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Lilly Marie has 2 Cruiseair units, look like originals with rotary controls. The unit for the aft and fwd cabins stopped cooling (the unit was blowing air but not cool, with no apparent current draw for the compressor according to the ampmeter) and then after I shut it off a few days later I...

It has been raining this morning and I decided to study the trip to the Wharf and re-check how long it will take and what time do I need to leave Friday morning. Google earth indicates it is 52nm from Pascagoula. Cruising at 8.3 kt it should take 6.2 hours. At 8.3 kt Lilly Marie gets about...

Any suggestions regarding a brushable 2 part polyurethane to use to repaint the aft deck once the repair work is over? Is 2 part poly available in low gloss? The current paint is Imron Hatteras off-white. I've used Interlux Perfection on other boats and a cast iron bath tub with good...

What do you think about a 1991 Hatteras 40DC I have a good friend here in Pascagoula who wants to move up from his 34 Mainship is looking for a 40 something boat and asked me what I thought about this 1991 40DC. http://www.yachtworld.co.uk/core/lis...oat_id=2401784 I'm prejudiced and for the...

I have a good friend here in Pascagoula who wants to move up from his 34 Mainship is looking for a 40 something boat and asked me what I thought about this 1991 40DC...

Since I am now reporting and recording what I am doing rather than asking for advice I thought I would start a new thread with a more descriptive title. This is a continuation of the thread: http://www.samsmarine.com/forums/showthread.php?20256-Aft-Deck-Sag-Problem The bad balsa coring...

Thought there might be some value in sharing with you our experience last Sunday. My son and I took the 25' outboard offshore to go fishing. We were about 10 nm south of the islands when the single outboard stopped. I checked the fuel tank and it was 1/2 full. My son started the 6 hp kicker...

I need help. The port side aft deck in the area of the FB ladder recently developed a sag. Having deal with wet core in the deck near the bow pulpit I assumed wet core was the cause of the sag. I identified the areas of the sag with a batten and marked off an area to cut out and remove the...

The port side engine coolant plastic overflow tank, 671ti, is full to the top, and the stb engine with engines cool is at the "cool level" whent the engines are cool. The metal reservoir on the port engine appears to be low. I am assuming that the engine water is expanding when hot, flowing...

Mississippi has a submarine named after her. The USS Mississippi is in Pascagoula for her commissioning and I was fortunate enough to get a tour of the boat this afternoon. She is a very impressive boat, everything is heavy duty and most of it stainless steel and laid out without an inch of...

As part of honoring our youngest daughters graduation from college, we took her and 11 friends to the island yesterday. That afternoon, Marie and I could have a little wine and watch the baseball game from the aft deck through the new enclosure...

I've framed one wing door on the stbd side. The door required a drain cut into the toe rail. It is kind of an interesting process and simpler than I expected. I stopped to take a few pictures when I cut the port side rail. In case anyone want to see what the process looks like:

We went out to the island yesterday and had a fine time. It was the first day this year I felt up to getting in the water and checking the zincs. The zincs on both rudders were completely gone. The aft port shaft zinc was gone and the forward shaft zinc had 10% left. However both stbd zincs...

It started with our trip to Augusta GA to visit with our oldest daughter and her new husband. Marie made me listen to "doctor radio" on the satellite radio while she drove. They were interviewing someone who wrote a book on Extra Virgin Olive Oil. See Extravirginity.com. Much of the...

I had a few more zipper failures with the canvas and vinyl aft deck enclosure and decided to replace it all with hard acrylic. I took off all of the canvas and started to work on the new project. I've completed about 2/3 's of the area and am pleased with the results. The panels are 2'x4'...

Dennis started an interesting thread which seemed to prompt some worthwhile responses. Jim gave us his opinion and then, for some reason, it became the last word. What is going on? The good doctor has been a source of excellent commentary regarding things that are Hatteras, and his personal...

For some time, we have worn and enjoyed the "vintage T-shirts" from Sams "Hatteras Apparel" sporting a very nice, but rather generic 43DC image on the back of the shirt. We are now going beyond that. Working with Doug Langley, I sent him a photo of Lilly Marie and he made a very impressive...

I have gotten past the study and design stage and am actually building something. A plywood mast may seem a little different, but I believe it will work. Rather than wait, I will start posting pictures as things progress. The photos should tell the story. Parts cut (1088 plywood) 8' mast...

The big chrome spotlight which came with the boat, still works, but is not very bright. Possibly a new bulb would help, but since I am adding a radar mast, I am now wondering about mounting a new smaller and brighter searchlight on the mast above the radar dome. The radar dome will be mounted...

I have almost finalized the plan a radar mast for Lilly Marie, a 43 DCFB. I noticed that the Hatteras LRC's have a mast similar to what I want to put on the centerline of the flybridge deck just forward of the aft handrail. I assume the 42 and 48 LRC's masts have the proportions I need for a...