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In case you were still wondering how things are going in the boating industry, I ran across the following headline in the Soundings Trade Only pub today: NMMA suspends Grow Boating ad campaign The continuing slump in the marine industry has prompted industry leaders to suspend the national...

Many of you may know what's been going on with Lake Lanier, north of Atlanta. It's not just about water supply, in fact with Florida pretty much "full" and usage restrictions off, the call for water from Georgia has remained just as great, while Georgia remains in a drought. The economic...

I'm trying to confirm that the gauges are a single-sender design. I've got single senders, and I've got senders with two outputs. We're about ready to place an order for a full set with new senders, and this appears to be the last detail to settle to make sure the wiring will work. Of course...

From an article regarding the first and only civilian owned Harrier: "He described his airplane as extremely responsive, extremely nimble, and an absolute pleasure to fly. It is a thirsty bird, though, consuming fuel at the rate of a gallon every two seconds while hovering." Fuel flow measured...

Looking at the original helm console, I think I can get a couple more gauges on each side while replacing what's there. Whats there is the basics: volts, water temp, oil pressure, tranny pressure. The question is, what additional gauges would be the most useful. Exhaust temperature and turbo...

With the woes we have lived through, and the $$$'s we have paid to keep the old, and new, Cruisair units running, we've done a lot of research to understand how the systems work. Cruisair (corporate and dealer) has told us several times that there is no replacements for the control boxes and...

So we're planning to replace the gauges in the lower and upper helm. There are enough that either don't work at all, don't work well, and/or look cosmetically bad that it's worth doing as a project. Before going to the gauge store and buying a box, I decided to do a little troubleshooting as...

For some reason, though I followed Ike closely as it traveled toward our shores, and followed news where I found it, I've missed the extent of the devastation this storm has brought to the TX coast. I saw a few before and after pictures of ravaged waterfront properties, but that's to be...

Last year, when my holding tank cracked, I took the opportunity to replaced all of the hoses, much of it with hard pipe, put a new piston on the pump, changed the vacuum switch and rebuilt the valve/ball assembly...basically went through the whole system. Now, I've got an odor, quite rank, that...

Wasn't even looking for Hatt stuff, and ran across this article. Funny references, such as the "50ft, 100,000 Hatteras", and how the people that buy them aren't real boaters, rather "landlubbers", that journey from power outlet to power outlet, blowing marina breakers....LOL...

Our old autopilot, the original Wood Freeman, was left in the boat. The autopilot wasn't working as someone let the smoke out of the part in the engine room, so I pulled the box out from behind the helm (anyone need the control box?) I'd like to get the rudder indicator to work indepdendently...

Someone suggested a product called Magica that would presumably remove rust stains before your very eyes....yea right! Well, here's a before and after shot. It really is amazing stuff. Rust this heavy took a few applications, but within about 10 minutes, the "before" became the "after"...

Stb Temp gauge is acting up. If I turn the key and leave it on, or start the motors, it creeps up quickly to nearly the full range of the gauge. If I disconnect the wire at the sender, the gauge drops to 0. Put the wire back on and it starts climbing again. I'm guessing sender....but hoping...

Pressed start this AM to warm things up for an oil change and BANG! Looked all over the boat and ER's for something that fell, tried to restart and got "click, click" Opened up the genny space, and the fumes were horrible. No smoke thank god, but I could feel it in my throat immediately. A...

One of our trannies is trying to tell me something, but I'm not yet sure what. When the engine is cold started, it takes about 30 seconds before the tranny comes up to pressure. It's not a slow rise, rather, a delay of about 30 before it shoots up to normal. The other side comes right up...

Anyone know where I can find a speedometer shop in the miami area? If you've been following the tach repair thread, I've found that the cables closely resemble certain speedometer cables, and am looking for a source. Thanks!

The port side tachs, upper and lower, have stopped registering, and I'm trying to track down the gremlin.... Since both went out at once, I'm looking close to source first, the ER's What I see so far (which could of course be wrong) is that the mechanical tach signal from both engines is...

Saw this in today's "Soundings Trade Only" http://www.tradeonlytoday.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=3C1BE6D2C8D247359DE7A3BB8A9C36C7 I don't know the Swansboro area too well, but losing 200 jobs has to...

I tried posting this earlier, but it apparently didn't make it...if it ends up a repeat, forgive me. Our genset's engine fuel filter is clogging on a more frequent basis, from never, to now, only an hour or so of runtime between clogs. I called Westerbeke, who informed me that these filters...

Looking for sources in Miami, or Lauderdale for replacement glass. Sam's was kind enough to give me the description/brand, but doesn't offer the part. Any ideas? CaptNed, you mentioned you knew of a place at one time, no? Thanks, -Ed G.