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I'm looking for a nice marina with hotel facilities in the sarasota area/longboat key area. anyone stay or know ones they would recommend. wanted to take a short ride down from st. petersburg via the intracoastal/ spend the weekend kinda thing. Spincycle

O.K. guys, heres a good one, whats the best and least expensive way to get a quality HDTV and internet signal on the boat. i have a Hatt that has vintage electronics(TV/VCR/Car radios/ etc) on her and it time for them to go in the trash can. I was thinking of a PC based system to run each on of...

My Hatteras purchase came with an inflateable Avon tender with a 15hp honda motor, the tender and motor sat idle for about three years, got the motor running but the inflateable tender looks like it needs a good cleaning. every time you rub up against it, it leaves a whitish chalk like residue...

Been having a little trouble starting my 20 KW onan genny. She will sit for a week and then I will have to hit the starter for three or four 10 second intervals to get her to fire up. but if she ran yesterday, it will fire up on the first try. do i have to prime an Onan after she sits awhile...

Getting a hi P S on the digital read on one of my a/c units. i turn on the unit, the compressor starts in about 20 seconds after initial buttons are pushed, look over the port bow and the unit is pumping water outside. then in about 3-5 minutes the error code Hi P S shows up. no more water...

The galley made head(four years old) is not making the usual motor sound when it flushes any more. the poop does down but there is no noise, lots of water does in to the bowl, and lots of water stays in the bowl after the flush, then large bubbles come out of the head for 5 seconds, then it...

Hi everyone, i am looking for a slip for my 54' hatteras in or around Tampa, Marina or even private residence. Let me know if you have or know anyone who can accomidate the Vessel. Spincycle

Anyone know of a slip available in the Tampa area for my 54' Hatteras MY. Was looking for marina but now that i think of it, a private residence might work too. Any help is appreciated.... Spincycle

Looked in the bilge and found stabilizer fluid in there. the guage on the Naiad unit was reading low, how often do these stabilizers have to be serviced?mechanic said this boat needs to be hauled and stabilizers serviced, around $1,200 for both, seals and parts included. Says it should be done...

Anyone have any experience with these oil preheaters, is on a 1882 Hatt with turboed 12-71's. no block heaters on this boat, just the pre heated oil for engine, they have a 30 minute timer clock attached to them so you can time your preheat. nessesary here in florida? was it a great idea that...

Anyone have any experience with these stabilizers, good? not so good? Parts available.... Peter Spincycle

What are a major differences between the two engines, reliability, fuel consumption? Likes and dislikes? 12V's are in a 82 61' Hatt and the 8v92's are in a 90 54' Ext Deck MY Peter Spincycle

Well i just had my survey of a 1978 58' MY. Engines were started cold, port side blew white smoke for about 2 minutes and then went down to what i would consider normal for the detroits. starboard side continued to smoke white for about 5 minutes and then thined out alittle but had somewhat of a...

Buying a 58' hatteras, should i spend the cash and get a diesel survey, independent from the vessel survey? any experience with this type of survey? Detroit/allison has a full survey were they reomove the heads and inspect the rings, etc, $2,500.00 . A local diesel survey would just be a cold...

How bad am I going to get clobered getting insurance for my 1978 58' Hatteras Motor yacht? the boat in St. petersburg Florida, and i will be cruising the west coast of florida/intracoastal waterways only. I have been cruising these waters for 22 years, does my experience help keep the premium...

Purchasing a 1978 58' hatteras that has a faint diesel smell throughout her. it's not a powerful smell but it's there. seems to be in the bow bilges and under the galley area. i'm not real interested on buying a boat that stinks of diesel when all i want to do is enjoy the yacht. Can this diesel...

found a great looking clean 58 hatteras MY to purchase. only thing is she has a faint smell of diesel in the boat. it's the strongest in the bilge area in the bow of the ship and galley area. but the smell goes through out the boat if it's closed up. She has not been running with-in the last...