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I've completed construction of section one of the new swim platform and applied the first coat of varnish. I decided to paint the underside with Brightside ( Hatteras white ) to save maintenance and just varnish the topside. I am pretty pleased with the result, though the white underside gives...

This may be of some value to you. Before re-attaching the swim platform brackets, I ran a test yesterday. See photos below. 7 of the attachmet bolts had pulled out. The transom is has two layers of <.6 cm fiberglass with an 1.8 cm foam core between them. There are 6 ss brackets each secured by...

My short stay in the shipyard to replace the zincs and swim platform was first extended by the Miami Boat show and problems with the platform supports pulling out. The following weekend we moved our oldest daughter home from Atlanta. The boat has been sitting up now for 3 weeks. I went down to...

I've built the first section of my new swim platform, (photo of topside and bottom below). The old platform was 2' wide, the new one will be (2) 2 ft sections hinged along the length to allow 4' wide at rest and 2' wide underway. I will rest on the existing 6 ss brackets and the aft end...

I hauled out Lilly Marie (43 DC) yesterday, and discovered that the bottom bolts of about 4 of the 6 stainless steel swim platform brackets had pulled out from the transom and one of the brackets welds had separated. The weld separation involves one of the center brackets and is located at at...

This site has some good video demonstrations on splicing different types of rope. http://www.samsonrope.com/splicing-instructions.cfm

The last 2 boat rides I noticed white/grey somoke coming from the stbd engine exhaust at idle after running. Nothing noticable at speed only idle. Also on the most recent trip I smelled diesel. The port exhaust is clear. The engines are Covington 671ti's, 390 hp, 2600 hrs or so. No problem...

I enjoy the company when running the boat from the aft deck helm (43DC) but at night they often want to turn on the dome light which does not help my night vision. I found a replacement which has a white flourescent and a red led and two levels for each. The light came from(...

Just got back from an excellent afternoon/evening cruise aboard my brother in law's Gulfstar 43 MY. It has a new 8kw generator (Northern lights?) The oil pressure gauge swung over and pegged at 80psi. It usually stays at 45 psi. No alarm or any other indication of a problem. Had a wonderful...

Revealing photos of exotic boats and their construction http://www.vandamboats.com/ Enjoy

I've been through one roll of silicone tape and like it. I found it on Genuinedealz, and then on Amazon. It sticks to itself and appears to fuse into a solid tube when wrapped around say a hose or large electrical wire. Kind of a post connection shrink tube of what ever diameter you choose...

I would like to remove and resize the (4) 8d battery boxes located between the engines; 43 DC 1983. They are very securely attached to the deck, above the centerline water and fuel tanks but I cannot tell how. I could not find any evidence of fasteners. Can anyone tell me just where to look...

I thought I had the problem with the generator fixed; however both engines and the generator are now getting air and shutting down. I had disassembled and cleaned the primary filters to removed the black alge.(Racor 1000's for the 671's and the 500 for the generator) and installed new elements...

The last trip out, Lilly Marie's generator, an 08 Cummins Onan 9kw MDKBL stopped. The aft fuel tank was low, so I switched to the fwd tank, it started fine but when I put on a load it stopped in a few minutes. I checked fresh and raw water cooling, that was OK, but the Racor 500 primary filter...

It has been one problem after another since I attempted to simply upgrade the software for my Garmin 4212 helm and 4012 flybridge network. Since the attempted upgrade the helm unit keys stopped working but the FB unit worked fine, for a while. I have a backup 540c on the FB and decided to move...

I am near the end of reading ANDREW JACKSON HIGGINS, AND THE BOATS THAT WON WWII, by Jerry Strahan. Higgins built over 10,000 boats mostly the size of smaller Hatts and his story is facinating, particularly his battles with govt bureaucracy. More than a few parallels with Willis Slane. I...

Trying to remove and replace the flybridge compass I discovered that the wheel is in the way. I removed the nut but can not get the wheel to come off of the shaft. I've soaked it with "blaster" for a few days, but no luck. I have not gotten any more agressive than tapping on the underside of...

I just installed one of the two Aetna digital tachs I bought for the broken flybridge tachs. At low idle the digital matches the helm OEM analog. Both indicate 450 rpm. However when I increased the throttle to 800 rpm on the analog, the FB digital shows 650 rpm. The engines are 671ti's and...

Something went wrong when I tried to upgrade the software on my Garmin 4212/4012 Network. I downloaded the upgrade onto an SD card, took it down to the boat, turned on the plotter, inserted the SD card and pressed the button telling it to upgrade. The indicator got to 58% and stopped. I...

While rerunning some of the wiring in the area inside and forward of the flybridge helm, I appreciated the mess of wiring I had and the wasted space there. I have organized much of the wiring but still have the copper tubing which runs up the chase between the lower helm and the flybridge (43...