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Cetol tips odaydokay at 10:18am 06.26.18 Ask All Sailors 11/5191 I have used the Cetol varnish product for 25 years or so. Lasts 3 seasons maybe, then it chips and
Autohelm 2000 - No Power lostintime at 10:11am 06.26.18 Ask All Sailors 0/426 Hello to all, I just purchased a 1977 Catalina 30 which came with an Autohelm 2000. On the sail home
Autopilot Bob S at 9:54am 06.26.18 Ask All Sailors 34/2413 My new to me 2003 B393 has a RayMarine ST6001 with linear drive, probably dealer installed. It was f
Need wind indicator/instrument advice Jimongee at 9:15am 06.26.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/733 Hello, We have a 2002 356. For all these years we have managed with a non instrument mast mounted w
Navigation Lights on Hunter 27 HarrisOutdoors at 9:05am 06.26.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/560 So... My Masthead and spreader lights don't work. and I need to replace the spreader boots... Looki
My keel lock bolt is stuck. Yippee Skippee at 6:00am 06.26.18 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/826
2013 Oceanis 45 Bilge Pump DRosen at 5:37am 06.26.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1048 Since day one, the bilge pump cycles every 15 minutes. The bilge well holds approx. 1/2 gallon, ha
Kopr Shield Conductive Grease or Never Seize? Blitz at 5:23am 06.26.18 Ask All Sailors 16/4502 I recently read a article in Sail magazine about tools you should have on a boat and it noted that t
Upgrade to a 25 from a 222 mccadamsoday at 7:46pm 06.25.18 Ask An Oday Owner 8/1171 Hello experienced O'Day sailers. I've been an O'Day sailor of a 222 for two summers now and have the
85 H23 keel stuck down... DanFleig at 5:48pm 06.25.18 Smaller Boats 3/639 The keel on my 1985 H23 seems to be stuck down. It's been in the water for a year now, and I've lef
Cunningham interferes with Vang on Zuma (1) sshev at 3:47pm 06.25.18 Ask All Sailors 17/3918 New to this group and pretty new to sailing, and find myself in need of advice. I've got a little
Hatch Arm broke (1) Macmanjams at 12:52pm 06.25.18 Cal 1/1130 Rookie move, I opened the hatch a little to get air below on windy day on the bay. Jib caught the ha
Overhead lamps and heat (2) jviss at 12:06pm 06.25.18 Musings With Maine Sail 16/1944 Hi MS, I have seven Scandvik "traditional" dome ceiling fixtures in the over head and under cabinet
Hunter 18.5 Passenger Capacity Jody at 11:42am 06.25.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 35/2826
Rustler's Hitch Kermit at 11:34am 06.25.18 Ask All Sailors 23/4022
Stanchion and Rubrail Torque Specs Tom San at 11:12am 06.25.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/505 Does anyone know the stanchion and rubrail torque specs for a 1990 hunter 28?
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Speedometer paddle David Edward at 9:04am 06.25.18 Ask All Sailors 3/634 How do I know which paddle to replace the old, nonfunctioning one I currently have? It's for a Catal
Tension Specs for Beneteau 323 standing rigging John Moore at 8:35am 06.25.18 Ask All Sailors 2/464 Anyone know where to find tension specs for Beneteau 323 backstays? I check the manual, no luck.
GFCI outlet All U Get at 7:41am 06.25.18 Ask All Sailors 41/4656 Hi all, I was on the boat going over the list of repairs needed and had picked up a GFCI outlet for

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H376 Mixing Elbow chuckwayne at 8:52pm 09.17.24 IMHO, forget fabbing a coupler. Get the CNC machined HDI elbow and stainless coupler Ditto on HDI!
H376 Mixing Elbow dlochner at 7:15pm 09.17.24 Replace with an SS HDI Elbow. And run the engine wide open periodically. https://hdimarine.net
Water tank cleaning Choptank Sailor at 6:54pm 09.17.24 I was just asking this same question over on the Marine Plumbing & Sanitation thread. My plan is t
2005 Hunter Rudder measurements james2034 at 5:22pm 09.17.24 Maybe @JamesG161 can point you in the right direction. Thank you
H376 Mixing Elbow Justin_NSA at 4:56pm 09.17.24 IMHO, forget fabbing a coupler. Get the CNC machined HDI elbow and stainless coupler
2005 Hunter Rudder measurements kappykaplan at 4:41pm 09.17.24 Maybe @JamesG161 can point you in the right direction.
S2 9.2 A keyportjoe at 4:37pm 09.17.24
1982 Tartan 33R Diesel Filter shemandr at 3:35pm 09.17.24 Surveyors write reports to protect themselves. What are they to say? This isn't right but it shoul
Mac 26C - Traveler / 135 Jib stickinthemud57 at 2:59pm 09.17.24 Wow, this is a detailed and informative reply. We did buy the Lite Skin main sail a couple of year
LYNNETTE, an Eggemoggin 47. shemandr at 2:35pm 09.17.24
1982 Tartan 33R Diesel Filter jssailem at 2:21pm 09.17.24 I upgraded my fuel filter to a Racor 500 because it is one of the most effortless filter changes wit
1982 Tartan 33R Diesel Filter jssailem at 2:19pm 09.17.24 The overall tone of the survey was quite nit-picky for what I consider to be an excellent boat in v
1982 Tartan 33R Diesel Filter Schwarz633 at 1:35pm 09.17.24 A metal bowl is required for USCG inspected commercial vessels. There is no such requirement for re
H376 Mixing Elbow Ralph Johnstone at 12:56pm 09.17.24 BTW my original coupler lasted 32 years. You are blessed indeed. I've seen a number of complaint
Yanmar 2gm20f - Suspected fuel line blockage (1) Ralph Johnstone at 12:32pm 09.17.24 I added an in-line convenience shut-off valve right at the inlet to the Racor primary filter/separa
H376 Mixing Elbow BrianQ at 12:16pm 09.17.24 I had a similar experience. The threaded coupler broke as we were prepping to leave the dock. I no
1982 Tartan 33R Diesel Filter mermike at 11:41am 09.17.24 A metal bowl is required for USCG inspected commercial vessels. There is no such requirement for rec
Yanmar 2gm20f - Suspected fuel line blockage (1) mermike at 11:36am 09.17.24 While you're at it, you might as well add a vacuum gauge :biggrin:
H376 Mixing Elbow (1) Ralph Johnstone at 11:15am 09.17.24
Throttle lever tension sailcapt340 at 10:29am 09.17.24 Where along the cable did you put the cable brake? On my 340, the cable is held securely all along

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