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Yanmar 3GM30 in 1981 Hunter 30 duncanew at 3:36pm 09.23.17 The Cherubini Hunters 3/1098 Does anyone know if a Yanmar 3GM30 will fit in a 1981 Hunter 30 as a replacement for the 2GM? Any p
Found close color match gelcoat sreidvt at 2:49pm 09.23.17 Ask An Oday Owner 11/2403 This may be old news to many on this forum but... In the process of rebuilding the poptop on my 1974
Is this really accurate? (1) Kermit at 2:31pm 09.23.17 Sails Call Lounge 27/1943 Seriously. Answer honestly. Is this accurate?
Vacuum Guage (1) thaeni at 10:07am 09.23.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/596 I have a 3GM30F. The photo shows the vacuum at idle. The filter (R12) is new. Does the vacuum seem h
Vacuum Guage (1) thaeni at 9:35am 09.23.17 Ask All Sailors 4/717 I have a 3gm30f. The attached photo shows the vacuum at idle. The filter is new. Does vacuum reading
Hunter 260 - Big Problems - Water Ballast? Tyler Rippel at 7:11am 09.23.17 Smaller Boats 110/25010 Water ballast - big problems! My family was staying on our 260 last night and all was fine. I woke
Keel winch drum size a real issue? Megaro76 at 6:41am 09.23.17 Catalina 22 13/1936 So from other previous posting, you may know that I am replacing the keel cable, brass pivot ball, a
Oday 23 TRAILER MEASUREMENTS gjaffess at 4:20am 09.23.17 Ask An Oday Owner 0/10 DOES ANYONE HAVE AN ODAY 23 ON A TRAILER? I NEED MEASUREMENTS TO MODIFY A MOTOR BOAT TRAILER FOR MY
'72 Oday 22 (original interior) carpet, also bilge access Love and Luck at 9:00pm 09.22.17 Ask An Oday Owner 2/579 My 1972 original interior (dinette table ' seats on port side) is carpeted, hard blue carpet really
Raw Water Pump Seal - Yanmar GM series Charles Erwin at 4:50pm 09.22.17 Engines and Propulsion 8/996 Vendors in my area do not have the water seal in the right size for these pumps. The measurements a
Mast head rigging for symmetrical kite/spinnakeron a 26S Juan Maritime at 3:09pm 09.22.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/824 The fractional rig spinnaker on the 26S is too small (in my opinion) to make the whole exercise suff
Big and Long or Small and Simple? 4arch at 12:20pm 09.22.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/652
Newport 28 stay cable tension AKsailboater at 11:10am 09.22.17 Newport 17/2264 I recently have become the caretaker of a Newport 28. I am looking for a good starting point for th
Ideal windlass (5) All U Get at 10:43am 09.22.17 Ask All Sailors 3/1562 141126 141127 141128 141129 141130 Hi all, I finally got the windlass back aboard. We had Schaef
Steak Saver Propane Adapter jviss at 9:19am 09.22.17 Ask All Sailors 23/1700 My new vessel has a dual, 11 lb. tank propane locker, but only came with one tank, and is plumbed fo
Den Haan Trawler Lamp (1) jviss at 7:22am 09.22.17 Ask All Sailors 35/4634 Anyone else have this lamp? It's really beautiful, and bright. It really lights up the whole cabin
A couple of Catalina 30 questions Ward H at 6:49am 09.22.17 Ask A Catalina Owner 36/7860 After a Catalina 30 Mark II caught my eye I started reading up on them. Then a couple of days ago my
McLube OneDrop (1) Justin_NSA at 6:16am 09.22.17 Ask All Sailors 24/7531 Ball Bearing conditioner. Anyone use the stuff? I won a couple small applicator bottles in the 2017
Playing With Drone (1) kloudie1 at 4:25am 09.22.17 Ask All Sailors 25/1869 Was out playing with a friend's drone and noted how neat these things are for looking at things .. W
Weather for Mariners Brian D at 9:15pm 09.21.17 Sails Call Lounge 16/1048 Here is a nice little (125 pages) primer provided by the USNA. Although a little dated, it has some

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Window unit AC install Ward H at 5:44am 05.10.24 I installed a 10k btu Webasto FCF unit in my C30. Put it in a hanging closet with minimal need for d
Dropping rudder on 11.0A mbefus at 5:24am 05.10.24
trailer my boat to florida Captain Larry-DH at 4:31am 05.10.24 my prized little BMW Z3M in Imola Red Sweet!
Stuffing box mount repair mbefus at 3:58am 05.10.24 The boat was given to me so I skipped the survey. I was able to access it through the port lazarette
WATERLOCK MUFFLER QUESTION Hayden Watson at 9:55pm 05.09.24
Weather forecasting and Racing. jssailem at 8:54pm 05.09.24
trailer my boat to florida (1) Tally Ho at 8:31pm 05.09.24 I can only imagine who they could get to do it for under $400. Or maybe they use it as a mule for
Weather forecasting and Racing. Davidasailor26 at 7:16pm 05.09.24
trailer my boat to florida rgranger at 6:39pm 05.09.24 My daughter had her car hauled from Charleston South Carolina to Los Angeles California. And it was
trailer my boat to florida Captain Larry-DH at 6:17pm 05.09.24
Dropping rudder on 11.0A shemandr at 5:34pm 05.09.24 Got the rudder off, had to chip away at the skeg boot for about 4 hours. Used a heat gun, chiseled,
H49/50 Boom Preventer Rigging Zencra at 5:23pm 05.09.24 on our 49 I use a low friction ring/dyneema loop run through the forward mid cleat and back to prima
WATERLOCK MUFFLER QUESTION Clutch Cargo at 5:13pm 05.09.24
H49/50 battery replacement Zencra at 5:13pm 05.09.24 I fitted 6x100 a/h Battleborn LifePo4, they went in perfectly with room for 2 more if needed. Go Lit
hunter 49 wing keel dimensions? Zencra at 4:50pm 05.09.24 it's ok I ended up diving, it's just under 4.5 ft wide.
WATERLOCK MUFFLER QUESTION twodzusfittings at 4:37pm 05.09.24 Agreed Greg. Wasn't going to stir the pot, but then we could say that about half the posts on this s
Stuffing box mount repair Mark Maulden at 4:36pm 05.09.24 congrats for your new boat! I have two questions. 1) did you have a survey prior to purchase? If s
Dropping rudder on 11.0A Tally Ho at 3:53pm 05.09.24 I think you are going to have to clean out the boot to get rid of the old fiberglass and glue, and r
Whale Manual Bilge Pump JamesG161 at 3:50pm 05.09.24 Or you can make your own O-Rings with this kit. https://www.amazon.com/Buna-N-Ring-Splicing-Duromet
Rudder crack (1) mbefus at 3:44pm 05.09.24 Cut into the rudder and the entire stainless steel frame was corroded, and as the original commenter

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