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Pass thru's for Antenna Cables etc... kimelmore at 5:08pm 03.03.17 Ask All Sailors 9/1405 Anyone have any ideas about how to get cables thru the deck etc for electronics like radar etc. I've
Wet Cell Lead Acid Battery Venting Brian D at 12:28pm 03.03.17 Ask All Sailors 20/5217 Is there any cause for concern if the batteries are located in the cabin of the boat?
Blue Sea 7610 ACR in an O'Day 272LE StanleyJ at 12:18pm 03.03.17 Ask An Oday Owner 0/448 I just rec'd a Blue Sea 7610 ACR yesterday and plan to run a new #4 alternator wire from my Universa
Multiple House Banks vs. One House Bank (4) Maine Sail at 12:09pm 03.03.17 Musings With Maine Sail 14/10307 The age old question of multiple house banks, and alternating use, vs. one single contiguously wired
Needed...Tursi's Docking book Lotte Lou at 12:00pm 03.03.17 Ask All Sailors 8/4447 Does anyone have a copy of Tom Tursi's single engine docking techniques they want to unload? I can b
Best bottom paint scraper (1) njlarry at 11:40am 03.03.17 Ask All Sailors 29/6827 133761 As you can see from the attached pic I have a lot of scraping to do. Went to the paint store
Applying vinyl graphics Justin_NSA at 11:22am 03.03.17 Ask All Sailors 14/474 I should know this. Couldn't find it either. I'm polishing and waxing my hull for the '17 season. Be
Table refinishing / reconditioning stevemitchell at 8:40am 03.03.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 11/1752 I've noticed my table in the main salon has started looking less than stellar after this last season
Radar GS 932 mono user manual (1) yorammelnik at 8:39am 03.03.17 Ask All Sailors 10/2305 Hi, Does anyone have a user manual for a GS 932 mono radar? Attached is a picture of the radar. Than
Swabbing the decks freeheelbillie at 8:09am 03.03.17 Ask All Sailors 16/2539 Whats you favorite, product and process for swabbing the decks? I'm just looking to do a deep cleani
Beneteau 323 Filters John Moore at 7:10am 03.03.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/1275 Anyone have a list (including part numbers) of all filters (oil, fuel, water) that need periodic cle
22 fixed keel on open water CHIRO at 2:32am 03.03.17 Ask An Oday Owner 7/699 thoughts on trip from california to hawaii. yes i'm experienced. wondering about the boat.
The order of things... PAC3142 at 8:01pm 03.02.17 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 60/10913 In another topic on fairlead position, one poster said that adjustable jib cars was the best thing h
3 recessed lights above the compression post. VanIslandGuy at 5:56pm 03.02.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/419 Hi Everyone, I've got a Hunter 410. There appear to be three lights that are on the headliner that
Primary fuel filter Ben 423 NYSail at 5:31pm 03.02.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/969 hello all, My primary fuel filter is a small racor 110a serving my 4JH4E. What upgrade to filtration
replacing Raymarine E80 (2007) with a Raymarine es127 MFD Captpete12 at 5:19pm 03.02.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/2298 I am replacing the E80 MFD on my Beneteau 40 with a new es127 MFD. I installed digital radar three
"The Generator" gbrian at 4:37pm 03.02.17 Ask All Sailors 5/2171 I need to replace my 150 genoa on my Macgregor26. While searching sailmakers sites I ran accross PE
SoCal - sailing dinghy recommendations? marke14 at 3:42pm 03.02.17 Ask All Sailors 49/7472 Hello everyone, I did a bit of searching around in the forums here - quite a lot actually - as well
Rust on Keel of 38 Hunter (2008, bought new in 2010) (1) Tom Lampley at 11:09am 03.02.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 24/3150 133727 I need some advice on repairing rust on my keel. I have a 38 Hunter that is only 6 years old
Throttle and Shift Cable Replacement, 85 Legend 35.5 (3) TommmD at 9:49am 03.02.17 Big Boats 8/2677 Hi, looking for some guidance for cable replacement for my 1995 Legend 35.5. What I am seeing appear

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Wing Keel on a 1988 Hunter 335 shemandr at 1:06pm 05.28.24 With an iron keel rust is the concern. Whenever there is a fresh paint job you should ask -Why? I
Mistral 16 sailboat engine mount jibes138 at 12:44pm 05.28.24 Why not use an electric motor, they are lightweight and most of the weight will be the battery. The
ABYC wire identification question? (1) DArcy at 11:57am 05.28.24 A different idea could be a handheld inkjet printer. I have never tried one, and it would not work w
Love Hate relationship kappykaplan at 11:35am 05.28.24 3 hours later in the sun-- gosh this is pretty good, better get the rear brackets and do this right
3GM30F Service Issue dmax at 11:32am 05.28.24 Sure, it may be something else that is causing the hard starting, but those compression numbers are
3GM30F Service Issue dLj at 11:27am 05.28.24 Compression specs for that engine can be derived from Yanmar's published data on the engines specs.
new engine? Rebuild? Make do? dmax at 11:24am 05.28.24 You could pull it and treat and re-paint most of it - the oil pan metal is pretty thick and the rest
3GM30F Service Issue skunther at 10:14am 05.28.24 Thanks. I have on YBW received replies that indicate compression is a nebulous thing, and this is wh
Deck leaks on Marlow Hunter 37/40 Don S/V ILLusion at 10:09am 05.28.24
Help me Install Dripless Shaft Seal (PYI Model) (4) anelso29 at 9:49am 05.28.24 Hey everyone! I have a few updates. I didn't take enough pictures, but I do have a few to show the p
Deck leaks on Marlow Hunter 37/40 matts997 at 9:34am 05.28.24
Cutting mast down due to electrolysis... rgranger at 9:00am 05.28.24
What stops the sliding hatch from opening too far / how to remove? Leeward Rail at 8:54am 05.28.24 Greenish foam is factory filler. There are more than a few threads here about how to fix the hatch.
3GM30F Service Issue dmax at 8:49am 05.28.24 Low compression is a root cause of hard starting - hard starting is a symptom of low compression.
ABYC wire identification question? BAD ORCA at 8:46am 05.28.24 I got my labeling insight from Rod (@Maine Sail ). I struggled with the hand written names, number
ABYC wire identification question? BAD ORCA at 8:44am 05.28.24 You could try making labels and then flagging them, i.e., instead of running lengthwise along the w
The falling c - Clip odaydokay at 8:43am 05.28.24 I have a hard time trusting a repair, if I haven't figured out the how and why of the failure, befo
The falling c - Clip odaydokay at 8:41am 05.28.24
Help with seized fresh water pump (4) Afraal at 8:40am 05.28.24 I'm attaching a few pics of the pump. I can't see well inside, but most likely the bearings failed.
Wing Keel on a 1988 Hunter 335 Don S/V ILLusion at 8:26am 05.28.24 The keel was just serviced before I bought it. Would have a trivial eff

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