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Seriously, she has officially passed and is actually north of Tampa Bay now. But how did we fare here on Pau Hana in Fort Myers? Well, the starboard galley slider window needs pulled out just enough to put butyl tape in then rebedded with new screws in the frame. The bow deck hatch...

We took our first cruise yesterday down to Sanibel and back. I now have a hilarious Miserable Mile anecdote, and I maneuvered us out of and back into the slip without incident. The Admiral spotted a dolphin jumping our bow wave right before the Mile, and a manatee. Friends of ours docked at the...

Reposted from Cruising Forum US Customs and Border Patrol Phone Scam I did not see this posted anywhere and wanted to inform people that some phone scammer has been calling regarding drug and contraband confiscation and to reply by pressing 1 on the phone pad. We've received three in the last...

Had similar issues with the LED "petal" lights in the overhead fixtures PO installed from V-berth all the way aft to master. I had one pop explosively, and my son grabbed it with a silicon oven mitt. I pulled all of them and replaced with the original style halogen bulbs. Issue is that PO fell...

2 weeks ago we couldn't get the port engine to fire - 8V92ti's. Checked everything and it came back to a bad starter solenoid. Since the engines have less than 500 hours, but the accessories were moved over from original engines, I R&R the solenoid - No dice. Started tracing electrical with some...

That's pretty slick. Wife decided to put the mylar reflective pieces on ours as a summertime temporary measure, but used her Cricket machine and "sea glass frost vinyl" to cut out "river rock" silhouettes for privacy screens. While we were moving the boat from Stuart FL to Ft Myers, we stopped...

The only place on Pau Hana that still has the handset is/was inside the flying bridge console. Only reason it's still there is I haven't had a chance to go remove it yet - Planning to do that when I replace 24V outlet with 110AC outlet up there. Interestingly enough, I tracked down the bulbs for...

OK I apologize for the length of this post but I want to share this with everyone thinking about new AC units. Within the past month my wife and I have bought 2 units from MarinAire. Honestly after installing the first one, I was excited to be working with a quality product that simplified the...

I am in the process of installing a new standalone HVAC in the master stateroom, and will be running supply/discharge hoses to the port engine room to use currently unused thru-hulls for supply and discharge. The challenge is I have this gem sitting on my intake thru-hull from when we removed...

Good afternoon all. While trying to pull new hose from aft head to holding tank, I found myself stymied by hitting a joist aft of the midships head. I have a removeable deck plate at that point, and of course I can pull a fish tape thru but can't get the hose to line up. It appears there should...

Wiring issue aside, also trying to determine how to service upper windlass OK, now that wiring issue has escalated to need for marine electrician, I am shifting to another aspect of anchor windlass. Is the clutch operated by the hex nut shown in the pic? I have already pulled the Galley Maid...

OK, I will freely admit to asking this elsewhere but this way more people should see it. The week we bought our 1986 54', we took the anchor windlass to Raz Marine in Ft Lauderdale to be rebuilt. That being said, they did not have any wiring instructions for reinstallation and the PO had not...

This is a near and dear to me topic as well. When we bought our Hatteras, the anchor windlass motor was detached and laying in the forward head. We had it rebuilt at Raz in Ft Lauderdale - It was not only seized, but completely burned up inside. They were only able to give us a minimal core...

Good afternoon! Looking for some advice/experience. I pulled the original blower from the forward V-berth cabin in my Hat 54' to try to identify a replacement. Not only is the electic motor seized, the squirrel cage is rusted out as well. I followed some links from an older thread with a similar...

Good Saturday Afternoon! I've gotten a lot of good info on here - thank you everyone - Now I am looking for any info on a replacement anchor/masthead light including the fixture. The PO says it was "knocked off in a storm" in Charleston some years ago and since they didn't cruise he didn't...

Here's the issue I am experiencing - New to us boat, 1984 Hat 54'. The midships head seems to have a clog - water will come in but will not go down - but the aft toilet is flushing fine. Both toilets currently run to one Galley Maid macerator waste pump then to the holding tank. The PO...

Good afternoon and hello everyone! I am delighted to be marking 2 weeks as full owner of our 1986 Hatteras 54' MY, Pau Hana. I am an old Coastie, with quite a bit of sea time, but all of it was on ships a little bigger :D than this. We're homeported in Fort Myers, FL and transited the OkeeChobee...