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These are in at Sam's, and I've ordered four for my boat. As soon as I get them installed, I'll invite Jay up to photograph them and post on the forum. :) But seriously, they ARE in and the picture I got looks like they are very nice. Report to follow.

I get emails occasionally from Bluewater, who are a Hatteras dealer in Hampton, VA. Two listings caught my eye today- a 42 convertible from the 70s which has been repowered with Cummins C series diesels (looks like it's been fished, and is a bit shabby, but might be a good basis for a project)...

As part of the interior refit of my boat, I decided to replace the (plywood) stair treads, two in number, of the little set of stairs that go from the main salon into the galley area of my boat. The originals are plywood, because when the boat was made they were covered with carpet. There would...

About a month ago, motivated by 1) photos of beautiful flooring in other Hatteras yachts, including MikeP's 53MY, and no, I can't afford to buy it for the floor, and he doesn't hire out, sadly 2) the shabby state of the carpet in the salon of my 36C, I decided to put a new floor in my boat...

All my electrical repairs to date in boating have had to do with replacing or repairing what was already in place. New inlets, new shore cables, that kind of thing. I don't pretend to understand the ins and outs of how shore current is supplied to boats, or wired. Hence this question. One of...

Finally had the stainless steel treads welded onto the bridge ladder of my boat; the metal shop did a very good job of it. The stainless steps are not polished, they are matte finish, but I need something to put on them so shoes don't slip. What experience have other HOF members had with...

Spent this morning pulling the aftercoolers out from my Cummins diesels. Tomorrow they go down to T&S in Crisfield for cleaning and new O-rings etc. It's been a few years, hope they can get them apart . Also going to try to flush the HEs with them still on the engines; these are two-pass units...

You know, for a while there, I REALLY thought Atlanta would win. What a disappointment.

This afternoon, I was on my boat (which is hauled for the winter and covered) with a friend; he was showing me how to connect a system to flush the seawater side of the cooling system. We've had some threads about this, and basically I was asking him to show me where to open the system and route...

My Hatteras still has both her original fuel fill caps, but the chain is broken on one of them- just a short piece left, and the rest no doubt down in the tank somewhere. Does anyone know where to get a replacement chain and the hook on the end of it that holds it into the fuel fill hose? I...

A couple of tips of the old hat... 1) Eric Jans, master carpenter, who built a new wooden support frame for Blue Note's winter cover. The original frame had finally given up the ghost, or wanted to, and Eric and I were able to copy it by laying out on my driveway and measuring everything. He...

We have a house in the OBX (located near the CH lighthouse, as a matter of fact) and just spent a week there. Even allowing for Hermine, it was still a lot of fun. A few years ago (two,IIRC) I mounted two eyebolts through the porch uprights in order to be able to sling a hammock on the front...

I've been asked by my goddaughter to keep an eye out for a 17' RIB, with motor and trailer, for use as a chase/coach boat for their training for the 2020 Olympic sailing event. Even better if it's already in FL where they are going to be training and practicing/competing. If anyone has anything...

A listing for this boat, "White Mist", was in my email inbox today. 50C with 870hp DD 12-71s; looks like a well-cared-for older boat. I think they are asking 299. I don't know the boat and don't know the brokerage house. No dog in the hunt, but it looks to be a better than average example of its...

EVERYONE, even the ones who turn what hair I have left to gray... Happy July Fourth, and I hope you are all out on your Hatteras yachts, enjoying good weather and the company of your friends and family.

A friend of mine asked me for recommendations on self-contained AC units. His boat has never had AC, so this would be an installation from scratch. I think CruiseAire and Marine Air Systems are both good (although what they sell to owners is not the same line of products that they sell to...

Last year I bought two Garelick Eez-In deck chairs (white vinyl cushions with marlin graphic in blue, double aluminum tubes, model 48106-61, I think it is) Never sat in, and one still has the plastic wrapping on the cushions. There is nowhere to store them on my boat, and brought them home last...

To Akyla, who spent three solid days with me on my boat working on all the underwater hardware; he did most of the work by far. Now I have all new cutlass bearings, shafts trued, props cleaned up, fresh engine alignment. All that remains (all!) is the yard painting the running gear, putting on...

Pulled the props from Blue Note today (not difficult, with Walters puller, a plug for their fine product) THEN we pulled the shafts out, not easy, but not as bad as I thought it would be. Most of the work done by my friend Dave who knows a great deal more than I do, which ain't difficult. I...

There is an ad in HMN for a 1966 E-type FHC, gray with red. I like these cars, but the restoration on this car is something else altogether. Car is in Colorado, I think in Englewood. This has nothing at all to do with Hatteras Yachts, but if you like looking at Jaguars (old ones), this is a real...