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Anyone keep their Hatteras on a boat lift? The community I live in is considering allowing lifts, and Hi-Tide makes a nice 80,000 lbs low profile lift that looks like it would handle our 48 LRC. I have never seen the subject discussed on the HOF, so I am asking. If someone has experience, I...

No person or business is perfect. There are going to be product problems and I do not doubt that there can be disagreement with individual customers. And in this age of litigation, it would be hard to find a larger company that does not have a pending suit to deal with. Now let me offer...

Hoping someone can help me with how to test an AIS receiver at the dock. Our boat is located just south of New Bern, NC on the Neuse River. There is very, very, little commercial traffic on the river this far north, and our boat is back in a canal community with lots of trees between us and the...

Trying to dismantle a Marquipt Sea Stair boarding ladder that has been together for 33 years. The old 5/16" stainless machine bolts are threaded into aluminum and are cold welded, or seized, or whatever, they just do not move. Now that I have rung one off, I decided to ask if there are any...

I need to buy a new Marquipt 7 step Boarding Stair. Would appreciate any suggestions for where to go price shopping for them. Pete

Looking for the boot that seals the windshield wiper rotating shaft at the wiper arm end. Take a look at this link to the part in Sam's catalog. A picture is worth a thousand words. http://www.samsmarine.com/PartSearch/LinkPart.cfm?ItemNmbr=S78052C This is the 5/16 shaft seal. There are also...

Our 48 LRC has what I believe is the standard steering station overhead wood cabinet for mounting electronics. It starts from the overhead white vinyl, and drops down at a forward angle, then takes another turn toward the windshield and next heads back to the overhead in a single panel. The...

How far south can you cruise on the St. John river with a 5 foot draft, without asking for running gear damage? Thanks Pete

The master stateroom and pilot house AC ducts and grills are located on the overhead. The output grill on each is one of those three direction curved louvers type which I consider useless. So I am looking to replace all four brown/bronze colored grills with new white units (matching the...

I have a five step version of the Marquipt articulating boarding stairs that are constructed from anodized aluminum. Over the years of exposure, the anodizing has gone dull, very dull. No pitting of any consequence. I would like to restore the cosmetic appearance of the stairs and am wondering...

Our 48 LRC does not have a pilot seat at the lower steering station. You can only fit so much in any size boat, and a pilot seat did not make the cut. I believe the same is true for other Hatteras' of similar size. Since I pilot our boat from this lower station 95% of the time, I use a teak...

A while back there was a discussion on the use of steel wool to clean spots off glass. The question was raised on the substitution of bronze wool for the steel wool, but my search did not find an answer. Has bronze wool been tried by anyone? If so, what were the results? If no one has tried the...

Going south on ICW we stop at Isle of Hope Marina (mile 590). From here to the mile 676, Golden Isle Marina is too long a leg for us old slow cruisers, in one day. Any suggestions on a good stop, ideally about half way in between, around miles 430 to 440. The Admiral is a marina person, not an...

My two year contract with T-Mobile is complete in early September. I would not renew with them under any circumstance. There are very good reasons for this, but that is a whole different thread for sometime in the future. So I am looking at what is available along the AICW. Coverage is my...

I like pneumatic power tools and use them almost exclusively when working on the boat. It is summer in New Bern, with hot temperatures and high humidity; did I mention HIGH HUMIDITY. I am having trouble with water in the air lines and going through the tools. For spraying paint, I use a separate...

Anyone know this boat? Pete

I know its tough to focus on any subject not related to Wacko Jacko, but let me try one. From other discussions of Chinese boats, I started thinking about the quality of Chinese products in general. Then I realized, boats are an anomaly. When it comes to big ticket adult toys, boats are the only...

I have a battery configuration with one Lifeline 8D that does nothing but start the port engine, one series 31 Lifeline that does nothing but start the generator, and a house bank of 4 Lifeline 8D's that also starts the starboard engine. My question concerns charge levels that will give maximum...

Not sure many HOF members read Passagemaker Magazine, but I read it cover to cover each issue. Yes, focused on us slow boats, however some great articles. In the June issue on page 68, part of a review of a Krogen 55, reports a company representative was making a point that they lay up the...

I am now to the stage of remounting antennas on our LRC. When repainted I had most all the holes on the exterior of the flybridge filled and faired, unless I was certain I would reuse them. So, today I started with the SSB antenna. Remounted the base in the existing holes and then set the...