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Just put out anchor on 1972 53' MY. As I was using davit to put down dinghy, fire alarm started going off on the Instalarm. 4 other alarms did not go off. All checks out ok. Right now, I've taken out fuse to get it to go off but where is sensor?

Here is the picture. You can see the windshield wiper in it. Looked inside with camera and there is just a cavity and core material in there. Guess my first thing to do is caulk some seams but can't figure out why this just started happening.

I have a 53' MY (1972) that has a vent placed on the underside of the flybridge overhang on the port side (forward of the salon windows). There is not a vent on the starboard side. Can anyone tell me if this is an add-on and why it might have been placed there? All of a sudden, I am getting...

Ive got a bid for about 5k to redo headliners ( all except salon) on our 1972 53 my. Does that sound fair? The guy comes with recs. We will probably go back with solid material, not the perforated stuff. Any things we should be sure to look for in material? The salon has been redone by PO and...

Ive got a bid for about 5k to redo headliners ( all except salon) on our 1972 53 my. Does that sound fair? The guy comes with recs. We will probably go back with solid material, not the perforated stuff. Any things we should be sure to look for in material? The salon has been redone by PO and...

On our 53MY (1972), the deck drains on either side of the wing door are joined under the deck by a T connection and then enters the sea chest through an L connection. One side plugs up. Yes, eliminating the Ts and Ls would be the right way to correct the situation. In the interim, how bad an...

The icemaker "appears" to work on the aftdeck of our 53' 1972 my but the whole space seems to be pretty unuseable to me. There is a sink, which i can't see ever using and some bottle stotage which doesn't look very useable either. has anyone redone this area? I'm thinking of keeping the...

Does anyone have a source for floor mats to put outside the salon sliding doors? I have bath mats over the carpet inside but don't realy like that. Also, it's a little slippery after washing for someone first boarding. I might want them embroidered with boat name. I guess this would have to...

What's the trick in removing the screens from the galley windows ('72 53MY)? The PO put some kind of film (or maybe it's just dirt) on the windows. When I scraped the forward one with a razor blade, it looks 100% better but I can't get the screen out of the way to get to the aft window pane...

Now that we've got the right heading, this is the pic of the lock we are trying to "fix." It is missing whatever piece is in that big opening so that you can see right through it. The lock actually seems to work, if we could figure out what went in there and maybe fabricate it. Any ideas...

What material does anyone suggest for covering the aft deck floor? We do not have nor ever want a full enclosure back there but do keep the boat under cover. I've heard some say that they used the same carpet inside and outside but in looking at pics on this site, it looks like many have...

We've finally got Seadation in Houston, thanks to Pascal. So now begins the real work. Has anyone tried or seen stainless steel countertops in the galley? I know they would need to be laid over the existing formica (original).

Need to bring back our new/old 53' Hatt from Ft. Lauderdale to Houston - does anyone know of a good captain to hire for the trip?

We are considering re-doing the original deck "couches" from our '72 53my. They are the ones that stretch along the back of the deck and have a center part that removes for access to the ladder. Have any of you redone or kept these (with new cushions) and are they confortable? They sure add a...

As you guys can tell, we will have a lot of questions about how to fix up this boat, our "new", old '72 '53 MY. This question is about the stripes. We would like one under the rub rail and another on the flybridge. What is your experience with paint vs vinyl? The paint quotes so far are...

We just purchased a 1972 53' MY and are considering putting granite overlays on kitchen countertops (and galley table) and bath countertops. If not that, we might put full granite or quartz countertops. Does anyone feel that the extra weight of full granite in these areas could be a problem...