Recent content by LARRY VALENTINE

What Garmin autopilot is best for a 53 ft ,1985 Hatteras?. The $4,000 one might be overkill. My old one was a Benmar Thanks

I am replacing my old 6v Gc2 batteries and Freedom 30 charger/inverter. I plan to use 3 100ah lithium batteries. What appropriate converter/charger should I purchase? This will be my new house system.]

Anyone have any experience with making rail covers out of Sunbrella material? ? glue velcro on cloth edges.

Any advice on how to avoid fuel spills through the tank air vents when filling and fuel gauges not working ??? My 53 ft HAT ED has two air vents per tank Thanks

I have fuel tank senders with three wire connections labelled" pos,""neg", and "sender". The top of the senders are about 2.5 " in diameter with two opposing flat slices. Unfortunately with the other fuel tank connections I am unable to get a good crescent wrench grip on the item to remove...

Has anyone had any recent experience painting vinyl headliner to eliminate resistant water stains? Some old threads recommend SEM coating or Kilz. Any advice? Larry V.

Looking for 10-40VDC lights with medium or common screw base

Looking for LED E27 24SMD5050 3000-3200K 10-40VDC. They have medium screw base Thanks

I had just returned from my yearly financial drainage where my 53 footer was bottom painted, zincs added, and a cracked raw water motor strainer housing was replaced at the local boat yard when after 15 minutes on arrival at my dock the port engine overheated. My friendly mechanic found and...

Anyone with experience in cleaning a SHOWERHEAD in the exhaust of a 1985 ,53 ft HAT ED with 6V92TA engines? I suspect first remove complete heat jacket then detach from the turbo then detach at the exhaust distal to the showerhead where the raw water exits into the exhaust. Does that put me...

Anyone with any experience with a riser blockage in a DD 6V92TA, 53 ft Hatt Motoryacht, 1985 vintage? The engine overheats when in gear for about 15 minutes, then drops to normal temp when put in neutral and kept running. The riser is cast iron. When observed by removing the pipe from the...

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I just got back from Copenhagen where I rode a "hop on, hop off" tour boat of the canals. The tour boat was about 20 x 60 and held about 80 passangers. The boat was electric and was charged over night after running all day. It was quiet, had no fumes and ran between 4 and 8 knots and was...

After about 2 hours of crusing at about 1200 RPM my Drive heat light and alarm came on. I continued to my dock at 800RPM for about 15 minutes with the alarm light on my starboard engine panel still on.. The engine temp remained below 180. The oil pressure remained normal. The yacht is a...

A few weeks ago I brought my HAT 53 ED back from bottom paint and a new Groko BRonze strainer mechanism after making sure all of the thru hull valves worked properly. Twenty minutes later I arrived at my dock after a low speed trip to find a heat alarm going off but with normal temp guage...