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For those who may not have seen the article on Yahoo Business today by Phil Davis of AP, titled "Boat Sellers Seek to Rally Sagging Sales", I offer you a quote. "MarineMax concentrates on the high-end of the boating market with an average unit cost of $110,000 -- more than four times the...

I have a new project. Our boat, a 76 48 LRC has a pair of DD 453N's. It has two nice 4 foot long by 9 inch diameter Veratone fiberglass mufflers using 4 inch tubing through the transom, as installed by Hatteras. This muffler was the standard back then, but anything you can see through is going...

Sorry, posted this subject here instead of the technical section. I have moved it. Pete

Having read some comments here and watching the resale market in the south east, the time to sell a boat, Hatteras included, seems to have increased significantly and the selling price appears to have dropped significantly from five years ago when I bought. I have this gift of picking market...

I have developed two questions as I have read some recent posts. Hopefully, someone can help me understand as I am not prone to acting on things I do not understand. First is the discussion of the copper tubing in our Hatteras boats. Hatteras used type K air conditioning grade tubing for all...

Wondering if anyone has tried to reduce the exhaust noise on DD natural engines by injecting additional sea water into the muffler? My thinking is that turbo engines produce less exhaust noise, particularily the higher frequency harmonics, because noise is simply pressure pulsations, and as the...

No doubt the majority of members are DD 71 or 92 series owners. I have two 4-53N engines in my 48 LRC and hope that someone can help me with my midget engines. This may take pictures, but I am going to try it with words. Picture the port engine with the blower on the outboard side and governor...

Reading the posts in the last couple of days has motivated me to alert folks with older Hatteras boats to another problem that can smoke wires, that came from the factory. If your boat has a Ship Service selector that allows you to choose, Port, Both, Starboard,Off or anything close to this...

Have read on this forum and elsewhere about the use of pool tablets in tne AC sea water strainers. Had to replace a hose on one of my units last week and when I removed the old hose there were a few mussels inside the hose. So last time I was in Wally World, I got some Aqua Chem 1" Stabilized...

I have searched the site and still can not figure out how to get a picture attached to a message. I get as far as trying to upload the picture and the response from the server is I have exceeded my space by the size of the picture which is 38K. At the same time the green bar and associated text...

I have a 1976 48 LRC that has the normal Afromosia interior of that era. I need to replace a cabinet drawer (long story) and need some of the drawer face perimeter molding. I am referring to the outer edge molding that Hatteras attached to the edge of the plywood panel to act as both drawer trim...

Today I stopped by the local Wallyworld to restock my Dieselkleen, and did not see any in the usual location. Asked a sales associate and was told last Saturday they receive instructions to pull all Dieselkleen stock off the shelves and return it to the distribution center. No reason was given...

On our 48 LRC we have DD 453N power. My question is what is the accurate process to check the oil level using the dip sticks. I would like a cold engine procedure as I usually check the oil prior to departure. Currently, if I check the oil cold after the engines have sat for 24 hours or more I...

A few months back I wrote on this subject and received many interesting responses, most noting how they wish they could hear their Detroits in the middle of winter, but did not receive any suggested solutions. So I am going to try again with more detail. I own a 48 Long Range Cruiser. It is...

Have a 1976 48 LRC with 453N Detroits. In love with the boat, the engines, everything about it. But even in blind love, you can have an occassional wish and in my case it would be for a quiter exhaust. The exhaust is a mere 4 inches and the mufflers are out in the open in the engine room. So I...