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If you have pets, be careful, particularly with cats. I believe tea tree oil is one of the several oils that is toxic to them which causes respiratory problems, and eventually death.

I once knew of one of those named Resolute. I seriously considered buying her. At haul out for survey, she was lifted wrong and the sling cut through the aft stateroom. I found her in a yard in Fort Lauderdale a year or so thereafter still with that huge rip exposed. I really did like those...

There are 2 empty slips next to me on Pier 6 at Dinner Key Marina in Miami.

Very nice, Rob. I love that classic yacht look and I’m sort of going for that, except that I’m going to use the existing center line (fore to aft) support member and run one batten strip down the middle. Then, run my other battens port-starboard every 45”. I as I start to put the support...

I’ll take pics as I go. Today was all about getting that track down and the last strip of headliner where the two lights are on the port side. I had taken down the other strips months ago. Now that I have committed to a plan, it was time to get moving on it. Now, I am working on the massive...

Well, I started my headliner replacement project. This is a very dirty job. The old headliner turns to dust when you start taking it down. Goodbye, Whisper Wall track. As I am tearing into the guts of this boat, I can see that the factory used scraps of wood and brads in many places; some...

Look at Barker Doors. Google it. They are made in the USA and have a large variety of wood to work with…even sapalle which looks just like the afromosia teak. They are custom made to what you need and the quality is outstanding without the custom cost, but that said, they are not the cheapest...

I see you mentioned already having consulted the Hatteras Owners Forum (“HOF”). I don’t mean any disrespect here, but for all things Hatteras, you really need to adhere to what the HOF’ers say. Those guys eat, breathe (like dragon’s breath), and bleed Hatteras and Detroits, and they are the...

I’m starting to lean towards just doing something different and ditch the whole whisper wall stuff. I think I may just go back to doing it the Hatteras way by using the existing structure, minus the plastic WW track, with an electric staple gun and teak batten strips. Then, I won’t have to use...

Thanks. Please do report back. I’m in Florida, and have the old stuff pulled down. I hadn’t ordered my headliner fabric yet because I wanted to test my samples in the track. None of them will go in without ripping. The Magilite must be thinner. At this point, I wouldn’t mind having someone...

When the headliner develops those sticky spots, it’s done. The chemicals are separating and leeching out of the vinyl material, and you can’t fix that. Pull it down and put up new headliner fabric. You can buy it from Sailrite. I ordered a few different samples to make sure I liked the...

Doug, Hi. I wasn’t there when the yard replaced that one hose. I am a boat jack-of-all -trades kind of owner. I used to own a 58' Hatteras with 4 staterooms and 4 heads/showers. In that boat, I replaced all four Galleymaid heads with Vacuflush, and ran all new sewage lines for all of those...

I did this job on my 2005 Mainship 400 a year or so ago. For every place I could, I used PVC piping instead of hoses. That won’t permeate. I had to run a hose from the head itself to the vacuum generator. That was difficult. So difficult, in fact, that I found it worth the cash expenditure...

Wow, that is surprising. I never would have guessed that. I would have gotten that answer wrong on a quiz, for sure.

Except that....many states have a “force majeure” statute which means that in the event of an “act of God” or “nature”, you can’t bring a claim against another for damages caused in such a catastrophe. At that point, your insurance just pays you and moves on without a subrogation claim...

That is exactly why I $hit-canned that Markel policy. I was one of the GEICO insureds who got cancelled when GEICO cancelled all policies that had been bought through an agent. GEICO ended their agency relationship. I wanted to stay with GEICO, but they would not even quote me until my policy...

If you’re the person who hired the “Freebird” from Tennessee, you’re in excellent hands, especially for those river waters and locks. Plus, he’s quite an entertaining character.

Forgot to mention, please post photos if you can of the install and finished job. I’d like to see Beachcomers SS brackets for that platform. Thanks.

Thank you. Good to know. I think I’ll try to like mine for a little while longer. LOL. I’m pulling all the coolers and servicing them, together with hoses, gaskets, seals, etc. this year while I’m still in the hurricane storage....and a rack adjustment. Maybe I’ll do the platform in a couple...

If you don’t mind sharing, what was the cost for the Beachcomber swim platform for this particular boat and did that include new supports, or are you able to use the original supports? I repaired my swim platform, but I’m not entirely happy with how it turned out.

Those Sea Dog blades are curved per the description on Amazon. I’ve never had any luck at all with using curved blades on a flat piece of glass. Last time I tried, they did fit on there, but when I actually tried to use them, they kept flopping over to the sides and would not remain flat on...

I was one of those that got dropped by Geico when they severed their relationship with agents, and Geico would not entertain re-writing my policy until my policy with them expired and at that point we could begin the new process. That would leave me uninsured while going through the process, so...

There is actually a good reason to have one be AC and the other be DC in the same room. Hatteras yachts were built like that - every room, even every head, had one of each. The reason for this is that if you don’t have AC power for some reason, such as being away from the dock and the...

Douglass, what lights did you end up installing in place of the ugly fluorescent ones? I’m planning to re-do my master stateroom too, but I’d like to use some shiplap up there instead of the vinyl. I have a couple of cats that every once in a while, they get a little rambunctious in their...

I think your insurance company is going to be more interested in what plans you have made to haul the boat out and strap it down within 48 hours of the arrival of a named storm, rather than what you do with your canvas and windshield wipers. I know mine is. I have an annual contract with an...