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Irene passed the 31st parralell at about 2:00pm EDT. She headed North at 12nmh. We were pretty nervous on Sunday when the cross-hairs were exactly on us. I was putting my storm contingency plans in action. I had the Hatt tied down with extra lines and everything put away. All we got today...

On our trip to see the last Shuttle launch, any excuse for a boat trip, we fueled at New Smyrna Beach. The marina there sold on-road deisel. He has a tanker truck he fills and hooks up to the fuel system. The system worked fine although a little slow. We paid .10 less than the off-road at...

Ah, the life of a yachtsman and the romance of the sea. A major overhaul of the Helm Chairs in 115 degree Heat Index. Think about his. It is 123 in Iraq and what it must be like for the troops there.

Capt. Phil Harris-Deadliest Catch For any that haven't heard, Phil Harris died last night. There are several statements on the FV Northwestern site and Discovery.com. The Cornelia Marie site must overwelmed and won't come up. I never met him but enjoyed his personality on the show and will...

You got to give them credit for their seamanship. Even if their judgement and vessel indentification skills aren't so good.

Another boat manufacturer, Donzi Marine, has been sold to a company that dosen't manufacture boats, but does own some of it's suppliers. It's future of making high performance boats may be in question. It may go the route of Scarab-Wellcraft and build fishing-family boats. Another sign of...

Just the facts- Check out this report on Brunswick, owner of Hatteras. Not good. they have cash to keep going for 2 quarters and undrawn credit lines. Reach your own conclusion. http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/ticker/article.aspx?Feed=PR&Date=20090430&ID=9854795&Symbol=BC

We just got back from a 7 day trip. Had a great time, boat and all systems ran prefectly. All you guys on the thread about people enjoying their boats. Yea, we did a lot of maintaince before we went, but we sure had a great time, well worth the work. I'd go again tmorrow if I could. To the...

We had a growth problem in the exhuast tubes on our '96 39C. We cleaned them well from outside when we had it pulled. Now, it appears we have a back-pressure problem and I don't think we able to reach far enough in from stern to get them completely clear. The next step is to clean them from...

Was just down at the marina puttering around Fifth Girl. It's 46 and the wind is blowing about 18-20. Too cold to enjoy being on the water. Burrr. I'm glad spring is only a month away.

These are the pics I got of the raw water pump. It is clearly a Jabsco. The end plate shows the DD logo and Detroit Diesel and what looks like 5 06016. Should I just call Sam's?

Does anyone have the right part numbers for a raw water impller kit? I want to put new impeller kits in. Can't find the data in all the Hatteras info with the boat. 1996 Hat 39C- DD 6-71 J & T's 425 hp. I want to make sure I get the right ones. A good place to order them from would help...

As a new Hatteras owner, since last fall, , I am doing all the annual maintaince. I am an accomplished amature wrench. I still need to replace the primary fuel filters. The Racor 1000ma replacement elements come in 2mils, 10mils, 20mils and 30mils. I did a search and found the secondary...