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With the winter weather keeping us off the glass work for the most part, some interior projects are getting knocked out at a rapid pace! Boat is starting to look pretty sharp inside! These are from the bow cabin. Window valances (or whatever you would call them), short on port, long on stbd...

My salon door lock/handle mechanism has been a little flakey lately. Took it to a locksmith and he says it's toast. Anyone happen to know where I may come across one new or used? I already sent message to sams so maybe they have it and this question is answered. Any ideas on a part number or...

So, one of the only 'gripes' I have about my hatteras is the cabinet hardware. In rough seas the cabinets just don't stay shut. Multiple times we've had to lash our galley cabinets with everything from rope, wire, electrical tape....etc We even had an entire tray of condiments dump out of one...

Heading down to the boat with the 15yr old driving, needed a distraction so figured I'd update this. On the list for this winter was a full tune up. Before we got ready for the tuneup procedure I ran a few tests on the engines, and really glad I did. These are 600hp 8v92 TI's The only real...

I usually replace belts once every two years unless we put an extreme amount of hours on one season. So tis the time and tis the season. I went to order a couple new matched sets at napa last week and was informed that gates no longer sold matched sets that all their belts were within spec to...

Just like the title says, I've got to run the rack this fall on our 8v92's and am looking for a snapon m3558 injector timing/height tool. It's a snap-on tool and is discontinued. I have searched ebay and the web and have been unable to find one. Would love to find somebody with one sitting...

Sorry if it's been posted here already but a sad/interesting chain of events going on over on tht with a hat seemingly put in a very bad situation by the owner. Anyone here know the whole story? https://www.thehulltruth.com/boating-forum/1033957-boat-beached-what-say-you.html

The wife and I were relaxing on the boat Sat night when we got a call from the dog sitter that her car wouldn't start, thought it was hit by lightning. Not gonna say I didn't believe her, but there are literally a thousand electronic things on a 2017 car that could keep it from starting. Well...

Ok, since I've had our 52c the engine hour meters are non-functional. I've been keeping up with engine hours manually, which is not a huge deal but I'm ready to tackle the issue. I thought for certain it was just my hour meters that had gone bad. So I purchased new meters and sure enough...

But.... the weather was WAAAAAYYYY to nice for that!! Was really nice to get the ol gal back out on the water. Even though the fiberglass projects are still a work in progress being able to use the boat a little sure was nice!! We looked kinda like the hillbillies with primer grey everywhere...

Exploring possible bow thruster options and I REALLY like the idea of hydraulic (rather than electric). With 8v92's what size hydraulic pump would be needed to drive a reasonably sized bow thruster on my 52c? Is something like this all that is needed...

Will be changing my engine zincs again soon and cannot seem to locate the sheet I used last time with the locations of all the zincs. Want to make sure I don't miss any. Anybody happen to have access to or know the location of all the zincs on an 8v92ta? I have the 92 series engine manual but...

Hey all, about mid-summer I bought a bunch of Japanese sunscreen based on a few articles I read online. Completely blown away at how much better than US sunscreen it is. Non-oily, non-greasy and protects and lasts WAY better/longer. I got Biore japanese off ebay, love it but I'm sure there...

Ok guys, wanna get a poll/vote going here. We are starting the Mezzanine project soon and for various reasons we are going to be doing a bridge extension as well. Benefits of bridge extension 1. I won't have to have my ladder re-built to fit mezzanine 2. More shade for mezzanine (with...

testing Anybody know if Slane is making parts still? I need a couple of Hull ER vents

Ok, so trying to get my final plans together for two pretty major wintertime projects on SOUTHPAWS. I'll be doing both these projects in tandem so only one single huge mess will be made on the boat. Hope to finish both projects off before april-ish. Be forewarned, these projects may upset the...

So literally the ONLY thing I don't really like about our boat (any boat for that matter) is that it can get rocky when drift fishing at night. It just so happens that drift fishing or super slow trolling live baits is one of my favorite types of fishing to do. I can bear the rocking, but my...

I just put new batteries in approx 1.5yr ago and am toying with the idea of upgrading to Lithium Ion batteries. Primarily upgrading to save some space in the engine room, but also like the idea of more capacity...etc. So basically my question is, what is the value of 8 x deka 8v batteries? I...

Ok, so this past weekend the outboard turbo on stbd engine developed an exhaust leak on the turbo flange on the exhaust side. I started noticing some darker smoke than usual coming from that engine, and seemed like decreased power. I went down to visually check everything and everything...

Ok, so odd thing we just realized the last couple trips. Our hot water heater doesn't seem to be working on the generator. Works great on shorepower, but nothing on generator. Both the water heater and generator were new and un-tested when we bought the boat. I did a google search and it...