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The existing pilings are not as tall as Lilly Marie's sheer of the boats at high tide. Wanting to add 3 feet to the existing piling height, we cut a 3 ft piece off of the butt end of a scrap piling then drilled 4 holes into the top of the existing piling and the 4 holes into the end of the scrap...

I have ordered tongue and groove teak (real wood 2 2/4" wide face, 1/2 thick) to cover the salon on our 43 DC. Any recommendations on what to use to finish the flooring. I like the look of varnish but am concerned about scratches. Would a hard urethane be more scratch resistant? Also...

After struggling to run speaker wires to the fly bridge I built a grabrail/wire chase/drink holder using 1.5" stainless tubing and mahogany plywood. I discovered that it works well for vhf and tv antenna cable as well. Before and after pics below.

Just got back from a trip to Lowes and WM for some boat work stuff and was proud to find a few things made in the US, ie plastic containers, hole saw and a ladder. Some things I could not find a designation and some, China is the only source. It makes me feel a little bit better, but it is a...

I have a Garmin 4212 at the helm and a 4012 plotter on the flybridge, 43 DCFB. I am laying out the wiring for the Radar antenna GMR 20. As I read the Garmin instructions, I can plug the radar into the back of the flybridge plotter and the FB plotter which has a network connection to the...

I am trying to relocate speaker wire currently run from the salon to the aft deck and the flybridge. I am going to install a 1.5" ss "handrail running from the storage/void under the sliding window stb of the helm to the the hardtop and into the flybridge space. I am having a problem...

Lilly Marie is docked about 150 feet from the house where there is cable internet access. I connected a CISCO/Linksys wireless router thinking I could then use a notebook computer on the boat. The house is elevated and the router about 20 feet above sea level. No signal shows up when the...

My skiff OB, 30 hp Honda (3 cyl 4 stroke) has not been run since Katrina. I drained the fuel from the 3 carbs and put 1/2 SeaFoam and gas in the tank but not a hint of starting. I guess 4 years is a long time for gas to sit up. Any suggestions before I haul it to a mechanic? Thanks, Vincent...

I was wrapping some nice Hatters Old Fashioned Glasses (Available from Sams) as gifts and one of my daughters commented why don't you send some to all of your internet Hatteras friend. Well the glasses are up to you but here is the instructions for use. Merry Christmas Vincent Lilly Marie 43 DC...

Just Curious as to why/how the 4' 0" draft of the 53 MY changed to 4'9" when the hull was stretched to the 58' for the YF and the 58 MY, but the draft remained the same 4' when the 53 MY was stretched to the 58 TC MY. All these numbers are according to the PowerBoat Guide. Regards, Vincent

The port battery bank was too weak to start the generator this morning. I checked the port side forward battery (Lilly Marie has 4 8 d's, one pair for the port engine and generator and the other pair for the stb engine and house) and the water level was well below the plates in all cells and...

With the anchor chute off, I got a good look at this puzzling deterioration on the stbd side of the chute. It is kind of like a tin can lid which pops up as you are opening it with a can opener. The part that has pulled away is about the size, thickness and feel of a soup can lid. It is...

Does it matter if the current administration is trying to buy art? http://biggovernment.breitbart.com/ http://culturefuture.blogspot.com/2009/08/conference-call-with-kalpen-modi.html Over morning coffee I tried to explain my thoughts to my wife regarding the NEA’s apparent sell out to the...

I removed the Galley Maid windlass and with Mambeaux's help drilled the holes for a Maxwell RC 10-8. (My deck and pulpit combined thickness is a hair under 4" and a dry run install confirms that the Maxwell will fit without an extension kit) I cleaned out the wet/rotten coring that I could...

We took a few family members on a slow dinner cruise last night. The engines started and ran fine. Towards the end of the boat ride, I attempted to run the engines up a bit. They would not go above 1400 Rpm. The Glendinning was on and controlled by the port throttle master. At the lower...

But for time spent in the Merchant Marine, at Tulane and Ole Miss, RK Hollister spent his 82 year life on or in sight of the Mississippi Sound. He raced cat boats as a boy, and after returning home owned and enjoyed a number of boats, including the Yacht Marie, a 36, or so, single gas engine...

Has the US Economy "Engine" been running on? a) diesel b) gasoline c) nitromethane If your engine fails and you are heavily in debt, do you? a) Figure out what caused the failure and fix it b) Simply start replacing parts c) Rebuild d) Repower e) Shoot it with ether Fuel for thought Vincent

The compressor went out on my icemaker uline ss-98 located in in the aft deck wet bar 43DC. My appliance repair man is having difficulty finding a replacement. I looked on line and found a compressor for $695, which is close to the cost of the entire unit. It amazes me that an "ice machine"...

I attempted to remove the capstan by removing the screw and washer in the top, soaked it with PB blaster then tapped it upward with a rubber hammer and pried it up from the base with 2 pry bars. I assumed the capstan would slide off of the shaft however the shaft remained secure to the capstan...

Looked at Yachworld this morning and saw a 43 Hatteras for under $30k, as you would expect she looked a little worse for wear, what I did not expect, she does not look quite like a 43 to me. Is it a 43 or not...