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Interested in tips and advice for our upcoming trip to eastern Tennessee thru the Tombigbee and Tennessee River I have logged tens of thousands of miles along the east coast from Cape Cod to the Bahamas and a single run in the gulf to Tx Planning on leaving Miami early June, big change since I...

Forward hatch… finally! I have always hated the original forward hatch with the scoop…. It took me 20 years to finally do something about it :). I saved most of the hatch, cut a 24x24 hole getting rid of the scoop and installed smoked lexan. I cut the lower fiberglass skin an inch smaller so...

Am the only one who since yesterday can’t stay logged in and have to login every time I visit? I tried two different browsers (Safari and Edge), same issue. I have to log in every visit. That’s on my phone which I just updated to IOS 18.1 Haven’t tried from a computer but never had this...

8 step Tracy stairs, Comes with Tracy’s plastic box instead of casters which increases stability although casters can be used. No hand rail. Standard 19” width $1700 in Miami

The middle part of hurricane season, the Cape Verde season, has been a dud so far but it looks like the final act could be heating up with stuff brewing in the western carib and being pulled by fronts up into the gulf. Most models have converged on Helene forming in the next couple days and...

Need LocKnow on Watts Bar Lake/TN river marinas… we re seriously considering moving the 53 to TN next summer which for now we ll use as a cottage for whenever we go up there and then while we build on the land we bought a couple of years ago. Miami is just getting crazy by the day, even on the...

7 step Marquipt Seastairs in excellent condition. No cracks, never welded, never repaired. Ready to use. Standard 19” step width, 72” tall incl casters. Perfect for any Hatteras docked on a floating dock. With hand rail. Located in Miami, FL. $1500.

That’s a new one to me… in addition to the previous requirements, it turns out that boats over 65’ now need to carry extra fire extinguishers in the engine room based on engine horsepower even when a fixed system is installed. This came up during the annual system inspection on the 110’ I run...

Water hoses…. Nasty!!! Has anyone replaced the 1 1/2” black hoses used to link the transom and midship tanks to the keel tank on early 1510s? This stuff is nearly nasty! Its like an hard rubber (no wire reinforcement) but the inside is coated with black hook, looks like the inside of the...

I know a few others here have Norpro generators. I need replacement oil pressure switch and coolant temperature switches; anyone has a source or a replacement from another manufacturer? They were not made by Norpro… Oil press switch started acting up yesterday. I thought i had spares but I...

Rudder post and steering gear material… Bronze, stainless steel… great. Chineseum? Not so good. Chinese built dive boat takes on water in the pacific : https://www.the-triton.com/2024/07/black-pearl-i-yacht-crew-rescued-by-coast-guard/ Just for kicks I looked up the builders website…. They...

With air temp in the low 90s, water temp not too far behind and heat index over 100 air con’s are working hard here in sofl. Over the last few weeks I noticed my coil temps creeping up along with amps. I can keep an eye on the panel digital multimeters from the salon and the 240v air con side...

Finally installed some electronics …. I finally got around to install some electronics… wasn’t a priority since we just use the boat on biscayne bay for now but it was time especially an auto pilot. Went with Simrad: AP44 with NAC3 computer, 160 L Pump 3, precision 9 compass. I installed the...

Had an issue my port engine today, fired it up and it shut down after a couple of minutes. Primed it with the priming pump, then 50 pushes on the mechanical plunger and it fired right up running for a couple of minutes. Switched tank, repeated and same result. If I keep the priming pump on...

We ve been in the Exumas for a week now with the usual scattered summer shower and thunderstorms… Last night we got hit by a 35kts squall at Big Majors, Staniel Cay with winds blowing out of the west, in other words zero protection. It was a reminder that you have to be ready for weather...

Just a heads up for anyone going to Bimini this summer, the buoys at the entrance are off station. The green is pretty much on the ever growing sandbar which has grown very close to the second red. Coming in at low tide a boat ahead made it but stirred sand leaving the second red to starboard...

Yes, this monstrosity is a product of the firm that bears his name. And actually from this angle it s only half bad as it is in the flesh.

Long story short… a few days ago we had an electrical issue inside the Cruisair control cabinet on the 116 which damaged two of the 3 chillers control boards. My AC guy had one in stock so at least we ve been able to run on 2 chillers. Well it turns out Cruisair no longer carry these boards...

Watch those prices… I m about to order some Awlwash for the “office” and figured i d check prices around… Amazon… $60 a gallon Defender… $70 (was $51 in 2022) Fishery supplies … $98 West marine $99 ($82 with pro discount) Merritt Supply… $120! Never seen such variations in the past. Ended...

We ve been stern in for the last few years boarding thru the transom stairs but may start going bow in again for the view and to do work on the port side of the boat (paint, rub rail etc) So I decided to build a set of boarding stairs, similar to Marquipt, Tracy etc The frames are 1” heavy...