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The Northstar6100i unit on the bridge of my 74 is not powering on properly. It is the slave unit to the one in my pilothouse and I use it primarily as the radar display on my bridge. I also use it to control my pilot on the bridge but that can easily be changed to use the newer Garmin I have on...

I bought this gizmo. It is a computer controlled device that raises and lowers my trim tabs based on sea conditions. I have had its predecessor units on my last five boats. It always worked well. But, not this one. It has three components, a control head, a keypad and a relay. Bennett has...

I have a Westerbeke genset on the other boat. I believe is it is a 15KW unit, diesel, of course. I have a remote start stop panel in my salon. I would like to add one on my flybridge. The salon panel is made up of three momentary switches for pre heat, start and stop. I know it cannot be this...

I have been boating for a long, long time. When trimming my boats, I have always found that the flattest wake directly behind the boat gave me the most speed. You remember what a nice flat outboard wake looks like. I finally ditched the Bennett Auto Tab Controller on the Ocean (another story for...

One of my four fuel tanks has salt water in it. That tank was used exclusively by my starboard engine. The fuel side of the tandem boost/fuel cooler was pressure tested and is fine. I am now having the salt side of the cooler tested. These are on a 1292 DDEC. Aside from an actual leak in the...

I have an anchor and all chain rode. When the windlass pulls up the anchor and it is all the way up all under the pulpit, all is well. However, when I go to re-deploy the anchor, it is balanced such that the windlass feeds out chain but the anchor itself does not drop down from the pulpit...

Does anyone have a Detroit Diedel guy to recommend in Jupiter, Florida? I need to remove and replace a fuel cooler on my 1292 DDEC. Thanks.

I need to replace a tv that is shaped 20" x 20". Needless to say it is a built in CRT. Are there any new tv's that have this portrait type shape rather than the landscape shape I see all over. I would rather not get into carpentry issues and I think it silly to invest in a repair for a tv that...

The front battery on my port side continues to run hot and use water. On my 74, everything is 24 volts. The port side starts the port engine and is the house bank. The charger appears to be overcharging just that one front battery. I have replaced that battery twice in the last week and she...

Treasure Coast Battery in Stuart, Florida removed four batteries from my 74 in Jupiter and installed four replacements today. A perfect job at the right price. The batteries were $231 per and the total labor was one hour. They did NOT charge drive time either way to Jupiter. Fast and easy.

I replaced two of the CCTV cameras on the bridge of my boat because I thought the color looked washed out. Unfortunately, the new cameras I installed today also showed the colors washed out. Well, there must be some sort of filtering screen or something in the strataglass on my bridge that...

Under the good and welfare category, I took my 93 year old father today to show him the new boat. We sat in the cockpit and watched the world go by. Not only did he teach me all I know about boating, he also had a great feature story in Yachting many years ago about bringing his 61 Hatteras to...

I have been wearing Sperry's since I was in college, now more than forty years ago. Lately, every pair I have bought loose their grip and become downright dangerous after just one year. Does anyone have a favorite choice that maintain their grip on a wet deck any longer than one year? I am ready...

I am about to buy a wave rogue to grab my Y.C's wifi signal to connect to my nvr. My cameras are connected to my nvr. Here is my question. If I connect the wave rogue Ethernet cable to a wireless router and then an Ethernet cable from the wireless router to the nvr, will I loose much throuput or...

Trying to find some of those black rubber things that keep the sound shield closed on my onan generator. There are about six that are used on my genset. Any idea where I might find them or a suitable substitute?

Since the HOF forum members are the smartest around, I figure I would run this by you folks. I have many cordless phones in my house. However, the wiring to the jacks of all but one base station is, well, let's just say not up to Hatteras standards. The signal comes in the house to a cable model...

Well, after calibrated the AP compass on my Simrad AP 20 successfully, I still have too large a deviation that is non linear. So, it can't really be corrected with the manual offset. And, to make matters worse, I have been unable to locate where the original owner placed the compass to check...

I plan on using this in the holding tank for the first time. I do not plan on using it in my fresh water heads. Do I just pour some down the deck pump out fitting and add some water? It is not critical so I surely do not want to do any damage. Thanks.

Alright-- it's not a Hatteras but I am confused. I had occasion to blow the horn today. I flipped on the 12v breaker labeled horn and nothing happened. The genset was not on. Arrived at dock. Flipped same breaker on the bridge 12v panel and it activated the horn. And, I cannot find any sort of...

Last new post for the day. On today's run, at 1650 rpm I was doing 21.5 kts. It was only 56% load. At 1800 rpm, I was doing 24.5 kts at 65% load. At 1900 rpm, I was doing 27.4 kts at 75% load. I have been told that Cats like to run at 80% load. These are 3406E Cats. Any harm in running them at...