecast isn't great. We have gunk in the port tank. I've got 16 - 30 micron Racors and 10 - 10 micron secondary filters on board. The plan is to change the racors every night as needed until they run clear.
This is a first for us. I'm very excited and a bit nervous. It's about a 480 mile run, depending on the route. We have a friend coming who has done the route 6 or 7 times. Our adventure begins.
Welcome to the Hatteras Owners Forum & Gallery. Sign Up or Login
+ Reply to Thread
Results 1 to 10 of 22
-
10-11-2019 07:57 PM #1
Finally Bringing Manchioneal Home
Robert
MANCHIONEAL
1973 43DC #365
Mattox Creek, VA
-
Re: Finally Bringing Manchioneal Home
Safe and problem free travels
-
10-11-2019 08:44 PM #3Senior Member
- Join Date
- Dec 2014
- Posts
- 410
Re: Finally Bringing Manchioneal Home
Swing through Elizabeth City , NC
-
10-11-2019 10:25 PM #4
Re: Finally Bringing Manchioneal Home
Robert-
Best of luck and try to enjoy the journey!
Having said that.... remember to check the bowls frequently if you have gunk in the tanks.... you might need to disassemble and clean the Racor tower if it's really bad.... the "ball" check valve can get stuck if you get too much "gunk" in the bowls...JD
1976 58' LRC Hull #311
"Miss Maggie"
Riviera Dunes, FL
-
Re: Finally Bringing Manchioneal Home
Robert,
If you are planning a stop in Portsmouth or Norfolk, Virginia, I am located at Tidewater Yacht Marina.
I have a 1982 43' DCFB that I have owned and done lots of work to over the past 3 years since purchasing.
Might be fun to compare and contrast our boats. I am always ready to borrow some ideas.
Have a safe and enjoyable trip.
JonJonathan Brein
1982 43' DCFB #550
"Paragon"
Chesapeake, Virginia
-
Re: Finally Bringing Manchioneal Home
Check those filters every hour and don’t get any air in the lines while changing them. Have a safe voyage
SEVEN
1979 53' MY Hull #563
Antioch, California
-
Re: Finally Bringing Manchioneal Home
Have a great trip and hope you have our luck. When we bought our Hatt we thought the fuel was at least 10 years old and were worried as we had a 500 mile open ocean trip to make so we also brought tons of filters, the good news was we still have most of those filters, didn’t need to change any on the trip. Most of all have fun and enjoy the trip. John
Mahalo V
1974 53 Motoryacht
Hull Number 406
San Diego, Ca. Ready 32 Nordic Tug, Brunswick Ga.
-
10-12-2019 10:23 PM #8
-
Re: Finally Bringing Manchioneal Home
Hope it’s a pleasant and uneventful trip. Going outside is when your gunk might cause you problems, especially if the boat hasn’t seen any big waves in a while.
Randy Register - Kingston, TN
www.yachtrelocation.com
www.Safes4Guns.com
aka Freebird aka Sparky1
1965 41DC #93
-
10-13-2019 10:17 AM #10
Re: Finally Bringing Manchioneal Home
We are moving along just above Lockwoods Folly inlet. It's a gorgeous day.
Robert
MANCHIONEAL
1973 43DC #365
Mattox Creek, VA