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I am starting to get concerned about the corrosion in our risers and elbows. I am a fresh water guy and corroding risers and elbows is never a concern. In October of 2006 we re-located our 36C to Miami. I know that those parts can corrode through to the inside. I also know what that will do...

We have been on a trip through Lake Okecheebe and around both sides of Florida. Most marinas now advertise "ethanol free gas". Sky had mentioned some time ago that ethanol is mixed in when the delivery truck is filled. That is the answer. Marinas are not required to have ethanol mixed gasoline...

Is it possible to find the fiberglass bow pulpit that was on most of the Late 70 to mid 90 mid size Hatterasses. Some had teak inlays, some did not. I would also need the stainless anchor chute. New or used would be OK.

I have not seen a post lately from our astute junior member, Krush. What happened to him?? Maybe I made him angry when I would reply to a post he would make late at night by saying, "Now go to bed Krush. It is way past your bedtime". I really didn't try to make him feel bad, honest. C'mon...

Our Hat now lives in Miami all year. We run one AC unit constantly all summer. We have to clean the strainer weekly and completly disassemble the strainer monthly to get all the growth out of the assembly. I have always wondered why Hatteras chose to run the cooling water pump all the time when...

When I was at the Miami show I went aboard a new 41' Bertram. Much to my surprise it had windshields. The interior was beautiful and bright. I asked how much extra to have windshields. The salesman laughed and told me that they were standard and that a glassed in windshield area was an extra...

Take a look at the 70' Hatteras CPMY on YW. It is a mid 80s with lots of time on the engines. I just cannot beleive the $229,000 price. It is in Ft. Meyers. Sky, this could be your next boat!!:) I will even help you bring it home:)

We are looking at a beautiful 1979 53 MY. All is well except that this poor boat has the twin bed option. I am sure Hatteras would have all the drawings to make the conversion to a Queen bed in the master, but has anyone done that? What kind of cost are we talking about? I would imagine that...

A year ago I started a thread on Galvanic corrosion. This thread went on a long time and was somewhat cotroversial. The story, for me, ended when I talked to the head electrical guy at Hatteras and was told that our boat is wired correctly. We pulled our boat last week for new bottom paint...

I just added this problem to my shaft packing thread, but figured it should be a seperate thread. Our owners manual for our 36 idetifies the forward battery as port engine/ house, and the rear battery as starboard engine/ gen set start. I am almost sure that is the way our boat was when we were...

I decided to re do the shaft packing with Gore Tex GFO material. We had the boat out over the weekend to re-paint the bottom. (That is another story). I read my Hatteras owners manual which provides a nice drawing and says the packing is 1/2''. The GFO packing company makes a nice listing of...

I just watched them change the diesel fuel price sign at the marina we are staying in Ft. Meyers Beach. Gas is now $4.07 and diesel is a whoping $4.37. Afriend of mine told me that in the Detroit area auto gas is $3.39 and diesel is $4.69. What in hell is going on here, I just don't...

Our sliding teak salon door almost doesn't slide. I re-did that thing 3 years ago and I was not happy with the stupid washers and wood shims on the rollers. I also had to remove the brass upper track screws and take the door out with the track. I have never been able to get it right and thought...

I spent the entire day today changing every water and anti-freeze rubber hose. I noticed a small leak in the top of a hose. This turned out to be a sea water hose. I removed the hose and when we bent it, it split in half. Only the wire was holding it together. WOW!! Time to change all those...

I just spent all day installing our new Raritan Atlantes Freedom head. why do those 11/2' sewer hoses have to be so stiff? What a royal PITA. I had to work all that stuff into the area under the floor of our 16" wide closet. Needless to say, my shoulders are wider than the closet, or at least...

I have read all the threads about heads. Ours is a Groco electric which is OK but noisy and has a hard time dealing with large waste material. (Did I make that problem understandable without crossing the vulgarity line?). We think we would like to upgrade. I am having a real problem trying to...

This is a great example of these boats. Features include: 300 hp. 3208 Cat diesels with 1250 hours total time, 5kw Northern Lights gen-set, Awlgrip paint, granite countertop with under counter sink, smooth surface glass cooktop, A/C, outriggers, tackle station, 3 underwater transom lights, and...

Has anyone looked at the 58' yachtfish that is listed on YW from St. Petersburg FL area. They are asking 145k. I talked to the broker and she had mixed thoughts. What is it really like.

We installed our LED underwater lights while we had Unity out for bottom painting. They are very well made, require only one 3/16" hole in the hull, and work great. We bought Abysslite lights #600. The cost was $507.00 for three including Florida sales tax. http://www.abysslite.com

I promised that I would post the results of our VC-17 trial in salt water. Our 36C, "Unity", has been in the water a full year. 6 months of that was in the Great Lakes and the last 6 months have been in salt water. The boat now lives in Miami. We pulled it Friday and were very surprised how nice...