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I started looking for a toy boat for our first grandson to play with. I have some time, since he is only three months old. I have not found any toy boats that look like a real ( traditional Hatteras ) boat. Looks are important to me, but I also want something he and I can play with. An...

Our son has made application for a "Work Holiday Visa" in Australia. I sounds, to me, like an interesting way for a young man to travel and experience the other side of the world; otherwise, I know nothing about his planned undertaking. I notice we have several Australian members of the forum...

Not quite two months old, our new and only grandson, became our Third Generation Hatteras boater enjoying his first ride today. Generation 1 and III Generation II and III It was a great day on the boat today. Regards

I ran the generator today for the first time with the inverter switched on. With the generator running, the reverse polarity lights on the breaker to the inverter and ones on the sub panel came on. There are no polarity issues when the shore power feeds the inverter. Until I wired the...

Sky's response to my post regarding my run on head helped me to identify the problem. Thanks Sky. The problem was the solenoid; however the solution was a bit more involved. Dis-assembly and cleaning the diaphram didn't stop the flooding head. An internet search for a replacement diaphram...

The saloon AC condensate drain is stopped up. I accessed the T in the ceiling of the fwd head and tried to clear it with a shop vac. It didn't clear. Any suggestions on to clear the drain? Thanks

I am trying to complete the installation of a Magnum 2812 inverter this morning. As I was tightening the connections to the 12v breaker between the battery bank and the inverter, the wrench made contact with both poles to the breaker. Even though they are both positive there was an arc when...

I was working in the engine room this morning and did something I have not done in a while. I lifted the hatch above the port engine, Covington 671ti, and discovered soot. When I reached down and grasped the Stainless pipe connected to the turbo, I noticed that it was very loose, until I...

Lilly Marie has a Sonos wireless stereo system. If I install a router I can control the system with my ipad iPhone etc. internet access is not necessary for the controller, but would be nice for updates, Pandora, etc. There is no Internet cable to the boat, but a wireless signal is available...

Lilly Marie has had a leak around the hatch going up to the Fly Bridge and the problem graduated to the point that the deck forward of the hatch rim had collapsed. It took a while to get in the mood to tackle another coring repair after the aft deck and cabin top projects, but the hatch was...

A little over a month ago we painted the bottom with anti fouling and the running gear with zinc primer. Saturday I went under the boat. The port side props shafts and strut looked fine, the was no growth. However the stbd side gear was covered with growth. There were small barnacles as well...

Yesterday was a good day for boat repair. After I got the head working i relocated the autopilot compass from below the port side locker where I keep tools to a location on the centerline. After reconnecting the compass wiring I switched off the breaker which supplied power to the autopilot...

The aft cabin head stopped up one of our boat rides last week with four women aboard. Thankfully we had a functioning fwd head. The malfunctioning head is a Raritan Atlantes which has all working parts covered and nothing visible, much less accessible. There was no owners manual aboard so I...

Lilly Marie's DD 671ti's delivered about 1.7 nm per gallon over 160 nm running on our family trip last week. That calculation is after deducting an estimated generator fuel burn assuming .6 gph. Fuel use was measured using the Tank Tender. Except for no wake zones and one run up to 16kts, we...

We anchored out Thursday night and I tried out an iPad anchor alarm called drag queen. I had the iPad with me through the night, the app worked well and helped me get back sleep each time a condition change woke me up. It saved me from going topside and checking the GPS. Regards

Lilly Marie is hauled out, scraped and power washed. We dock her in brackish water, she spends too much time at the dock, and had had an impressive crop of barnacles and other growth on her metal below the water line. At the last haul out I just touched up the bottom paint and tried...

We carry ice for drinks in gallon zip lock bags, and have generally put the bag in the boat sink to mix drinks, our last island trip inspired me to find an alternative. I could not find an ice bucket that suited me, so I made one. A gallon capacity plastic bin surrounded by meranti plywood...

Lilly Marie's autopilot stopped working. It is a Navico Corus 1995 or so vintage, so it was installed over 10 years after the boat was built. The Control unit (C600AD) at the helm no longer shows the compass heading so I suspect there is a problem with the (ATC600) Compass. The AP Computer...

Found this old advertisement picturing Willis Slane and Jack Hargrave. Thought you might enjoy this photo of the two men who made it all happen. Regards

Except for some trim I completed the stbd side wing door. The frame is 1.2 mm sapele plywood and the doors are 1/2" cast acrylic sheet. Having learned from the first door I am working on the second and will post some pictures of building version two. Regards