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I have ventured into other forums, Boat US for one, noticed Pascal is a member there as well. I must say on the Tech side no comparison, especialy in the diesel arena, you diesel owners have the upper hand here. As most of you know We have a 34c with 454's, I am no expert on these motors...

Sleeping Man Gets Trapped in Garbage Truck Merritt Island Fl. (Jan. 2) - A man who awoke inside a garbage truck that was about to compact its load was rescued after making a frantic cell phone call to police, authorities say. The man, who is displaced but not homeless, was scavenging for...

Second meeting with Cocoa Beach, Merritt Island forum members saturday, all had a great time. We met up friday evening for some very interesting adventures. Wild Bill was the star with his side kick Bird. Saturday I decided i could not waite to try to repair the engine i had trouble with so...

I helped my dock neighbor on Friday. He had been out of the country for a few months and now could only get one engine to crank. his boat is a bout 2 yrs old, Regal 42 with 330B's. Showed him how to use the parallel switch and got the other motor to start. I then proceeded to inspect his...

3 of us so far are in for a run up to Sunset Cafe, Banana River and 520 bridge. I called Sunset 321 783 8485 and they can take us. cant reserve dock space but no problem for the group of 34 to 41 footers thus far. So Scott and Bob, looks like it is a go. Any Ideas what time?

I found my manuel for Borg Warner Velvet Drives. I believe there are seveal of us who have these on small diesels and gas motors. It stated that as long as oil levels are up that free wheeling does not hurt these transmissions.

I was talking to another forum member yesterday and the comment was made that although one member who is on "double secret probation" may have been a PITA in some cases, he was the catalyst for bringing people together. comradery within this forum has been much tigter since his joining up...

There is a lot of talk about performance with which engine , gear ratio and props etc. I think it would be a good idea to have a place on user info that identifies the boat you have , what engines, transmissions, props, performance at cruise and WOT, performance to include speed and fuel...

We were able to weigh our 1967 34c on monday, full gas and water and just 2 of us on board, no gear, weighed 20000.00. Was heavier than i thought. Sister told me that the boat needs to go on a diet and that got me to thinking. When we got the boat 4yrs ago, it was fairly original except...

We hauled today and changed the props. We found the nuts were little more than finger tight. :eek: However we found that the props were torqued on to the taper. We reinstalled with big nut first then small nut and torqued the best we could. (From walking around the bone yard big nut small...

added this to our 34c

steve and scott

I have not changed props before. Now need to do so as i bent one over the weekend. Plan to haul and hang to change. Have a prop puller, never used it before, came with the boat. My question is how tight to make the nuts and any other suggestions

I noted for the first time that there is barnicle growth inside the sea strainer going to the Condensing Unit water pump. Can barnicles grow inside the condensor? I remember some of you put chorine tablets in the strainer but some thought it may be too corrosive to the system. Would Bromine...

is there any real advantage to gel batteries? We had a 4D gel and an 8D gel. the 4D is fried. was thinking of saving some and replacing it with a regular led acid. 8D Gel runs the Starboard engine and house. the 4D runs the Port engine and bridge. Gas engines.

Last 2 times i was on the boat i notice a sour smell, smelled like rotton head water. This was not problem so i though must be bilge so i bought some tide with fabreeze to clean it with. opened engine room and noted it was warm, thought must be ac compressor making it warm. was working on...

I am making a mount for my anchor roller, using epoxy resin and a very heavy glass cloth, bi directional heavy weave with a stitched on chop strand layer. soaked very well with resin and rolled it flat and squeezed out excess, no voids. is approximately 5/16 to 3/8 thick. I decided to make a...

We are gettin new survey for insurance, 1967 34c. Boat was pulled today and surveyor did his thing. he called when he had put it back in the water and docked it. made the comment that it was the nicest old hatteras he had ever seen. asked if he would consider it pristine, which he replied...

Not herd anything about CY Manley since the hurricanes last year. Know he sold his 34 because another memeber her now owns it but wonder how he came out with hurricane family and boat.

Have Crusader 454's. oil cooler leaking water. took it off and acid washed it out then put the torch on the cap that was leaking. it came right off. turns out the guts are braised but the caps are put on with regular solder. found out why it was leaking. looks like someone damaged the top...