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Folks, My sync on my 87 55 Hatt is not working. I need to run the host about 65 miles and plan to sync manually. Will this be a problem or do any damage? Appreciate your thoughts

I am selling my boat - a beautiful 55 Hatteras sport fish. I would be interested in any members experience on contract terms (i.e. periods of exclusivity, commission rate, etc.). Thanks in advance for your help. Best, Joe

Folks, Need some oil help. I had the yard change my oil and I assumed that they knew what to use. I found a half empty pail of Shell Rotella 15W40. I had been using another oil purchased at a detroit dealer in the past. Is this oil OK to use. I have run 2 hours on it already - any damage...

Folks, My fire light came on during the comissioning of the boat in the spring and I cant get it to turn off. I have had the CO2 system checked out and they wieghted the unit in place and checked to make sure it was functional. Does anyone know if the fire light can be reset. There is no alarm...

A number of my gauges on the bridge are not reliable. I go into the enigne room routinely when I am running the boat and those gauges are spot on. I would like to replace becasue its a pain in th ass to go down often to check. Any thoughts on gauge makers and senders, etc.

Any experience with this stuff: WESTERN PACIFIC TRADING GTU Gore Shaft Packing, 1/2 inch.

The manual says box flax pack 1/2 in x 2-1/2 inchI.D. X 3 1/2inch O.D. What is the best replacement and size?

What size and type of packing material do you guys recomend?

The rudders are hard over. I had a fluid leak and we thought the piston in the hydraulic hynautic was bad and had it rebuilt. But it seems the rudders are frozen in place. We are getting a big pipe wrench to see if we can budge them. Has this happened to anyone else? How easy should they be to...

Had to have the teleflex hydraulic piston rebuilt. Blew out all of the fluid and now recharging. It really seems difficult to refill the reservoir through the tiny port at top (alos mounted high on the wall of the engine room. Is there something I don't know - (i.e. an easier way)?

The boatyard plugged in my boat to charge the batteries (just had a new charger installed) the boat is still on the hard. They were filling the tank to commision the freshwater system and blew out a seal and water went into the bilges in the engine room. The DC panel wsa shut off so the bilge...

Ok Gurus ...... As seen on ship shape ..... It looks impressive ..... But wanted to see if anyone has experience with using this additive. Happy holidays! TG

Folks, I am thinking about adding teak covering boards and teak cockpit and salon steps on my 55 Convertible. Would like thick jointed Coaming boards and would like to keep natural. Any thoughts on who might be good to use (keep boat in Northeast) and what the cost might be?

Gents, I am interested in your thoughts on price range to install windows on a 55. The windows have been removed. The job requires epoxying the window frames to the boat. Appreciate your thoughts? Thanks

What is the best way to winterize fresh water system on a 55?