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INTERVIEW-W.Bank to suggest CO2 levy on jet, shipping fuel Sun Jun 5, 2011 By Gerard Wynn BONN, Germany, June 5 (Reuters) - The World Bank will suggest a global levy on jet and shipping fuel in recommendations to G20 governments later this year on raising climate finance, a senior official...

Anyone have any experience with this air [duct installed] cleaner ...designed for homes?? Unit from Triatomic Environmental, Inc. very small and compact...workable into Mario's AC redesign, for example,,,,even original Hatt systems...In the diagram to the leftat the website, the "power head"...

We've discuused on several occasions that our Hattera are not so well suited for ocean crossings....just not designed for it...Here are a couple of photographs that visually illustrate a better design for such open waters. In the first photo note the incredibly deep forefoot on this commercial...

Does anyone know: do PEX lines or other synthetics resist water line freezing better than copper??? I don't mean the connection fittings which might well split, but the lines....Are they flexible enough to avoid splitting when water freezes?? I replaced much of my copper domestic water lines...

Use caution when sending and posting cell phone photos...at least those with a GPS included....they can be used to locate where the photo was taken...like your BOAT!!! ..... http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/video?id=7621105 Can this gps id be removed?? I don't have a cell phone anymore....

I watched a one hour TV special on Navy X boats....new hull designs for near coastal operation, like fighting Somalia pirates. Anybody who enjoys reading all the tech talk here would likely find the TV show on this boat interesting.....joy stick steering included. The prototype is a 262 ft...

video from a fishing vessel....about a minute....nothing crazy... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fqyOpqnJyw&feature=player_embedded A Hatt would have easily made it thru this....!!!! [Bill Allen had me "rockin and rollin" more than this on our ride down the Chesapeake Bay last November.]

It appears that like in a hurricane, even if your boat is securely fastened unless you are uptream of floating boats/ships/houses and other debris, damage is likely. I wonder what the relative force of all the debris is rising versus falling water heights.....because much is subsequently swept...

Video scenes from CNN: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2011/03/12/dnt.oregon.damage.kdrv And also check the first row of choices for scenes from California.. Has anyone heard how high the Japanese Tsunami wave was out in deep water ocean?? Often they are barely detectable from a surface...

557 HP outboard Good enough to hang on a Hatt?? Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU0RXc8gaqo&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Somebody asked about approximate speed in going from1,000 to 1800 HP engines....this discussion with a formula previously posted by SCROD may provide some rough insight....several other examples are posted by other foprum members in the discussion started 12-28-2005... While I still think this...

In a recent discussion, http://www.samsmarine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16651 once again lack of fuel proved to be the culprit causing a Detroit Diesel to not run...apparently a leaky RACOR filter.... again. Which got me thinking: can anyone remember anything in all these forum...

Here's something you DON"T probably want to add to your wish list: http://www.mysolarbackup.com/ I heard this add on the TV and thought..."that's ridiculous".....1800 watts of power from a portable solar backup?? One solar panel?? Well, it's really a 51 amp hour (modest size) AGM battery...

Having just returned from a month aboard Bill Allen's 1973 43 MY (Brielle NJ to Marathon, Fla) with him I thought I'd share similarities and differences I noted relative to my 1972 48 YF. (also a brief comment later relative to the 44 triple cabin MY). From the circa 1971 Hatters brochure I...

I happened to reread Pascoe's comments just now...man, is he WAY off in this section: (53 foot models '71 to '89) http://www.yachtsurvey.com/boatreviews/Hatteras53.htm Pascoe does not review the 52 and 55 foot Hatt models....I was wondering how he compared the three.....oops, he does discuss...

Stumbled across a current MTU website for old 2 cycle Detroit Diesels: http://2-cycle.mtu-online.com/index.php/products/engine-models Among other things it mentions 53 series are available a reliabilt remanufactured engines and 8V71's are still in production for the military....also says about...

The September 2010 YACHTING has an article about a customized Hatteras Sportfish delivered to the West Coast. For those interested: LOA: 62'2" Beam: 19' Draft: 4'9" Displ: 90,000 Fuel 1,800 Water: 200gal Power: 2 x 1,800 HP Cat C32 ACERT diesels Base price: $2.5M Top Speed 42 knots @ 2,300...

So first the oil spill caused by BP was covered up, then the media blew it all out of proportion, now I have the uneasy feeling both BP and the federal government have good reason (in their minds) to cover it up. You've probably seen the charts showing something like 3/4 of the oil...

I don't recall much in the way of general weather discussions here in the forums. You all know the critical part weather plays in safe boating. Why don't we discuss that more??? This is my first full summer at home in NJ since selling my 48YF....Prior to that I spent most of the summers...

See here for some photos aboard the 311 foot "Indian Empress". http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1300140/Inside-Heidi-Klum-Seals-luxury-love-boat-Indian-Empress.html with these amenities: ... there's plenty of amusement on board with a gym, beauty salon, massage room sauna, steam...