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How do you replace turning blocks at the mast base (1) smokey73 at 8:15pm 09.18.17 Ask All Sailors 26/5625 I need to replace at least one (and probably more) of the turning blocks at the mast base on my Hunt
Microwave Slow Dancin at 4:57pm 09.18.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1264 Need to replace microwave. Can't find how to remove microwave from 2006 Hunter 38. Does anyone know
A 2nd Joker Valve? Paul Streicher at 4:51pm 09.18.17 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 9/1060
Main sail batterns for a 68 O'day Tempest Mark Parkinson at 4:06pm 09.18.17 Ask An Oday Owner 0/647 Just bought a 68 O'day Tempest still cleaning and checking her over before I start in on the obviou
broken exhaust elbow Stephane Aloise at 3:32pm 09.18.17 Engines and Propulsion 16/1449 Hello, This week end my exhaust elbow broke will I'm using my engine.20170918_174140 by Stephane Alo
RESTORATION of '86 C22 "MOON DANCE" (3) SVMOONDANCE at 1:39pm 09.18.17 Catalina 22 58/6807 Today I removed all the stanchions and chain plates so I could begin cutting the deck. The only prob
Hunter 25.5 1984 Stem Fitting Removal/Repair (1) GBorsuk at 1:35pm 09.18.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/820 Hello all, we had some damage to our 1984 25.5 during hurricane Irma. We lost the mast after the lo
Where are the electrical connections (furling mast) Maurice Doran at 1:15pm 09.18.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/567 I was looking at the wires that run out of the base of the mast on my H33. I removed the steel cove
Is this a legit e-mail from this site??? Sumner at 10:52am 09.18.17 Ask All Sailors 8/1350 Has anyone else gotten an e-mail that appears to be from here with this heading... SailboatOwners.c
Hunter 216 keel shackle pulled out during Irma storm surge Bob16409 at 9:16am 09.18.17 Smaller Boats 6/560 Googled up a good post from PN (professional nomad) in Ontario or replacing the 216 shackle connecti
Sealing Teak Toe Rail Capri at 9:05am 09.18.17 Ask All Sailors 7/2577 Hi. I've got a 1981 O'day 22 with teak toe rails and I have several points where it screws down that
Hurricane damage to boat and Insurance Brian D at 8:25am 09.18.17 Sails Call Lounge 20/1689 Now I am asking this question out of pure ignorance. Say you have a boat that is damaged during a
Dang hot water heater Mirwin at 6:52am 09.18.17 Catalina 310 18/1423 So...here we sit at blue water bay marina. We have had the mechanics look at what we need before go
What knot to tie.... NYSail at 6:46am 09.18.17 Ask All Sailors 18/1188 so I am attaching storm pendants to mooring for possible jose' fun. Have eye splices for my boat cle
Oday 240, Do you tow a dinghy? ipfilterman at 6:41am 09.18.17 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1065 My previous boat had a rail mount for a 2 1/2 hp motor. I would keep the motor on the rail and the
Tuning tension Coddiwomple at 6:05am 09.18.17 Ask All Sailors 7/629 i have a 40 hunter 1986. Looking for tension on tuning the rigging. Have a tension gauge and lookin
Running Rigging sdemore at 2:45am 09.18.17 C&C 5/2298 I am a brand new sailor and picked up a C'C 30 MK1 (1973) project boat this year. I have the engine
Hi MarkWBird Allan12210 at 8:10pm 09.17.17 Ask All Sailors 2/298 We're in the yard at Berkeley Marine Center until at least Wednesday. Stop by if you have a chance a
PO pain BobM at 6:23pm 09.17.17 S2 11/1100 So, doing some work while the mast is down. Not going nuts but the work, I do will be safe and soli
PEARSON 31-2 Mast de-stepping Daddio417 at 12:51pm 09.17.17 Ask All Sailors 3/469 Would love some guidance on where the mast crane sling is best positioned, lower or upper spreaders

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1GM10 crankcase breather tube vents to atmosphere??? Smells inkunzi at 2:25pm 06.20.23 Just realized that approach would clog filter Air filter
What is this Ralph Johnstone at 2:24pm 06.20.23 Next, please supply a better photo of the part in question from a distance to show where it's locat
Batten Lengths H26 Crazy Dave Condon at 2:24pm 06.20.23 Yeah I remember all the times I sold them as those end caps came off easily. I kept those in suppl
1GM10 crankcase breather tube vents to atmosphere??? Smells (4) inkunzi at 2:13pm 06.20.23 Hello there is nothing to hook up to. As it sits it looks like it was designed to just hang down and
Furler q's Dan33 at 2:13pm 06.20.23 Could be a Hyde Sreamstay or a Stearns,both popular in the 70s,both replaced the stay.
What is this Don S/V ILLusion at 2:08pm 06.20.23 Sorry, universal m25 on a 2001 Catalina 310. I thought it might be the ignition coil. I should chec
What is this dcato at 2:01pm 06.20.23 Welcome to the site @dcato . You have just connected with one of the best collection of mechanical
What is this dcato at 1:59pm 06.20.23 Well..without knowing what engine this is a picture of . Here is my wild guess . That looks like a
Shroud anchor point Any Sea at 1:56pm 06.20.23 Yeah. I didn't mean to imply it was a good idea. I just can't understand why they did it.
1GM10 crankcase breather tube vents to atmosphere??? Smells kloudie1 at 1:50pm 06.20.23 There is no hose barb, as shown on page 72, that hose should hook to a pipe on the underside of the
Shaft (2) inkunzi at 1:47pm 06.20.23 Photo of this 1991 1gm10
1991 VP 2003 - coolant seals Ralph Johnstone at 1:47pm 06.20.23 A simple "O" ring seal methinks. If they are soft and pliable as if new, they are re-usable. If
Is it the trim, or is it the sails? Ward H at 1:43pm 06.20.23 "You don't know what you don't know until you do know." The main sail that came with my C30 was stil
Shaft inkunzi at 1:38pm 06.20.23 Hello there is nothing on the air intake or valve cover. I could remove the air cleaner cover and cr
Mast rewire SailorShaggy at 1:34pm 06.20.23 Sounds like frustration from the past owner, jammed mainsail. Jim... no the wind storm in April b
Its funny Friday! (1) rgranger at 1:31pm 06.20.23 217077
Batten Lengths H26 rgranger at 1:29pm 06.20.23 When the batten is cut to size to fit the batten pocket, make darn sure all the ends are rounded an
1GM10 crankcase breather tube vents to atmosphere??? Smells inkunzi at 1:27pm 06.20.23 Hello I looking at the valve cover on this 1991 1GM10 Yanmar. Valve cover does not have a barb to co
Shaft Ralph Johnstone at 1:27pm 06.20.23 I'm not familiar with who's on which side of a 1GM as I have the 2GM but what you're holding in your
B & G Chartplotters and iPads (1) SoSound at 1:26pm 06.20.23

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