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Can anyone tell me the size of the packing on the rudders of a 70 Hatt.? Going to be pulling it in a month or so to have the bottom done and want to add that to the list. Also...the pilot house doors have some paint bubbling ....aluminum...painter says it will just come back if repainted. Does...

My port engine oil pressure alarm on the monitoring system always stayed on longer than the starboard engine. The pressure appears correct but the alarm continues to sound. Lately the alarm sounds longer than ever but does go off eventually and the pressure seems to be fine. Could this be a...

I have a friend that is in need of a good marine attorney in FL. He is in a bit of a mess with the purchase of a leased boat through a charity due to several undisclosed issues at the time of purchase and non performance issues that were written into the purchase agreement. If anyone knows of...

Have a friend looking at a mid 90s Viking CPMY with Mann 820 hp just under 3k hours just wondering about what everyone here thinks plus and minus about the boat or engines. Thanks as always!

The marina that I am in is adding more floating docks currently. My boat is now on the end T of a fixed dock in the inner part of the marina surrounded by land/condo's. The new floating docks would be more exposed to wind but would be an advantage with storm surge vs fixed docking. I am looking...

My AIS has gone down...checked the VHF antenna and it seems to be working ok. It could be the GPS antenna but I'm not sure how to check that. Per the Tech. at West Marine it needs a passive GPS antenna replacement but as old as the unit is I'm thinking that I should just replace the whole...

I have found when acid washing the system, like cooling water it takes the least path of resistance. Due to that one of the four units on a pump was never really getting cleaned! It would always give me problems soon after a cleaning shutting down on high pressure.....IE lack of cooling water...

Can anyone advise where I can find a replacement tank? Found a source in Texas a few years ago for one and can't find the receipt! I have one leaking from a crack in the back of it. I tried a google search but found nothing...help!

Some friends of mine are shipping their 48 Krogen to the Northwest coast for a five year period to explore that area. They would like something to run around the Bahamas with here yet and talked about a Grady White type boat with a cuddy cabin. They like to fish and want to cruise at about 30...

My fwd Onan genset ran for two hours the other day and shut down. It appeared to be a fuel issue so I rebuilt the Racor....which had about 3/4 of a inch of crud in the bottom of it. It restarted and appeared to run fine for a few min. and then shut down again. The light on the switch is blinking...

I have a friend looking at purchasing a boat with these engines, 2003 model yr, I see in the post history here that there was some question about the failure of those engine's. Can anyone add to the comments about their quality good or bad of the model in that year? He is sea trialing it on...

My neighbor went to the Miami boat show and bought a boat! He is in need of a engine surveyor for Mann's and one for the boat. If anyone can suggest either or both in that area he would appreciate it very much. Thanks again for your wonderful knowledge base!

A friend of mine is looking to make a purchase in the Tampa area and will need some help in the process there. I see from a prior post Steve Kambrick came up, anyone else? How about for the Cummins? Thanks in advance!

Ran the boat with the ZF transmission tech. on board yesterday to assure that my transmissions were operating properly and noticed that the port engine alternator actually dropped in voltage from like 12.6 volts to about 11.2 when rpm was increased! When you dropped it down in rpm to hull speed...

I am looking for any experience or opinions on adding a 24,000 BTU unit to my flybridge. The flybridge is covered by a hard top and enclosed with tinted strata glass. In south FL the sun is brutal as we all know, I question if its worth the investment to lower the humidity in the area and maybe...

This past summer I was in a marina with a 74 Hatteras across the dock from me. The Captain of that boat had what appeared to be a home made splitting device(made of the appropriate marine hardware) that plugged into the 100 amp service on the dock that had two 50 amp cords coming out of it that...

I have ordered the replacement pump but would like everyone's thoughts about flushing out the old fluid and replacing it with new. The question is how to do it the best way to get the air out of a long run through both helms? The pump is mounted at the flybridge helm. Thanks

The question is....I would like to replace one or both of my shore power cables and wonder if anyone here knows a source for them. I am guessing that there must be at least 20 ft of it inside the boat going to the breaker and about 50 ft of it left before the end stops it coming out. I have...

Someone talk me out of this! I sold my boat in the Great Lakes when I purchased my Hatteras and took it to FL. That was almost four years ago now! I have spent the last three years in FL over the winter months turning what I purchased back into near perfect condition ....including the latest...

My Onan generators have no gauges other than hour meters so I was interested if anyone out there has installed helm or remote gauges or alarms? If so, which ones did you use? I don't like the idea of not knowing if something is heading south either while running or at anchor without a...