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How to fix hull crack (1) MaryEllaRose at 12:10pm 11.27.16 Ask All Sailors 51/10246 Tell me this is an easy fix?
mast upgrades to do (1) BlueTequila at 11:30am 11.27.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/1737 I am pulling my aluminum mast to fix a deck leak. And while it is down, I'd like to do some maintena
Replace Fuel Lift Pump on 3GM30F dkerphunter at 11:07am 11.27.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/3737 I plan to replace the fuel lift pump on a Yanmar 3GM30F powering a 1995 Hunter 336. I wondered if t
Hunter 336 Fuel Tank Questions dkerphunter at 11:02am 11.27.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/589 I need to replace the fuel pickup fitting and tube on a 1995 Hunter 336. Does anyone know: The dept
catilina 22 swing keel won't fully detract overeasy at 10:02am 11.27.16 Ask All Sailors 7/3296 Hey every one newbie sailer new to forum with major project boat score. If you want to skip brief ba
custom mast crutch question Lafayette Mike at 9:31am 11.27.16 Catalina 22 7/2058 Just bought a 1986 C22 and have had it in the water a couple of times already. Put it away for the
Repair/replace Xantrex Inverter/Charger for 600amp/hr AGM battery bank (1) Eric Dalessio at 6:49am 11.27.16 Ask All Sailors 11/3302 Hi Folks, I'm the second owner of a 2007 Hunter 410 -- The Xantrex Freedom Marine 20 charger/inver
Pelican Bay (2) seadaddler at 6:27am 11.27.16 Big Boats 5/693 130574 We are at Pelican Bay with many other boats from Punta Gorda Sailing Club Nick
Need Pearson 26 Rudder - Used Jim Fink at 6:26am 11.27.16 Pearson 6/1645 Hi all, we bent our aluminum rudder shaft, and the outer sleeve broke away from the inner sleeve. Ho
Sealant Bill and Kathy McDonald at 5:17pm 11.26.16 Ask All Sailors 4/751 I am installing a louvered teak insert in the companionway. Is 3M sealant or butyl tape the best w
Should these keel bolts.... MaryEllaRose at 4:57pm 11.26.16 Pearson 5/1359 ...be replaced? I have no experience with keel bolts (technically, keel studs and nuts). Are these c
Drogue or Sea Anchor? Kiwi Puddle Jumper at 4:03pm 11.26.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 21/4359 Hi I am new to the forum and would like to seek some advice from Beneteau 473 owners on their prefer
Tiller tamer piedpiperIII at 3:51pm 11.26.16 Catalina 22 20/8871 I'm looking into installing some kind of tiller tamer. What do you have ? How do you like it? I d
Balmar Smart Gauge CYQK at 3:45pm 11.26.16 Ask All Sailors 1/601 For folks out there that use one of these Are they still the cats meow? Considering a purchase for
Keel rebed or 5200 fix? davidkahn53 at 3:39pm 11.26.16 Ask All Sailors 8/4079 Just hauled my new (to me) 1987 Pearson 33-2 for winter. On haulout, observed keel separation/crack
Compression post - Replace or not? (2) Charlie98117 at 3:38pm 11.26.16 Ask All Sailors 14/2844 I have a Hunter 34, they have a known issue with water intrusion below the mast step that leads to a
Fresh water tank selector / manifold (1) Davidwilson001 at 3:36pm 11.26.16 Big Boats 2/673 Hey everyone, I recently acquired a 2005 420 Passage and am taking care of little issues here and t
Waiting for spring (1) Captn Scotty at 3:25pm 11.26.16 Ask All Sailors 3/349 130557 This is the extent of my sailing during the winter! I wish I lived in Florida.
House GFI trips with boat shore power cord Cal33-2_Owner at 2:43pm 11.26.16 Ask All Sailors 16/4471 This may have already been discussed, but my search didn't find anything. The Shore power on my sai
Working on boat in winter? Robert1224 at 10:17am 11.26.16 The Cherubini Hunters 2/593 Ahoy, So I want to work on my 79 Hunter 30 during the winter. Does anyone have ideas on a good way

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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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