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Has anyone else had difficulty contacting Geico Marine Insurance? I called them today, to get the address for mailing in a check for my boat insurance (they don't put the mailing address on the statement- what's THAT about?) and after nearly an hour on hold on three separate calls, I gave up. I...

Hope everyone has a happy Thanksgiving Day and weekend, and safe travels if visiting other folks.

NO political posts. There are plenty of places to read and share political items. The HOF is not one of them.

Noted to be taking on water, captain ran it into shallow water (est 10ft), now partly capsized, evidently salvage plan in process. No word yet on why yacht flooded. Flooding preceded captain intentionally running it into shallow water.

I stumbled across this 42 Hatteras convertible, for sale ($69K) in Deltaville, VA, while I was wasting time on Facebook marketplace. DD naturals, so not what you would call fast, but it appears to be a very clean, shed-kept, handsome older boat. I have no dog in the hunt, here, I thought that if...

Within the last year, a local shop installed a Victron battery monitor. (the Xantrex one I had prior stopped working and this is an upgrade from that one) All was well until last winter when I noticed that even with both banks fully charged, the house read full voltage and the aux bank (the...

I have a Jabsco remote bilge pump installed in my boat, plumbed to a strainer which is in the bilge sump. It is the large diaphragm pump, model number 34600, which they haven't made for a while now. It spins, but it is not pumping. I thought the problem was a constriction in the inlet hose, but...

In my FB feed this morning, an ad on BoatTrader for a 50 Hatteras convertible built in the 80s. In the engine room photos, the DDs are labeled "Thing 1" and "Thing 2". (to be sure, they are Detroits and not Caterpillars, but you get the idea)

My '71 convertible has a lower station, so it has wipers to the left and right panes of the triple windshield. 99+% of the time there is a fabric cover over the windows, to control how how it gets in there and also to keep the windows from leaking when running the boat. The other day I found...

Tom Slane, son of Willis Slane, one of the founders of Hatteras Yachts, passed away on Wednesday, April 10th, 2024, after a long illness. From his shop, Slane Marine, in High Point, NC, Tom directed the refits and improvements of many boats, most of them vintage Hatteras yachts. These refits...

On FB marketplace. I do not know the seller or the boat. It looks clean and uncluttered. REbuilt 8-92s acc to FB ad. Note that generator is not working and might need replaced.

On FB marketplace, there is a 53 MY, looks like 8-71 naturals, for sale. Looks like a project, but in the water in a covered shed slip. Asking $24,900. There are a few photos. I have no idea whether engines run or not. The ad has been up about 2 days, I think.

Happy holidays to all from the Hatteras Owners' Forum, which great appreciation for all the knowledge and experience you all bring to this forum. Have a great holiday, and safe and enjoyable boating to all in the New Year, 2024.

I decided I wanted the shop manual for my Cummins B engines. This is easy to buy on line as a pdf- it's a lot harder to get in paper form. But, I called Cummins in Baltimore, they looked up the part number for the 370hp marine B engine, verified that no paper manuals were available anywhere...

Photos on FB Hatteras Owners page of a Hatteras convertible on the rocks surrounding a fixed marker, and then of it capsized and sunk. Anyone know any more about it?

After my port engine was damaged, repaired with new parts, I found it runs a bit warmer than the stbd. To be sure, the water temp here is 85F, but I'd like to bring it down to what the stbd engine runs at. So I'm getting ready to flush the system- made up a new bucket and pump kit, etc. When I...

One of my Cummins B engines is running a bit warmer than the other. This is the engine which was recently damaged in a partial hydrolock, and repaired. The water temp here is about 84 F, but the other engine is running at normal temps. Does anyone know the procedure for flushing the heat...

On the first trip of the season, to move Blue Note to her usual slip, my friend checked the engine room twice. The first time, everything was fine. The second time, he came flying up the bridge ladder, saying there was water all over the place in the port side. We nursed the boat to her slip...

For nearly twenty years, I have had my boat hauled for the winter at Smith's Marina, in Crownsville, MD. Smith's is a third-generation family business. It is the best boatyard I've ever seen- competent and careful employees, absolute honesty about what your boat needs and what it doesn't, and...

A few years ago, I had the aftercoolers for my Cummins 370B engines cleaned and serviced. Cummins advises every 3 years on this, might be a little longer in fresh water. I think the cost then was about $600, but not sure. Just had it done again, it's been 3 years, and cost was $1900 for two...