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Just wanted to let everyone know that this weekend is the Madisonville Wooden & Classic Boat Festival. It is also turning out to be a pre/mini Gulf Coast Rendezvous because we have Jack (Mambeaux) and BigBill in attendance! Anyone else in the general area (~40 miles north of New Orleans) should...

It's not looking good for us at this point gents........

In the slip next to us at Los Suenos Marina in Costa Rica is the most incredible Hatteras I have ever seen. She is a 1995 Hatteras CMY (Cockpit Mega Yacht) with five staterooms for owners and guests! They actively fish this beautiful yacht. They left early this morning and returned just before...

I am looking for a set of 19" 4-blade props with a pitch of 20-24" or a set of 18" 4-blade props with a pitch of 22-25". Prefer DQX, will consider DQ and Hi Torq. Prefer NiBral, will consider Bronze. 1.5" bore only. THANKS!!

At the fuel dock on Guana Cay, Abaco, Bahamas diesel was $6.50/gallon today! Fortunately, the price of water is "only" 30 cents a gallon. I seem to remember water being around 50 cents a gallon so maybe water is getting cheaper? Who knows but this is really getting rediculous. Has anyone been...

Our friend and fellow HOF member BigBill was passing through Orange Beach on his way to Destin for the weekend and stayed a few slips down from us. WHAT A FUN GUY!!! He also has a 1972 58YF and we has so much fun climbing all over each other's boats and asking each other questions. He has a...

I just installed a new Atlantes Freedom in the guest head yesterday and I noticed that the vented loop on the discharge side makes a pronounced squeak upon every flush! I am in the process of installing two Atlantes (one regular and one elongated) in the guest and master heads and my wholesale...

There have been several threads on this subject here that I studied before deciding how to diagnose, repair or replace the air compressor on the port 8V71Ti. I gave serious consideration to the widely suggested solution of removing it and simply plumbing in a small compressor that would run off...

FINALLY the aging communist has recognized the fact that he is too weak to continue. I guess 49yrs of rule is quite enough. FUEL UP THE BOATS! HOF RENDEZVOUS IN HAVANA! Unfortunately, we now may have to wait until Roul steps aside for Cuba to open up, but who knows. This is a HUGE step forward!!!!

We finally got Sweet Melissa out of the yard and back home on Friday. WHEW! Over 6 months of work in the yard, but it was well worth it. She got new Awlgrip on all exterior surfaces, all handrails/stanchions, etc removed and all bronze hardware was rechromed, all new electronics pkg with two...

We just got Sweet Melissa home from the yard and after washing the boat, I noticed water gathering at the flybridge helm area. It is as if she is bow heavy and water is not draining aft behind the benches, but she is quite level right now with full fuel and water. I wonder if the yard...

A 1972 Hatteras 58 Triple Cabin showed up the other day at the yard in New Orleans where my boat is. What's interesting is that the old salt running her is the ORIGINAL owner of the boat! He claims to have well over 300,000 miles under the keel and after listening to a few of his stories I...

I was planning on upgrading to the Slane Marine vents until I learned today that they only make vents for Convertibles! The curved design goes great with the lines of convertibles, but apparently they do not make them for the 53MY and 58YF. Tom suggested making one of the other ones like the...

I am in the process of purchasing some 3/8" Hi Test Grade 43 hot-dipped galvanized chain. I have heard of ACCO brand alot, and it goes around $4/ft or $3/ft if you buy a 400' drum. I just got a price by the foot on Campbell brand chain and it has the exact same specs for less than half the ACCO...

I have read many previous threads on repacking rudders and replacing bearings. I can move both of my rudders by hand under the boat and they have what I am sure is too much play. Now is the time to deal with it since we're out of the water. Some say that there are no bearings (?) and others...

We finally got Sweet Melissa hauled today for a bottom job, etc. It's time to adress the old pieces of hard black exhaust hose that connect the various pieces of 8" fiberglass tubing. What is the best to use here? I am fortunate in that EVERY hose on both mains is blue silicone so no worries...

I finally rigged some scaffolding up to access the top of the radar arch today. I managed to remove the old 3.5' 48 mile Furuno open array this afternoon. Now I am planning my assault on removing the old radar cable and pulling the new radar cable, 3 cables (2 coax and one control) for the new...

Does anyone know for sure what the stern tube diameter is for a 53MY/58YF? I am planning on upgrading to the dripless shaft seals when I haul out next month. I know that they are 2" shafts, but I need to know what the stern tube diameter is to make sure that I order the right part. Thanks in...

I am about to purchase a new Furuno Radar and I have heard rumors of an all-new NavNet 3 system coming out soon. I have not had any luck researching online, so I thought I'd ask some of our electronics guru's here. I'd hate to make the big new color radar/plotter purchase and have it outdated...

I have a friend who as offered me his old anchor rode. It is 3/8" HT in very good condition which is exactly what I am looking into upgrading to. The problem is (and the reason he replaced it) is that it is two 150' sections joined together. The joint is the problem as it would get caught in his...