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Upsizing raw water engine SeaCock, Strainer, White Steam Smoke Blitz at 12:19pm 04.03.19 Musings With Maine Sail 7/1849 Maine Sail, My project is part of upsizing the internal strainer from a plastic 3/4" Sherwood strain
Hunter 240 Stern pass through gate options mikereno1 at 9:00am 04.03.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/680 Has anyone developed a gate for the stern walk through on the 240? We just bought a used 2000 Hunte
Best Conditions for first sail with the 170? Shorefun at 5:58am 04.03.19 Day Sailers 18/2316 As I get much closer to being able to sail, What kind of wind levels are likely the most forgiving t
Diesel pickup tube depth in tanks (1) Rich Stidger at 7:49pm 04.02.19 Big Boats 21/5082 I am asking this question primarily for the h40.5 model but Hunter may have had a common practice fo
Edson removable steering wheel device Beneteau 331 Bluenose at 5:27pm 04.02.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/555 Hello all, finally things are beginning to warm up in Nova Scotia, and I'd like to get one of those
What does it cost to ship a 36' boat from Massachusetts to California Mike H. at 4:28pm 04.02.19 Ask All Sailors 49/7366 Hello All: Looking at possibly buying a boat on the East coast and having it shipped to the West coa
bottom paint stain on white rudder kenpa at 4:08pm 04.02.19 Ask A Catalina Owner 9/1024 On my Cat 25 another owner must have painted the rudder with red bottom paint. Most of it has warn o
Tiller pilot help anchor1800 at 3:01pm 04.02.19 Catalina 30 5/1684 I'm looking for some thoughts on selecting a tiller pilot for my Catalina 30. The old tiller pilo
Stantion Base Bolt Attachment droehl at 1:42pm 04.02.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/837 Would anybody know how the stantion base bolts are secured on on Hunter 386 (or similar)? Are the b
Adding another AC circuit John Rand at 1:35pm 04.02.19 Musings With Maine Sail 18/4031 A while ago, I upgraded the AC on my boat with a SmartPlug, a 30A galvanic isolator and a Bluesea pa
Bolting outboard on Catalina 27 Brian Buzz at 1:09pm 04.02.19 Mid-Size Boats 5/4139 I just bought a T9.9 hp high thrust Yamaha Outboard for my Catalina 27. I have the outboard model wi
Stress cracks below the waterline (4) Maxx Mayhem at 12:32pm 04.02.19 Smaller Boats 12/5859 As I've been cleaning up this boat, I have discovered pervasive stress cracks on the bottom. Now I h
Got a new IRON GENNEY (1) rgranger at 11:57am 04.02.19 Smaller Boats 28/2351 Hi All Just placed an order for one of these...But I did not buy it online. I wanted to support t
snapfurler sailherr at 8:45am 04.02.19 Ask An Oday Owner 4/877 I just bought a 1976 oday 28 and have thought about installing a Schaefer snap furler but don't know
Canvas work around Deale, MD tfox2069 at 8:30am 04.02.19 Hunter Sailing Assoc. No. 1 0/1468 Curious what others have found with regard to businesses in the Deale, MD area that do canvas work.
Cockpit pockets separating (3) AaronD at 8:28am 04.02.19 Catalina 22 8/1879 Has anyone else had problems with their cockpit pockets separating and leaking? I've been slowly ha
Water in boat TERRLOCKE at 8:18am 04.02.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/1082 Hi My wife and I have just purchased a brand new second hand Beneteau 311 (2002), whilst out sailing
Thinking of replacing my Jabsco manual toilet with an electric model on my Hunter 320 Stephen Dale at 7:19am 04.02.19 Mid-Size Boats 17/4920 I am thinking of replacing my Jabsco manual toilet with an electric model on my Hunter 320. Has anyo
1985 Pearson 34 centerboard info hawk232 at 6:12am 04.02.19 Pearson 9/3503 Does anyone have any info on the centerboard itself? weight? construction? pin location? I am also
Perkins 4-108 Raw Water Pump Corrosion (1) MrMoses at 11:17pm 04.01.19 Engines and Propulsion 10/2297 Considering purchasing a boat with the original 1978 Perkins 4-108 engine. Raw water pump has some c

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Replace universal 25xpb exhaust riser dmax at 6:59am 09.24.24 I wouldn't - just take a close look at it internally as best you can - especially where the raw cool
Extra line from boom...what is it? jssailem at 6:21am 09.24.24 I would just have to get in the habit of remembering to do this if i dropped the mainsail while it
holding tank pump out blowing macerator gaskets? Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 6:19am 09.24.24 In that case, a shutoff valve in it as close to the tank as possible may be the only solution, cuz y
My rudder broke off smokey73 at 6:04am 09.24.24 Since you are already out of the water and the rudder is removed you can do most of the work like re
Adding a Bimini william24424 at 6:00am 09.24.24 Thank you all for your input, I found a guy in Rhode Island (where boat was made) from Kinder Indust
My rudder broke off smokey73 at 5:51am 09.24.24 Wow $1200 an hour just for the crane. I hope they don't dawdle around when they move the boat. At
how do you permanently remove yourself from this website? Crazy Dave Condon at 5:40am 09.24.24
Starter motor burned up? kappykaplan at 5:07am 09.24.24
Starter motor burned up? (2) BTC1984 at 4:49am 09.24.24
how do you permanently remove yourself from this website? Kermit at 7:51pm 09.23.24 Dang. If I'd have known that, I could have got you over to my place in the mountains by just flash
how do you permanently remove yourself from this website? Kermit at 7:50pm 09.23.24 Whoa! You managed to bring @Kermit back! Here I am!!!! (My wife hates it when I say that, too.)
My rudder broke off wardk at 7:46pm 09.23.24 We don't have a sling , we get a crane charges us 20 dollars a minute to get the boat from the wate
My rudder broke off wardk at 7:43pm 09.23.24 I did this for my rudder replacement. We got all the bolts loose while were waterborne except the
holding tank pump out blowing macerator gaskets? Ed whatnot at 7:19pm 09.23.24 the line to the macerator is a direct dedicated hose from the tank. it is not connected to the pump
how do you permanently remove yourself from this website? (1) Ralph Johnstone at 6:53pm 09.23.24
Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard marcham at 6:44pm 09.23.24 Cleaning up the worst of the blisters should be 6-15 hrs max (unless you have thousands of them, whi
how do you permanently remove yourself from this website? Project_Mayhem at 6:32pm 09.23.24 Whoa! You managed to bring @Kermit back!
Random Yanmar instrument warning light and buzzer Moondawg at 6:27pm 09.23.24 Thank you for the info, Davidsailor26! That is correct. I thought it was a tad short for a heat ex
Random Yanmar instrument warning light and buzzer Davidasailor26 at 6:18pm 09.23.24 I'll be taking the heat exchanger apart to inspect/clean after I get the broken bolt drilled and ta
Oday 192 outboard bracket john6206 at 6:07pm 09.23.24

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