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Yesterday, in San Miguel de Allende, we were at a little shop. In the back was an old GE fridge like this one (this is a pic from the internet but it is the exact same model) http://susanthegreat.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/1934-ge-fridge-small.jpg It was working just fine, keeping bottled...

I just discovered that I must have incorrectly wired my Outback inverter several years ago though frankly, I find that very difficult to believe... Today I was going to add the 120vac davit hoist to the inverter circuit so I wouldn't have to turn on the genny to lower the davit while anchored...

When I overhauled the ac seawater pump yesterday, I noticed that the pump's manifold (that feeds the water to the 4 ac units) has a bonding fitting on it. This fitting has never been connected to the boat's bonding system. Should it be? The pump motor has a green ground wire that connects to...

I'm pulling the two portlights in our transom to correct some seepage but have a question re the two pins holding the plastic window portion. The pins have holes down the center and at first I thought they might have had hex-heads and unscrewed but it doesn't appear that way. I tapped on them...

I found that it's time to clean the HE/intercoolers again on our '80 53MY w/8v71TIs. We were out on plane and it only took a couple of minutes at WOT for the eng temps to creep into the mid 190s. At non-planing RPM it holds 165 all day. This is what it was doing some years ago before I...

This is the boat maint job that I hate above all others and the one I've been sweating over for the past hour or so. I'm taking a break and writing this about trying a product that is not sold for this purpose but seems to work better/faster than anything else I have tried: Finesse-It II...

You ever have one of those "I'm so clever I can hardly stand it" moments? :) Background: Last year I broke the hinge on my 53MYs aluminum mast which holds the anchor light, Sat antenna, and radar. A local guy removed it and repaired it by having a welder reweld the AL hinges. The welded...

They call this stuff sanitation hose? It's JUNK - at least in a standard sanitation system. Maybe it's OK for a vacuflush though I don't know what difference that would make. I redid the the waste hoses with this stuff last year. NOT because there was a problem but it just seemed like good...

The guest stateroom ac in our 53 MY has always been poor performance-wise. I had an ac guy on board today to check all the systems/recharge as necessary. But the guest stateroom ac problem was found. And it was Hatteras' fault! When the tech checked pressure, he found it was much too high on...

I'm posting this for those that either have the Galley Maid waste treatment systems or who use chlorine tablets for any purpose in the boat's water system. THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT!!! ONLY use chlorine tablets that are Calcium (or Sodium) Hypochlorite. DO NOT USE chlorine tabs that are...

My 53's stereo system is essentially oem with the addition of a pair of Poly-planars on the rear deck. All the speakers in the various locations function as per oem, with the volume control in the galley, master, and guest stateroom. They are powered by a standard stereo receiver - an NAD 7240...

The new water heater is here and I'll be putting it in tomorrow. Unfortunately, it is exactly 18" in diameter while the eng room door is 17 1/2" ;) The other 53 MY I checked before ordering the heater, with exactly the same eng room layout and the same water heater had eng room doors of 18"...

One of the oem Eljer faucets on our 53MY has been seeping from around the base whenever the water was turned on. We've been ignoring it for quite a while (as in 5 years!) but this AM I decided to pull it apart with the idea of renewing all the seals on all 3 heads (6 faucets). The faucets all...

I'm installing a new water heater to replace the original one on our 53MY which, after 30 years (not bad!) has started leaking at the lower joint. The new one should be here today or tomorrow and I am wondering if there is any "marine" reason that I should NOT use the common stainless-covered...

I know we had this discussion a couple of years ago but I can't find it... I'm thinking of buying a portable ice maker for on-board use, essentially replacing the U-line on the back deck (it works fine but it takes a LOT of loads of ice to clean out the system after winterizing) and the fridge...

I know this has been discussed in the past and there is was a good bit of input that FG collectors were better, lasted longer, etc. I was concerned re the use of FG where Hatt originally used monel but I was prepared to accept that FG was OK based on input that folks had switched. However, the...

We are doing some long range planning for a trip down to FL from the Ches Bay and then back up. I'm trying to get an idea of what folks think would be a reasonable amount of time to budget for such a trip, including a leisurely run down the ICW, stopping for a day or two at interesting places...

Our 53MY has 300ft of all chain rode. I am considering two things... The first is because we boat in the Ches Bay, anchoring depth is quite shallow compared to what we typically saw in LI sound, I am considering reducing the rode length to 150 ft to reduce the weight. Secondly as a further...

Or vice versa... We have all worked on boats and found "strange" wiring. I received some excellent additional training for this in the past few days here in Mexico. I was troubleshooting some non-working garden lights. First, it is worth noting that the house was built in 2001 so it is not...

I had heard of this software for the Iphone - Dynolicious - as a pocket dynomometer. But I had pooh-pooed it because until now I was not aware of any tests that actually checked it against reality. I had seen tests where it was compared to other electronic purpose-built in-car meters (like...