Shortly after pulling the anchor to wrap up a trip to Chandeleur, a friend made a dreadful comment. “I noticed the deck around the pulpit is soft and flexing.” Many Hatteras owners of almost all models have run across this issue, rotten balsa coring. I knew this was a definite possibility. There are several penetrations …
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Encore has two Detroit Diesel 6v92 engines paired to Allison Transmissions. As per the 92 Series user manual, the engine oil is to be changed every 150 hours. I have been changing the transmission oil during every other oil change (300 hours). I never exceed those hour limits, but I will change the oil sooner …
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The water heater on Encore was original to the boat. Even at 42 years old, it was working fine, but a separate issue with the fresh water pump caused it to run dry, damaging the heating element. Replacing the element could have possibly been done, but given its age, replacement with a new water heater …
Encore has one Lister Petter three cylinder 10kw generator. This generator has performed extremely well. We have put 700 mostly trouble free hours on it since departing the boatyard in June 2020. Other than the fuel return line issue, which was documented here, the generator has been consistently reliable. After our last stay in the …
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Primary Fuel Filter Encore has one Racor 1000FG Fuel Filter / Water Separator for each of the Detroit Diesel 6V92 main engines. Each is located downstream of its associated fuel tank and upstream of each engine. Both are easily accessible, mounted centerline between the engines, and very simple to maintain. The upper section of each …
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The generator onboard Encore is a 10kW three cylinder Lister Petter. It was not original to the boat and was installed at some point during the mid ’90s. It had 1400 hours on it when Encore was purchased. During the last nine months since the boat has been back in the water, we have put …
Encore has a pair of Detroit Diesel 6V92 450hp twin turbo engines. After the boat was purchased, replacing the engine fluids was near the top of the to do list. We began with the coolant in the port engine which was fairly dirty and darker then it should have been. We also wanted to to …
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