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OK We might throw in the towel. I have been working for three weeks to overcome the problems with our Crusader 454s. We bought enough diesel, 18%, to dilute our oil etc. I have changed all filters, swapped every bolt on piece etc. Our starbord engine still runs very badly and drops rpm at...

Biy I did a real dumb testerday. I asked the guy at the gas dock for gasoline, but their are so few gas boats in Florida,(and very few diesels in the Great Lakes), I guess the guy wasn't listening and handed me a hose. If you think you can tell by the smell, I am here to tell you differently. It...

I am tearing what is left of my hair out. Our "86 36C is eating its anodes quite fast. The diver says it is only our boat. The other nearby boats are OK. Of course we never had this problem in the great lakes. It has shown up since we moved the boat to Florida in Sept. I read an online article...

I think we need to get this thread going as it looks like we all might have a problem in this area soon. IMHO the only good material for larger fuel tanks is fiberglass. The plastic ones have no baffles; that's bad. The steel ones rust, the aluminum tanks rot completly. Stainless tanks have seam...

Re: 60' Battlewagon Ge Karl...We ran in 10' seas off New Jersey enroute to Florida. I did not need foul weather gear on our 36. In those conditions I operated from that awful inside helm. Very dry and right next to the coffee pot. Now who said inside helms should be taken out???

I have a doctor nephew that is looking at a 1978 60' Hatteras convertable. They all seem to have 650 hp 12-71 Detroits. Does anyone have any thoughts good or bad about these monsters? The prices sure vary. Are the engines tough or hand grenades?

Those of us that are lucky enough to have those stupid fuses to protect our shore power inlets are tearing out what little hair we have left. Our '86 36C, "Unity", blows them on the AC line like popcorn. We switched to the slow blow ones and that has helped. Now that our boat is in Florida, we...

Our '86 36C came to us with a wood swim platform and aluminum square tubing brackets. The boat spent its life to know in fresh water, yet we still have some corrosion on the aluminum brackets. Now the boat is in Miami and those brackets are trying to return to sea water. I think the boat came...

For the entire trip from Detroit to Miami and at last weekend's Elliot Key event, We have had two completly different electrical problems. Our AC and ships power shoreline plugs have those *^%$(* barrell fuses. Most of our failures have been one or the other fuse on the AC connector. I have...

.We are in Cape May and this is our first available Internet hookup. We left Detroit on Labor Day. If any of you ever get a chance to transit the Erie Canal from Buffalo to the Hudson River, do it. That is the neatest thing I have seen, and at 65, and having flown the world, I have seen alot. We...

I know alot about maintaining these boats, but as a lifetime fresh water boater I know nothing about corrosion, barnacles, tides and god knows what else. I am preparing our '86 36C ,"Unity", for a move from Detroit to Miami. I coated everything with BoShield T9. I did all the copper tubing, all...

Hey Pascal...I haven't been able to see the Hat Cam pictures lately. I just get the box with the red X. i right click and select show picture. No change. How else can I check the weather at my kid's house.

We just bought a pair of Navman fuel flow sensors for our 36C. They don't work for diesels or FI gas engines as those return lots of fuel to the tank. Our old Crusaders with quadrajunk carburators are surely eligable. I had to add filters before the engine filters as Navman wants filtered fuel...

Does anyone have a pristene 32' Hat they want to sell??? I have a young friend that would like one. He has about a 60k limit and wouldn't mind a gas engined boat at all. He doesn't want the express. He would rather have a 36' convert as he loves our '86 36C. If you have or know of a cherry older...

Im have read many threads here about installing products like Amtico etc. When at the Miami Boat Show last Saturday I foud a vendor that sells a product that comes on a roll and acts like linoleum. This stuff has a face that appears exactly like a teak and holly wood. I still am not sure that it...

I have a young friend that is looking for a good convertable. He doesn't have lots of mooney and I am trying to help. He found a 32' Hat convertable that looks good in the photos. This boat has Cat 3116 engines. According to the brochures on this site these boats either had 350 hp. merc cruisers...

I need to get smarter about problems with "risers". Is this just a saltwater problem? How do you know when it is time to replace? What changes and why? I guess the problem is caused by corosion just beyond where the anti freeze is. I have seen several threads that talk about oil changes and...

We are going to update the window treatements on our '86 36C. We have the factory cornice boards and curtains. We plan on re-covering the cornice boards. We would like to install 1" blinds. I have seen pictures of Hats that have what looks like a vertical upholstered boards between the sections...

My son and I are partners in a 1986 36C. He has taken a new job and moved to Coconut Grove FL. We are currently keeping the boat here in Michigan, but would like to move the boat to the Miami area but can't find any way to get a permanent slip there. Does anybody have any good thoughts???

My entire boating life, (I am 64), has been spent on the fresh water of the great lakes. We now have a 1986 36C. What a perfect boat. I do wish it had diesels though. We are thinking of moving it to Biscane Bay Florida. Both of our sons have taken new jobs and moved down there. My concern is...