Recent content by LIBERTY

ProSine 2.0 inverter failed. Replaced with newer model Xantrex requiring new control panel. Have no reason to believe old panel is not ok. Hate to throw it out. Available free. You can reimburse me postage if satisfied. Bill

Can any one recommend hull and/or engine (Yanmar) surveyors in the Portsmouth, RI area? Need some one just after first of year. Thanks.

We had the misfortune of hitting a deadhead log on the lower Waccamaw River in SC on New Year's Eve afternoon. We were below the juncture with the Great Pee Dee River that has seen extreme flooding in the last few weeks. Tons of debris in the water. Bad vibration on the stbd side after...

Recently when steering from the lower station of my Hynautic system after steering to the left a SLOW follow up turn to he right results in the wheel turning but no rudder response. There is no resistance and the wheel will turn right indefinitely if the turn rate is one revolution every ten...

New Bern Boat Building Company Confirms Buy-Out In The Works Posted: Thu 6:57 AM, Jul 25, 2013 A company that has systematically been cutting back on it's New Bern workforce says a plan is in the works for a formal buy-out. According to the New Bern Sun Journal, Hatters/CABO Yachts in New...

Saw this this morning. Hope it was not too serious. Fire crews said around 2:25 Wednesday morning, they got a call to the Swan Point marina for a boat fire. Chief Ricky Hardison of Turkey Creek Volunteer Fire Department said his crew arrived to find an engine fire on board The Bandit, a...

Hatteras Yachts Laying Off Quarter Of Workforce Updated: Thu 6:28 PM, Jun 20, 2013 A local boat builder is making more job cuts five months after the last round of cuts. On Thursday, Hatteras Yachts, based in New Bern, announced it was letting go 25% of its employees. On January 3rd of this...

Anyone know anything about the 53MY in Baltimore for $49K? Supposedly was recently brought from Wrightsville Beach, NC under its own power. Bank repo. I need another 53 like a shot in the head, but at that price we might be talking "parts" boat.

My stbd. fuel filter needs monthly changing and I suspect I have a baterial growth going on in that tank. I have used a biocide like Biobor JF in the past with good results, but I have had an enzyme treatment, StarTron Enzyme Diesel Treatment, recommended to me as a "green" alternative. Any...

Recently purchased LIBERTY, '77 53MY, out of Yarmouth, Maine. Got the autopilot working on the way back to North Carolina, but it died on a day-trip a couple of weeks ago. I am replacing with new unit, but hate to dump all this hardware if anyone has a use for it. Have taken care in...