Recent content by jmagel

We are (sadly) listing our 48 MY for sale. It's time for our family to leave NYC (Hawaii bound) and she has to go. I wish I could take her with me, but it's just not realistic. I have a lot of photos in my gallery (only a few years old), but will have current professional taken in the next...

About 2 hours into our maiden spring voyage and got a low coolant alarm on strbd engine. Currently letting engine cool at the fuel dock. Any advice on how long before I can open the full cap and is it ok to add the coolant they got here at the fuel dock? Thanks for the quick help!

So I've been waiting for this day to come since we bought this boat 4 years ago and it finally happened a few weeks ago. The starboard gear actuator (our boat has DDEC controls) failed -- luckily, right before we pulled through the breakwater of the 79th St boat basin in NYC. I switched over...

Lost pressure on our trim tabs last weekend and turns out a line has popped out of a T-fitting (Photo attached). It is in an EXTREMELY inaccessible location, but I was able to get one arm in and re-set the tube in the fitting. But it popped right back out again under pressure. Any advice on...

I don't have a fuel transfer pump, but wondering how much fuel I could dump into my generator tank if I route the fuel returns from the mains to that tank. Would it take hours and hours if I wanted to move like 40 gallons? It would just be if we were in a pinch.

Moved to a new marina in Brooklyn for the rest of the season and local pompout boat got 0 out of our holding tank after many days of use. It's been pumping out OK in our old location. Pretty sure our tank sensor is shot (never seen the 3/4 light in 4 years of ownership) so wondering what's the...

Ran fine last weekend. Always starts right up, but now just turns over and no go. Checked some of the obvious things within my capability (like fuel, emergency shutdown, transmission, etc). and had the local mechanic take a look too, but he admittedly doesn't have a lot of experience on the...

Took our maiden voyage for the season last week and found this under the port transmission. Temp and pressure were good the whole trip and oil level is still good. Obviously have a bad seal of some sort, but question is how bad is this. Can I still run ok if I keep the oil level in check...

Looks like this company got a bunch of helicopter shots of us coming into Newport harbor. I think I might buy one, but I've been looking all day and can't decide which angle to get. The profile looks nice, but I think I want to see the transom. Any opinions here! (Interesting how the spray...

Bitter cold here in NY. Looking forward to summer 2015. Here's a few favorite moments from summer 2014:

Can anyone recommend a good yard in relative proximity to Montauk, NY? We've been using Montauk Marine Basin, but as some of you might know, they found Carl Darenberg in the drink Labor Day weekend, RIP. People had a lot of good and bad things to say about him, but he was the ONLY guy out here...

So while I was idling up to our anchor yesterday, a visiting child got their paws on the throttle right before I put it in gear. I wasn't watching the tach, but I think it got up to about 900+rpm when the transmission engaged. The boat gave quite a lurch and we almost lost my wife overboard...

Not sure when this was rolled out, but the Hatteras website has been updated and has a lot more information. They have lots of 360 views on all the models -- including the 100 RPH, which sadly didn't steal the show. The photos weren't as polished as the other models and as mentioned before...

I've read many many previous posts regarding anchors, but could use a little advice tailored to my specific situation. This summer we had a lot of trouble anchoring. We dragged almost every time if the wind picked up above 10 knots. The boat came to us with a 60lb danforth on 300' of 1/4"...

Our bilge compartments containing the shower sumps are really dank and appear to be growing mold. Is there any reason they are left open at the top? I'm thinking of having them sealed somehow (with an access door, of course) or replacing them completely with a new setup. I'd prefer to keep...