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Fuel polishing dehler25 at 12:13pm 06.27.19 Engines and Propulsion 12/1686 I am putting a permanently mounted fuel polisher together with a Racor 500 FG as the filtering eleme
Shaft Seal Bellows Hose Clamps (1) Bill19233 at 9:05am 06.27.19 Engines and Propulsion 3/630 Found some water under the shaft seal on the boat last night, sponged it up and it kept filling back
The two boat system john6206 at 5:42am 06.27.19 Smaller Boats 12/2245
Rudder Change hunter 23.5 ? jbreland at 4:58am 06.27.19 Smaller Boats 13/1826 Did hunter change the design of the rudder or did someone other than ida sailors make a different ru
Insurance Survey RoyS at 4:53am 06.27.19 Ask All Sailors 26/2299 Four years ago I had an insurance survey done on my 1980 boat. This resulted in my obtaining a compe
Yay! Another windlass question - Lofrans/320 Kevy at 10:19pm 06.26.19 Mid-Size Boats 3/742 Hi all, I think I've finally decided on a windlass and will go with a Lofrans X2 on my Hunter 320.
Led light replacement No Dress Rehersal at 9:53pm 06.26.19 Parts Search 0/503
Head Won't Pump Out... (1) SirMichael at 7:45pm 06.26.19 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 19/4015 My son called, he was using our boat this evening, and reported that the head won't pump out (report
Prepping a boat for sale / survey Scott T-Bird at 7:01pm 06.26.19 Ask All Sailors 24/2259 I happened to look at a boat with a broker on Tuesday night for about an hour. It's a '96 model Cat
H26 Trailer Issues Fred at 4:44pm 06.26.19 Smaller Boats 23/2053 I have a stock H26 galvanized trailer with an extending tongue for my 1996 H26. I find that when tow
Proud owner... (1) rpell1@msn.com at 3:31pm 06.26.19 Ask A Catalina Owner 10/1608 Hi all, If you remember, in 2018 my '91 Cat30 MKII, Southern Belle, was accidentally dropped on the
paddle wheel sensor, LEAK Apex at 3:27pm 06.26.19 Ask All Sailors 2/538 looks like the bedding compound is crumbled away allowing for a small leak, maybe 1/2tsp per hour? t
Water Heater not working mcrow33 at 3:13pm 06.26.19 Ask All Sailors 10/1356 I have a Seaward Product Hot water tank that isn't heating the water by the engine. The boat is on a
Don't you love the new season shake down sail? (3) TomY at 1:46pm 06.26.19 Ask All Sailors 2/392 There are a lot of bits and pieces to a sailboat. Some are really important, some not so much. Afte
79 Hunter 30 Layout (2) Jallred863 at 1:15pm 06.26.19 The Cherubini Hunters 10/1977 I recently bought a 1979 Hunter 30. Ive been looking at pictures of other Hunter's from the same yea
Solar powered Air Vents Richard Bryer at 12:33pm 06.26.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/2121 Looks like time to replace the solar air vents on my H34. The ones just forward of the mast. They ha
Connecting old Garmin to old Raymarine. goofeyfoot at 11:58am 06.26.19 Parts Search 76/9313
2004 Hunter 33 high temp alarm SailingAnt at 11:19am 06.26.19 Mid-Size Boats 23/3934 Hi everyone. We purchased a 2004 Hunter 33 recently. Here is the story so far. Picked up the boat in
Catalina 25 swing keel weight and wobble EricCBohn at 11:09am 06.26.19 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1571 I have a 1983 Catalina 25. Does anyone know what the swing keel by itself weighs? After hauling it
Rudder Bearing Lawrence14 at 10:57am 06.26.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/983 Has anyone replaced their aluminum rudder bearing successfully? I replaced it two years ago and the

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Best stronger jack plate mount Timm R Oday25 at 8:10am 12.06.24 I'm in the exact same position as you . Currently I have an 8 horse 2 stroke Johnson with a 25" shaf
AIS/VHF two antennae's or one? Captain Larry-DH at 7:51am 12.06.24 I think something is getting lost in this thread. The OP stated they had a combination VHF/AIS radi
AIS/VHF two antennae's or one? colemj at 7:40am 12.06.24 When I purchased my AIS transponder, I bought a 6db VHF antenna (like the ones power boats use) for
AIS/VHF two antennae's or one? colemj at 7:33am 12.06.24 To those of you with AIS transponders and a single antenna, what happens when you try to listen to
Replacement sink Scott T-Bird at 7:24am 12.06.24 Looks like my choice is a little too wide. It is 22" and I have just a shade under 21" between the
Sarasota Bay Returning SteveHughessails at 7:05am 12.06.24
AIS/VHF two antennae's or one? BarryL at 7:04am 12.06.24 Hello, To those of you with AIS transponders and a single antenna, what happens when you try to lis
AIS/VHF two antennae's or one? stephen_i_w at 6:54am 12.06.24 When I purchased my AIS transponder, I bought a 6db VHF antenna (like the ones power boats use) for
Toilet Intake Hose ....modification Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 6:31am 12.06.24 think I got that correct. Almost. The head intake line needs to tee into the sink drain line as cl
AIS/VHF two antennae's or one? Captain Larry-DH at 5:50am 12.06.24 What specific VHF do you have? There are more of them containing AIS receive-only, and only a few
AIS/VHF two antennae's or one? Captain Larry-DH at 5:00am 12.06.24 Standard Horizon makes an AIS/VHF antenna, all in one, designed for their upper line of VHF radios.
AIS/VHF two antennae's or one? colemj at 4:56am 12.06.24 What specific VHF do you have? There are more of them containing AIS receive-only, and only a few e
AIS/VHF two antennae's or one? NYSail at 4:18am 12.06.24 I have a Garmin 800 that has a splitter for the antenna. Works perfectly. Consider the upgrade so pe
Ridgid sprayhood/dodger for Legend 40.5 (1) Terry Cox at 4:09am 12.06.24 sprayhood Do you mean dodger? Unfamiliar with your term. Is your current dodger soft (fabric) or h
Is the forward pad eye strong enough for storm jib? 1990 Beneteau 50/M500 Kings Gambit at 3:25am 12.06.24 I have the same, identical, pad-eye on my foredeck aft of the anchor locker. I asked this same quest
Non working microwave john2 at 2:52am 12.06.24 gas is from Dometic, oven is : Inventum an update, The oven was a completely useless thing:bangh
Is the forward pad eye strong enough for storm jib? 1990 Beneteau 50/M500 Davidasailor26 at 2:03am 12.06.24 That looks like the same pad eye as on my '93 Beneteau - it's a Wichard. I think they are only mea
Replacement sink (1) john2 at 1:12am 12.06.24 I could not find the smaller dishes, so this was the biggest sink that fitted.
Aluminum sewage tank on Legend 40.5, 1993 Irek at 8:56pm 12.05.24 Hi There is much more of a void space under fuel than sewage tk. But when I worked on the fuel tank
Is the forward pad eye strong enough for storm jib? 1990 Beneteau 50/M500 jssailem at 8:49pm 12.05.24 there is a deck plate just aft of the anchor locker with a pad eye that looks like it is meant to s

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