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Not a Hatteras, but a great boat nonetheless! Last touch-ups in Yard before launch.

I have 1-1/2 year old batteries and a new Charles 40 Amp charger that was installed at the same time as the battery change. All great so far, except that after a long weekend of use, I now notice that the charger has not returned to zero and there is no load on the batteries. The charger is at...

I'm thinkin of adding a set of mechanicals temp gauges on my flybridge. I notice that the existing Sending units are installed on the thermostat housing and there appears to be extra "ports" that are pliged with a hex-nut for this purpose. Is this the correct location? I do not want to remove...

Galleymaid Gearbox is off thanks to the help on this site. I beat it confidently with a sledge, knowing that others have done so successfully before.... it seems the motor coupler is broken and a few gears are worn. I'll change them out as I don't want to drop the g-box again! However the...

Just anchored and windlass worked fine. Now it made a loud noise grinding noisr and its not turning even without load. Motor seems to be spinning when I check in anchor locker? Is the gearbox toast? Or is there some kind of shear pin or something of the sort ? I dread pulling it ip manually...

I've just noticed a loss if voltage on my engine room 24volt circuit. It's only services a pair if secondary ventilation fans, emergency lights and a 24 volt outlet. All are dead. I've checked the breaker at the main panel and tested it with a multimeter and it seems to allow full voltage across...

The strands have unwound at the end of the chain/rope slice. I presume from twisting as I don't use a swivel!?. The splice itself is great, but where the splice ends, the rope has unwound into three separate stands for about 10 inches. Can this be just untwisted and maybe bound with a strong...

Having to change batteries again and wanted to know what the average battery lifespan is? My (Newmar) charger (~6-1/2Years old) has gone bad, but not without first killing a bank of batteries. I'm now changing to a new Charles Battery Charger and have to change an almost-2-Year old bank of...

I have a 240Volt-AC Galleymaid windlass and one foot-switch (UP) has gone bad. I removed the rubber boot and the switch below seems to be a "Cole Hearse" push button switch. When I look in the West Catalog - this is a 12 Volt rated switch. Is it safe to assume that this switch is correct- since...

I'm about to upgrade my anchor chain that I beleive to be 1/4" BBB to 3/8" G4 for my 58' Cheoy Lee Motor Yacht. Gallymaid suggested that I might have 1/4" Grade 80 chain currently as it will fit the same wildcat as 1/4" BBB. My current chain is galvanized but I assumed its 1/4" BBB simply...

I just purchased a Rocna 40 ( 40Kg / 88Lb) to replace my 66 Lb Bruce that we never trusted. This past weekend I put the Rocna in the water for the first time. Set fast and held well initially, but after 24 hours to my utter surprise and disappointment, it dragged - about 400 feet. A bit of...

2006 Kohler 15.5 EOZD Diesel generator I recently had an issue with an emergency shutdown with LOC (Loss of Coolant) fault code. This only seems to occur when the Generator is running with significant load (4 or more Air conditioners AND with Watermaker, waterpump and lights etc,) but does not...

Anyone have direct experience doing a cockpit extension on a Hatteras Motor Yacht? Any photos of progress and what were speed results- slower or faster? Just dreaming (of a cockpit) at this point!

I have a 1989 - 58' Cheoy Lee motor yacht similar in configuaration to the Hatteras 60 Motor yacht of the same vintage. It came from the factory with 1/4" BBB chain and a galley maid chain gypsy to match. We use a 66Lb bruce with all chain rode and have had too many instances where this setup...

I recenlty changed my batteries and now notice a diffenent behavior of my NEWMAR 24 volt (3 stage charger). ( connected to two banks on standard lead-acid batteries) When I apply a load, the charger does not come on until maybe ten minutes later. If I disconnect AC from the charger, then...

I'm about to change four batteries for my 24volt house/start systrem on my Cheoy lee 58 MY with DD 8V92's. currnelty I have 5 yr old AC Delco Lead Acid with caps to inpect the water levels in the cells. Every few mothns we do have to top off with water and i do have my Newmar charger on 24...

I'm contemplating installing an opening gate on my bow Stainless Stell rail and would like to cut the rail and weild on an hinge and clasp for easier bow boarding. Is it safe to weld the rails since I presume they are wired (bonded) to the boats grounding system?

I was thinking of installing a small 15" LCD tv on my flybrige (which is enclosed with strataglass material). I am installing on the acess hatch from the flybridge stairs, so that when the hatch is open, the TV is almost vertical for viewing ( My boat has similar FB access to the Hatteras...

I have a Fireboy-Xintex (Manual/Automatic with FE241 clean agent) system installed in my Generator room and was wondering what life expectancy one would expect for this system under normal conditons. Has anyone had it disharge slowly over time or is it good for a number years? How often has...

I have a 1989 Cheoy Lee 58 Motor yacht similar in layout to the Hatteras 60 Motoer of the same vintage. The previous owner installed new Wesmar Stablaizers in 2002 and reported that they "did not do much" to stop the rolling and never really used them much after the great expense of installing...