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My health issues are forcing us to sell our awesome, like new 36' 1986 convertible. Always maintained and polished to like new. New Raritan Atlantes head. New Nova Kool refrigerator-freezer. All new and tasteful interior, including new forepeak cushions, all chairs and fold out couch redone etc...

Has anyone found a good way to stick those L shaped rubber strips on the rough fiberglass edge of the removable cockpit hatch covers? I have been swearing at them for 10 years. I did buy new ones from Sam's but they were no better.

I was at the Hatters booth yesterday and spent some time talking time with Steve McPherson, "Sam's Marine". He was telling me that his business, last year, had the best year they ever had. Nice going Hatteras owners. I told him that he is the sole reason that we can own and operate these classic...

Our 1986 36C has L shaped rubber edging on each cockpit access hatch. I bought new ones from Sam's about 5 years ago. They just don't stay glued in place. I have tried several brands of contact cement but they always fall off. Has anybody found a good replacement or some magic way of getting the...

Does anybody know of a nice 1984 to 1989 Hatteras 36' express available. My eye doctor wants an open like the Wynne designed 36. This will be a family great lakes boat so he doesn't want or need a tower. He also wants diesel power.

The company our son works for, (Watsco), just bought a marine AC company. Our 16k BTU salon Cruiseair unit just seized up and they want to install a one piece unit. I have no idea how they can get the whole thing installed where the air handler currently resides. They say it isn't a problem...

I just finished installing a Marine Air digital control for our Salon A/C unit. Steve @ Marine AC.com really helped a lot. The unit, bezel, shipping, and tax was about $220. As I installed it, I exchanged about 30 e-mails and about 7 phone calls with Steve. He was more than willing to help and...

Our 36' Hatteras has the older 3 knob controls for the A/C. I am contemplating a change to SMX controls for the larger salon unit. Is the installation difficult? Would this be a good change? Our current thermostat sticks occasionally and the compressor keeps runing. We do leave the A/C on when...

I have a question for those who keep their boat in a warm salt water area. In the Great Lakes we haul our boats every winter. We also usually sand and re-coat the bottom. This is mostly due to the fact that we use VC-17 paint. This stuff has to be renewed annualy, but the job is pretty easy. So...

We just finished installing our new copper risers. Paul @ Marine Manifolds (marinemanifolds.com) made them. He really did a nice job. We paid $3200 for all four units. I am very happy to be rid of those awful cast iron may pops that we had. Everyone tells us the iron ones should last between 4...

OK, I am not a salt water expert for shure. No one would ever change their risers and elbows in fresh water. Now that our 36 Hat is in salt water I am getting paranoid. Every time I start the engines, rusty water comes from the exhausts for about 30 seconds. Folks tell me that you need to change...

I know this subject has been tossed around before, but I still don't get it. We have the original 1986 battery charger on our 36'C. It seems that we get about 2 years out of those heavy 8D batteries. Our boat is plugged in at the dock and I keep the battery charger on. I am concerned that the...

I thought I had my sailboat sold to a guy in Canada on Lake Erie. He backed out because the marina at his town told him that, although they currently have barely enough depth for our 6.5' draft boat, the lakes are forecast to go quite a bit lower this summer. I looked it up on NOAA and was...

Like most of our boats, we have several of those large round "Guest" rotary switches for controlling battery power. The switches are great but the large plastic knobs have fallen apart. This leaves me with a brass hex knob that I have to put a wrench on. I tried "Guest" and several online...

We have discussed this topic to death in past threads, but mine is a bit different. I had a problem 2 years ago that I thought was cured by adding a galvanic isolater. We were eating anodes so badly that we had to change tham every 3 months. Since I did that install we can go a full year before...

I need to find a caulk in the original cream color to re-do the caulk joints on our galley and head formica panels. It feels like it may be a silicone product, but I am not sure. Our galley and head cabientry is covered with a cream colored formica. The caulk that I need is the stuff they used...

I have just had my second contact with Bennett. What a great outfit. They know their product and talked me through troubleshooting my trim tab problem. The first time was several years ago. They sent me the part we needed after we did their troubleshooting. The part was free and they paid the...

Our 1986 36C Hatteras has the original battery charger. It is a Pro Mariner 20/35. Our batteries seem to use some water and last only about 2 years. Having said that, we do leave the boat plugged in at the dock and the battery charger on when we are not running. I keep hearing about "modern"...

Many of our smaller Hatts have a 30 amp power source for all onboard air conditioning. I even noticed that the 42' LRCs have that problem. The normal current drain for both of my AC units, (from the manual), including the cooling water pump, is 32 amps. Why did they ever try to run all that with...

My nephew is interested in this wide body 58' Hat MY. I always worry when so much work is done over a short span of time. Certainly many of you have had comments about Red Line, but I think he can get through that. The boat looks very nice and the price is good. Comments are welcome...