Recent content by BobWaz

The mind is willing, the knees are not Selling our 1987 40 double cabin.46 LOA, 13'7" beam. Twin Crusader 454's w/350 HP. Onan 6.5 KW generator. 8 jack stands for winter storage. AC/heat pumps for salon & master. In last 3 yrs new brass lamps master & salon, master carpet, linoleum floors...

I just replaced all the cabin lights in the salon and master bedroom. When doing the salon and lamp in the master next to the closet, I turned off the appropriate breakers to play it safe. When doing the 2 lamps over the bed, there was no breaker that controlled them. Therefore I killed all the...

Hey! How do you sink a Polish ship?......Put it in water!

For the north country people.....Anyone going to the Montreal boat show? We are going on Saturday.

Looking to replace our 40 double cabin counter stools as we are having the furniture recovered. It is a bit of a challenge as they are only 16" high. We are looking for something with a back. Have found a couple of adjustable bar stools that will go down to a minimum of 21". This might be OK...

I live on Lake Champlain at the corners of New York, Vermont and Canada. We have an issue with salt in our well to the point of the water not being drinkable, leaving a residue on everything and eats up faucets, drains etc. It is either or both caused by road salt or the water softener rinsing...

Nabstar.... Take Walt's advise, get a price first for trucking. It would be from Chazy NY. Weights and dimensions are on this site under model brochures. If not contact Hatteras direct. I had purchased the boat back in 2005 from a tug boat captain/pilot that worked NYC harbor. The survey that...

We are up on the Canadian border of New York. The season is over and boats need to come out NOW. In waiting for a good day without wind to haul my 87 40' double cabin, we were hit with better than 50mph winds overnight. The finger was lined with fenders and had three large ones hanging from the...

I have a 1987 40 double cabin gas powered. In getting ready for my first winterization wanted to change the oil in my 6.5 Onan. Looked quickly in the book and saw 30 wt was called for. Did not see any mention of oil filter and could not see one on the engine. I brought 30 wt detergent to the...

What oil and weight is everyone using in their 454 blocks? Manual says straight 30 but that was back in 87. Oil technology has come a long way since.

Now that my new to me 87 40' DCMY larger projects are getting done, I recently took on the Babb speakers. There are 4 sets of speakers on the boat. Bridge, salon, aft cabin and forward cabin. The bridge speakers were already replaced. I bought a new set for the salon. In taking out the Babb...

Does anyone have experience in using Captain Tolleys crack filler?

Looking to replace my solid white windshield cover with dark blue see through type mesh. Where is the best place to purchase the fabric to make our own? Thanks, Bob Waz

Anyone looking to sell a good used 12"GPS/chartplotter? Do not need any of the additional features.

My 1963 Hatteras 34 SC is now long gone. Looking at a 1987 40 double cabin. Any problem areas to look out for? Has 350HP Crusaders. What would be the burn per hour at trawler speeds? Current owner claims he contacted Hatteras regarding ethanol with the problems w/glass tanks. They said they had...