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I am hoping someone might have an idea of what my problem is with our pushbutton start on my 1981 Ca
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When I first start diesel I prime for 15 seconds then hit start. Nothing but fuel pump running and s
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Hello all, we having a question regarding the proper/best way to rig the topping lift on our Hunter
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I have a 6 gallon hot water tank. It has the heat exchanger circuit using the engine coolant to heat
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Hi everyone, Our 376 has recessed lights along the edge of the headliner in the main cabin. These l
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Hello to the group ! We are new caretakers of a 94 H29.5 that could use a new set of sails, any rec
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Hello sailors. My experience with sailing/sailors has only been about 3 years, but it was been over
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Is there any reason that a Lewmar V700 windlass could not be installed on a vertical surface in the
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After returning from a 20 mile cruise, I discovered a pretty severe fuel leak beneath my fairly new,
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I have a 2008 Beneteau 46 and the remote control broke and I cannot turn on either my cockpit lights
Clay Smith at 6:07am 07.28.23
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Some of you may remember previous posts I made back in May of this year in which I was considering a
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splax at 6:11pm 07.27.23
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so it has come to the time when I can no longer care for or use "Liten Up", and wondered if the boat
azambella at 5:56pm 07.27.23
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I am looking at a 2007 Hunter 33 and want to hear the bad stuff (if any) before I spend. Are there
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Can anyone recommend a marine surveyor in New England? Thanks for any help you can provide
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Hi all, Got boat out to do bottom paint and cutless replacement. This is a fairly new boat with no

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Y33 TM Spartite 2000
mermike at 2:34pm 06.14.24
Did this 4 years ago. I've had issues with the plug shimmying up the mast. I had to use Flextape to
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colin59 at 2:33pm 06.14.24
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Calif. Ted at 2:33pm 06.14.24
I am a little concerned about burning the blower out on long motors. Well, they do burn out every
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Stu Jackson at 2:04pm 06.14.24
Help - Secondary Mascerator and tank dumping to the ocean not working   (1)
SVFreedom at 1:59pm 06.14.24
Poly tank but cant see levels, it is tightly packed in. I could open a cap (Maybe) but risk damagin
The Sewing Machine Thread
dLj at 1:57pm 06.14.24
The Bernina sewing machines are excellent machines. I don't know that they have a walking foot howev
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dLj at 1:53pm 06.14.24
Y33 running bilge blower while underway
Davidasailor26 at 1:49pm 06.14.24
The blowers on most diesels are designed for just that purpose. Unlike a gas engine where the goal
Windlass Operation from the Cockpit
Michael Davis at 1:44pm 06.14.24
Missing might be when there is no one at the helm and you're recovering in strong wind with little
Leaking deck plate replacement
dLj at 1:38pm 06.14.24
The strength of the joint made in n-buena with Krazy glue is not much of an issue here. If you look
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Ralph Johnstone at 1:36pm 06.14.24
This is how I wired by my bilge blower which is not a bilge blower but an exhaust fan to cool the al
Help - Secondary Mascerator and tank dumping to the ocean not working
Ralph Johnstone at 1:05pm 06.14.24
One last MAYBE and I do mean maybe. With the holding tank known to contain some liquid (maybe 1/4 f
Help - Secondary Mascerator and tank dumping to the ocean not working   (1)
Ralph Johnstone at 12:57pm 06.14.24
Poly tank but cant see levels, it is tightly packed in. I could open a cap (Maybe) but risk damaging
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BTC1984 at 12:49pm 06.14.24
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Help - Secondary Mascerator and tank dumping to the ocean not working
SVFreedom at 12:27pm 06.14.24
Ah good. Back to the pump again. You don't want to remove the pump if the pump is not the problem
Help - Secondary Mascerator and tank dumping to the ocean not working
Ralph Johnstone at 12:16pm 06.14.24
WHen you are dumping the tanks, after the tank is empty, the macerator still pushes air out, you ca
Help - Secondary Mascerator and tank dumping to the ocean not working
SVFreedom at 12:07pm 06.14.24
Oh :poop: :poop: :poop: ! We carry a spare pump just for the possible eventuality of this disaster
Help - Secondary Mascerator and tank dumping to the ocean not working
SVFreedom at 12:04pm 06.14.24
I'm afraid this is getting closer to the cause of the problem. How old is the macerator in questio
Help - Secondary Mascerator and tank dumping to the ocean not working
Ralph Johnstone at 11:56am 06.14.24
I have a spare, terrible job to do though... LOL Oh :poop: :poop: :poop: ! We carry a spare pump
Help - Secondary Mascerator and tank dumping to the ocean not working
Ralph Johnstone at 11:47am 06.14.24
Sounds like the macerater impeller may be bad. The motor may be turning and making noise but the im

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