Recent content by hromberg

Take one of those and cross it with one of these, keeping the weight reasonably low...

Thinking about evicting the cream colored suede stain magnet sleeper sofa and love seat in favor of something better. I'm thinking about a pair of club chairs with and a better sofa I don't want them to look like "boat furniture" (all rounded corners and generic design) but I do want storage...

So Andrea blew a bunch of water around, and some must have gotten inside either my alarm panel, the ignition panels, or both. Either way, with no key in, the tachs lit up, and the low oil pressure alarms came on. I didn't believe it so I bumped the start and yep. Rumble rumble. Aside from...

I've got a giant about 9X9X5 inch Quicksilver Galvanic Isolator on my boat and for some reason it starts making a power buzz (fairly loud) sometimes. It's not on all the time or I'd be freaking out wondering if I had something shorting to ground, but it makes me wonder if someone in the marina...

Not the hair cut, although there do seem to be a few back here on the country music side of the state. So I was messing around with the casting net on the dock the other day and a kid tells me there's a bunch of great big mullet down the other end. A few minutes and one throw later I had half a...

I'm thinking about swapping out the sleeper sofa and loveseat in my salon, and I'm not sure what way to go. I want a large sofa (possibly L shaped) with storage under all of it) but I don't want it to look like it came out of an RV. All the boat furniture places seem to be stuck in the same...

So I got all the engine work done on her, fueled her up and went out for a run. Nice clean bottom, and reconditioned props in place, with a full load of fuel, water and not much gear aboard, I was hoping to get more speed out of her. We topped out at 15kts and 2kRPM. I'm not sure if I'm...

I've heard folks talk about changes in hull design over the years for the mid 40' range convertibles, and I'd like to know more about what Hatteras did and what drove them to make the changes they made. Any experts out there? Mine is a 84 Series II 46C

http://www.livingstonboats.com/lv12-livingston-powercatamaran/ I've got a Series II 46C with the original heavy duty cradle. The boat should fit on it, and as high as that lifts it it should be able to ride far enough back that it won't eat up ALL of the foredeck space. Has anyone adopted an...

I've never had a vacu-flush head apart before. Any war stories about what NOT to do with em?

More of a line handling question for an upwind docking. On a sportfisher with cockpit engine controls, does it make sense to secure a short stern line and pivot the bow up to the dock, or do you normally just put down a spring line running aft from the midships cleat and push against it to get...

So I'm new to driving boats with twin engines and the common wisdom seems to be that you center the rudders and leave steer only with the engines to dock and undock. I'm used to driving single screw with rudder though, so if I want to turn around in a boat length without any real forward speed...

The boat on your foredeck. :) I'm trying to figure out what size RIB to strap into the cradle on the bow, and while bigger is always better, there's a limit to wha's really practicable. Short version: What's the biggest RIB you'd put on a 46C's foredeck and why?

Hi, I have a large dinghy hoist installed on my 46C that doesn't want to work. It's 12v, and has a large enclosed boom with the cable reel inside and the winch extending out to the right inside a plastic housing. Control is a 4 pin remote. I'll post pics of it, but I'd like to find out who...

The boat I bought has what looks like a woefully undersized Danforth on the roller up front, and 300 feet of 1/4 (I think) chain. I'm looking to upgrade and thinking about a mantus or Rocna style. Might go with bigger chain (and a new chain wheel) to make for a good catenary weight as well...