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Dropping rudder on 11.0A (1) mbefus at 8:17am 04.27.24 S2 12/962
Water tank replacement on Passage 420 tfatland at 8:07am 04.27.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/14 Our starboard 47-gallon water tank has bulged and is pushing up the floor boards. Can you get the ta
Replacing Water Tank on Passage 420 tfatland at 8:03am 04.27.24 Big Boats 0/12 Our starboard 47-gallon water tank has bulged and is pushing up the floor boards. Is there a way to
Replacing water tank on Passage 420 tfatland at 7:53am 04.27.24 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/973 Our 47-gallon water tank has started to bulge and pushed up the floor boards. How do you replace thi
a runaway diesel destroys a beneteau 50. . MitchM at 7:53am 04.27.24 Ask All Sailors 11/793 check out captain rick's interview with unlucky owner. . . k_wPMQJ_nNI curiously, the
How do we find out if a sailboat has a Mexican TIP? Davey J at 7:55pm 04.26.24 Ask All Sailors 2/701 My friend bought a boat in Santa Barbara. The seller wasn't sure if the boat had a TIP. Is there a s
The Great Lakes.... (1) Tally Ho at 4:13pm 04.26.24 Ask All Sailors 11/1081
Oday 192 outboard bracket Tawas Bay Sailor at 3:48pm 04.26.24 Day Sailers 9/1419 Greetings, I just joined this group. Last fall I purchased a 1984 Oday 192, nice clean boat. It ca
MPPTs / inverter / battery compartment ventilation xavpil at 2:39pm 04.26.24 Ask All Sailors 4/418 Hi all. I installed the inverter / charger, 3 mppts, 2 Dc to Dc charger's near my battery bank, in t
NYC to Chicago on a sailboat (mast removed of course) xavpil at 1:34pm 04.26.24 Ask All Sailors 18/892 Hi all. IF YOU ACTUALLY took the trip, I'd like to know which route you used and what are your thoug
H30t Boot Stripe ATMurphy at 11:52am 04.26.24 Mid-Size Boats 2/384 Any early 90's H30 owners know if the boot stripe is vinyl or painted? I need to remove mine to rais
Inspection port for windlass (1) marchem at 10:01am 04.26.24 Catalina 310 0/12 Wondering if the inspection port on our 2000 C310 is from the factory, or added by a PO? It did lea
Engine fire (4) SEMPERAVANTI41 at 6:00pm 04.25.24 Big Boats 26/2448 I cannot be sure, but everyone, please take a look at the attached pictures of the fire aboard my ol
West Marine CPP Ablative Antifouling Paint - Opinions? jviss at 4:21pm 04.25.24 Ask All Sailors 16/3195 This year, due to my new "retired" and "fixed income" status I've decided I couldn't afford the newl
yanmar 2 gm20 f colin59 at 8:47am 04.25.24 Engines and Propulsion 6/560 Hi ordered a mtc kit for this which included oil filter, impeller etc. The impeller did not fit as m
Correct size packing for stuffing box? jim01749 at 3:02am 04.25.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/685 We have a 2008 Hunter 45 CC and was looking for correct size and maybe some tips on how to install n
rudder post movment brad minda at 10:35pm 04.24.24 Catalina 30 0/369 I am noticing aboit an 1/8 inch movement on the upper ruder post bushing each way side to side 1/4 i
hull port (windows) leaking (2) Jerry1956 at 6:01pm 04.24.24 Catalina 310 15/1616 First off apologies if this is a redundant topic for this thread. We just sailed our new (to us) 20
Yanmar 3ym20 won't run (approx 450 hrs on engine) slorandy at 4:27pm 04.24.24 Catalina 309 Group Forum 3/880 Had the drive gear for the injector pump come off (apparently the nut came undone). Had a diesel me
New Bow Roller for H41AC (2) dkinzer at 11:18am 04.24.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/329 Both bow rollers on our 2007 41AC look like the one on the right in the photo. None of the cracks se

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Hydro of CNG tank - HELP smokey73 at 5:51pm 03.17.25 Thanks, I will try giving them a call.
Source for bulk ring terminals? dlochner at 5:42pm 03.17.25
Hydro of CNG tank - HELP Will Gilmore at 5:42pm 03.17.25 Arrowhead Industrial Services, Inc. 3537 South NC 119 Graham, NC 27253 CA1998040008 IA01 Joe Cassid
Have others installed heat shield on Racor primary fuel filter? (1) jssailem at 5:25pm 03.17.25 I chose to use a Racor 500MA when I installed a replacement for the original Ford Diesel Motor filte
Source for bulk ring terminals? BAD ORCA at 4:47pm 03.17.25 What kind of crimper are you using? I forget the brand, decent crimper. I bought it from Mainesai
7 Years no haul out Bob1992 at 4:23pm 03.17.25 All great points and thank you for them. I grew up boating and spent a significant amount of time o
Why Don't You Use ActiveCaptain? Foswick at 4:21pm 03.17.25 I was going to revisit this later, when we had some more concrete decisions, since this conversation
Have others installed heat shield on Racor primary fuel filter? JoeWhite at 4:11pm 03.17.25 On my C36 with M35B engine, I use same filter set up. There is no heat shield. All works OK with pla
Have others installed heat shield on Racor primary fuel filter? Calif. Ted at 4:10pm 03.17.25 I replaced the filter assembly for one with a metal bowl a few years ago. The metal bowls ~ $100, wh
Source for bulk ring terminals? BAD ORCA at 3:31pm 03.17.25 ring terminals \| McMaster-Carr Well i'll be! Ha...i never thought of my go to hardware store. Th
Source for bulk ring terminals? BAD ORCA at 3:28pm 03.17.25 Newark electronics , Hamiltom Marine are two reputeable sources Thank you. I will check them out.
Source for bulk ring terminals? BAD ORCA at 3:27pm 03.17.25 I have been using a rachet crimp tool on all types of terminals. Just a part of the project rebuild
Source for bulk ring terminals? BAD ORCA at 3:21pm 03.17.25 Any decent hardware store soon became my favorite marine store! :) Get regular terminals and seal
Source for bulk ring terminals? BAD ORCA at 3:20pm 03.17.25 Is there a difference between crimping non-heat shrink and heat shrink terminals? I have both and
MRBF fuse on disconnect terminal colemj at 3:20pm 03.17.25 To my knowledge, only a Class-T fuse meets this requirement. There are other forms of fuses that
Source for bulk ring terminals? colemj at 3:07pm 03.17.25 Yes there is. The standard non heat shrink connectors leave a dimple in the crimp. If you look at t
Source for bulk ring terminals? (4) sailcapt340 at 3:00pm 03.17.25 Yes there is. The standard non heat shrink connectors leave a dimple in the crimp. If you look at t
Hydro of CNG tank - HELP Richard19068 at 2:40pm 03.17.25 ... but CNG tanks used in transportation can't be re-certified. dj Exactly. That's why I suggeste
MRBF fuse on disconnect terminal MFD at 2:20pm 03.17.25 One nice thing about LifePO4 batteries is the BMS. You can shutdown the charge and discharge circuit
Hydro of CNG tank - HELP dLj at 1:42pm 03.17.25 Places like that deal with CNG tanks used for transportation fuel. They are not likely going to hav

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