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Went out to Cape lookout this past weekend on Fri thru Mon. Anchored in the lee of the lighthouse as the east wind was blowing pretty good 15 to 20. Woke up Sat morning to a steady 25 gusting to over 30. Time to move to get in the lee of Shackelford banks. Started the engines and the stb key...

Have a newer model marine air 16000 btu rotary with digital control. When On the boat Sat. turned the unit on and thought all ok. Doing other things and 15 min. later noticed that the unit was not cooling and had a code of HHH. Turned it off and restarted when I heard the compressor come on then...

Don't have a Hatteras however have an exhaust leak on my stb engine. Mechanic says the mixing elbow from the turbo to the exaust system itself needs to be replaced. Serial # 45684172. Called a cummins dealer and he said that the boat mfg, Maxum, ordered the engines without the mixing elbow and...

Got down to Beaufort yesterday afternoon. My boat had been pulled and was in the parking lot at Towne Creek Marina. Boat is fine! Then I went around to look at the floating docks. Only about 30% remain and they had a small boat trying to collect what they could find that had been torn away. The...

Have the above smart charger and while at the boat Fri. night ( both A/C units out with dead control units and 93 degrees in the boat) noticed that the battery charger is showing a fault on the panel. Being extremly stupid on anything electrical, can anyone point me to what the fault light would...

Have cummins 330bs with 1350 hours on them. Just got the boat in Jan however have put over 150 hours since then. Always had a little grey smoke on start up however was gone in 2 to 3 min and never saw any black smoke when I put the throttles down and the turbos kicked in. The last 2 weekends I...

Well we went out to Cape Lookout again this weekend, leaving on Sat morning to stay until Mon. Anchored approx 4 to 500 yards off the beach which put us about the 2nd to last row before the entrance to the Bight which was perfect to dingy in for the beach and to take the dog in for his business...

Well there was a doosy of a thunderstorm that went thru Beaufort Sun nite. My diver called me to tell me that all hell broke loose as well as some boats at my marina. Finally got thru to the marina who said I didn't sustain any damage however their flagpole went down and their live bait storage...

Have a KVH4 however don't use the TV a lot when out on the hook. Don't have a sat system at home so thought I'd save the bucks to put direct tv on the boat and just use a tv antenna. Anyone in N.C. know if I can get reception from an antenna out at Cape lookout or in Beaufort? I have an antenna...

Since this is my 1st diesel boat, I'm kinda a novice on certain things. Always thought that oil in diesel engines turns black right away after changing it due to carbon in the cylinders. On my mains, this happens after an oil change after running for a few hours. then when checking oil before...

Have a xantrex smart charger with AGM batteries. While at the boat the other day, wanted to check everything out for this coming weekend. Generator wouldn't start, not enough voltage to get it to turn over. Started looking at things and found the battery charger charging less than 5 amps. upon...

On the boat this weekend and wife announces that the fresh water to the vaccuflush head not working. Check the galley sink and find no water. Check the breaker and it's on, so just flip the breaker off and on again and water pressure fine. 20 min later, no water so flip the breaker again and...

Have a pair of 330Bs and remember someone saying to use valvoline blue for oil. Is this a straight 40wt oil? Also noticed a steady drip on the stb seawater pump, looks like a new gasket is needed. Do these need to be torked to a specific ft lbs or just tight? Maybe a new tool is in my future. skip

Bringing the boat up from Daytona. Left Sun. and got a USCG safty inspection yesterday outside of Oak Island, N.C. Very professional and went thru everything. One of the guys litterally looked no more than 15 and the side arm looked awfully big on this "kid" . Passed with flying colors and now...

Bought my boat in Daytona Beach. Took her out several times for up to 4 hrs at a time to get used to her and shake down to make sure she's running well. My wife and I are going back down the end of the month for a long weekend and figured we we would start the trip back up to N.C. Figured we...