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Is this for real? Current eBay bid for '78 70' Hatt is $113k and does not say "Reserve not Met". Does say bought $270k and $200 spent. ($470 total). $113 is a big loss. Oh, almost forgot, No Lean's on it...(yeah, I know- liens...)...

Man, I am now so deprived. I am reading the ads in my latest issue of Yachting and one of the big Hatt MY's has a Country Kitchen. I am so not keeping up with the times. All I have in my old legacy 43'DC is a Galley. Sigh...

I notice that houses in the 600k-11mil ranges are selling, providing their prices are very discounted. An associate at work said his daughter and SIL scored a 900k house +10 acres for 330k. Another 900k property on Lk, MI sold for about 330k as well. Next door neighbor bought a 4,280sqft...

Well, since I seem to be committed to doing this in-frame re-kit of my 6-71N this fall-winter, (or do I need to be committed?), the major question seems to be 'raising' the engine up to provide access for the tech(s). The engine and trannie are about 3k #'s with trannie still attached (or is...

So if I bite the bullet and do a re-kit/re-build on a 6-71N (no, won't be an out of boat re-build- on a tight budget), what is the break-in recommendation?

Part II of conversation with my old diesel tech (see the new impeller post). Since boats on the hard, during the Mich winters sit for 6 months, (fingers at ready, Nov, Dec, etc. to Apr). He says I should bar-over the DD's every month or so, (about a 1/4 to 1/2 turn) so that the crank does...

Ran into my old Diesel tech at one of those Springtime HS graduation get togethers with all the food in tinfoil pans. Food is good at those, if you are not high fa-lootin. He is now out of the tech business, as he was laid off from his yard (a big Hatt marina) a couple years ago, and has not...

Just doesn't have the same ring as 'Screamin' Gimmies' does it. Tognum is the new name for MTU Detroit Diesels. Whether the DD name disappears is unclear. The press release below. Please note that Tognum states that "...'our' first North American engines were compact, lightweight, 2-Cycle...

I have a flying bridge, which is unusual in that it is accessed from a ladder whose base sits on the swim platform and which extends entirely up to the the flying bridge deck. The Admiral would prefer to convert to a ladder that is more "normal", in which it sits off to the side of the lower...

For those of you that have an Anemometer installed, what brand and model are you running? Where is the vane/propeller mounted and where is your readout?

This is very low tech, but Groco has modified their design of the seal that sits between the raw water intake "cover plate" and the intake "body". When the cover plate is removed, the strainer is then removable. Formerly this seal was a round "ring", with the center portion cutout, so that the...

I spotted this video of a 65'Cvt running in 15' seas and high winds on U-tube, for 13 hours no less they claim!! What does it take to toss around a 65' Hatt like that? Would like to have been there, if I had taken all my Dramamine! vid 1, rough running...

Well, its nearing Spring again, which in Mich could be from April to June (lol?). The Xmas trees are floating free in the Straits of Mackinaw, which used to mark the trail across the ice for snowmobiles to the Isle from St. Ignace; can't go across now, don't you know. Well I got a flyer in...

Well, I am very sorry to report that one of the kindest, dearest men on this earth went to meet his maker on Feb 11, this year, 2011, at the age of 93, and would have been 94 in March on St. Patty's Day. That would be my Dad, who I cannot document ever spoke ill of anyone ever, as well as...

Overdue for a political post. Here goes....flames to follow. I was in a Walmart (shhhh) checkout line the other day, when I spotted a special magazine dedicated to Ronald Reagan on what would have been his 100th year. The fellow behind me seemed to be of similar political pursuasion. So I...

Well, to get to play Nick Saban was a privilege. Their Spring game drew 100,000 fans (2010). At least MSU knows now what levels remain. "If you want to walk the heavenly streets of gold, you gotta know the password, "Roll, tide, roll!" - Bear Bryant/Alabama "There's nothing that cleanses...

Only the US Today, which a Leftie paper, would miss the sweet irony, if not total insanity in their story today, Wed, Dec 15, 2010. They expended a full half page above the fold about how the States' Governments, in collaboration with the US of A Federal Government, are protecting us gullible...

Anyone here surprised a little about how fragile the cruise ships seem to be that run in the Antarctic? I was under the impression that they were supposed to built to a higher standard, whatever that is, to run down there. I am esp. surprised that their bridges and controls would be so...

Geez, I am watching the evening news, NBC, and their reporter on the story of the cruise ship adrift off of CA. A Carnival Line boat, as I could see "video at 6". What cheezed me off was the reporters 'authoritative, but breezy' report. "Well Brian, the USCG Cutter (name?) is floating nearby...

Lowest Barometric Pressure here in the Midwest in 50-80 years last week. The Mackinaw Bridge recorded 84mph winds! http://www.cheboygannews.com/topstories/x1696239863/Gusts-reach-84-mph-on-bridge No, I was not out there, but in fact I was on the hard early this year. My brother in law lives...