psneeld...should I strangle him or hug him?

As some might know, we bought psneeld's Albin 40 a few years back. The more we used it and the more I dug into it, the more we appreciated it. We bought the boat and kept it in Florida for a few months until we had time to bring it home. Naturally, as the new owner, I wanted to make it "ours" by upgrading & improving the systems/bells & whistles. I soon learned that, if it's there ,Scott had a reason for it. Liz and I literally thanked Scott out loud ,even though he was a thousand miles away, for whatever gadget, placement or modification that he had done to the boat that was making our cruising more enjoyable.
Which brings me to the point of this post. We figured out we like cruising after testing the waters with our Mainship then the Albin. We're going to be doing a lot more cruising in the near future so we decided to take our boat up a notch and bought a Hatteras 42LRC. Coming from a Mainship and an Albin trawler (NOTHING wrong with either, for their price points and purpose) to a Hatteras and the difference is instantly recognizable. Bulkheads that are inches thick, marine grade plywood, hardware and tooling/craftsmanship that's first class, electrical systems that are over engineered and were ahead of their time...nothing to not like about an old Hatteras but...here I am spending every spare minute of my time making improvements and modifications to mirror what Scott did on his Albin. You would think I'd be happy with a boat that's been cruised between Canada and Venezuela and it wouldn't need much. But no...
I previously owned a marine business and prided myself of making my customers happy by sometimes coming up with creative ideas to make a boat more user friendly. Scotts boat was everything that I would've done and sometimes he thought outside of the box and used a technique I wouldn't have thought of. So here I am, with a departure date to head South looming closer and closer and I'm spending all of my time trying to make our new-to-us boat as comfortable as our last one.
Agree or disagree with him on TF, the Coastie does know boats.
If anybody bumps into him before I do, shake his hand and thank him for me. Or punch him in the nose for causing me to obsess over the systems on our current boat.

Sounds good. He is indeed very knowledgeable. What engines are in the Hatt?

Personally, I would strangle him. But then I know him and have spent too many days swapping stories with him . Somewhere I have a picture of him docking his RV in Vero Beach. But that's a story for another thread.

Ted

The LRC is pretty sweet. The more I use it the more I like it but then again, I have sunk $35k so far in parts for it. Why wouldn't I like it better. The one thing that I don't have is a single wiring diagram for my boat.
I seldom disagree with Scott. He has a different way of looking at things.

Comodave said:

Sounds good. He is indeed very knowledgeable. What engines are in the Hatt?

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We have the same 4-53's it was built with. Surprisingly, they aren't much noisier than any of our previous 4 stroke boats. Maybe because of the engine room sound insulation and the fact that we rarely run them over 1650. They're very tolerable in the salon and nothing but a drone on the bridge.

Pierre, I'd be happy to share any of the drawings with you that you need as we have the complete set that originally came with the boat, though I don't know how much good they'll be to you since they're 2 different models, most notably yours with a lazarette, a design I sometimes wish we had.

boomerang said:

We have the same 4-53's it was built with. Surprisingly, they aren't much noisier than any of our previous 4 stroke boats. Maybe because of the engine room sound insulation and the fact that we rarely run them over 1650. They're very tolerable in the salon and nothing but a drone on the bridge.

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Those engines will run forever.

boomerang said:

Pierre, I'd be happy to share any of the drawings with you that you need as we have the complete set that originally came with the boat, though I don't know how much good they'll be to you since they're 2 different models, most notably yours with a lazarette, a design I sometimes wish we had.

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My wife is partially disabled so when we looked for an LRC we wanted the menopause layout (twin beds with the AC blowing on only one of the twin beds) We both get a very good nights sleep.
I would expect many of the wiring diagrams to be the same with the exception of the Lazarette and rear stateroom area. If you have the original stabilizers, I have completely rebuilt those myself and can offer knowledge.
I am currently rebuilding or servicing every system on the boat. I am getting by without diagrams but they would save a lot of wire tracing time.

I preface this with Scott is a good friend and two guys who you can take to the bank what they say are Scott and Ted. Ted has a very polite way to say you’re full of ****, Scott is more direct. . Just keep the beer flowing when these two dudes are around. Funny neither own their boats today.

I'll bet that in a few places in this world where there are folks ruing the day they did not heed their advice.

Budding bromance here?

Cargile said:

Budding romance here?

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I believe the term is "Bromance"!

slowgoesit said:

I believe the term is "Bromance"!

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Correct. Spell checker got me when I wasn't looking. Edited my post. Thanks.