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Rudder Bushings (1) Bill Roughton at 3:06pm 10.23.16 Ask An Oday Owner 0/863 I have an O'Day 27 (1977) that I have been overhauling. I finally got around to dropping the rudder
water under the engine windchill82 at 10:32am 10.23.16 Ranger Yachts (CA/FL) 3/1700 I have a 1978 Ranger 33. Water from the packing gland drips into what I call a pan under the engine
Window and port shades Keith13315 at 10:13am 10.23.16 Big Boats 4/1038 Can anyone tell me where I can get the honeycomb style window coverings? Thanks
New prop for my Oceanis 390 yorammelnik at 7:35am 10.23.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/648 Hi, I need to replace the prop on my Oceanis 390. The boat is slow while motoring. The fuel consumpt
Perkins Prima M50 specs yorammelnik at 7:30am 10.23.16 Engines and Propulsion 2/2317 Hi, I own a Beneteua Oceanis 390 with a Perkins Prima M50. I want to replace my prop and need the en
Fuel burn rate Keith13315 at 6:02am 10.23.16 Big Boats 25/6686 can anyone tell me your average fuel usage for the Hunter H340 when motoring not motor sailing?
Go CUBS Go ! Doug in Lakeview at 8:32pm 10.22.16 Sails Call Lounge 20/2178 On the boat tonight at Belmont harbor just east of Wrigley field. Pandemonium. We can hear the cro
anchoring spots website Kommy000 at 3:05pm 10.22.16 The Cherubini Hunters 3/521 Hi, in my never ending research for sailing tips and knowledge, I remember finding a website I think
Why design a boat with prebend? Daveinet at 2:11pm 10.22.16 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 41/10587 Ok, so I've seen enough discussions here on sail trim, but not much about the purpose of prebend in
Autumn Migration in Chicago (3) Dalliance at 11:41am 10.22.16 Ask All Sailors 8/776 We did our annual autumn sailboat migration through the lock and down the Chicago River to winter st
need marine survey for a cal 20 in Long Beach newsailor72 at 10:12am 10.22.16 Ask All Sailors 9/1010 would like to put a cal20 in a marina but they require a survey, can anyone give me some surveyor na
Hunter 49/50 cockpit insert deck flex SEMPERAVANTI41 at 10:11am 10.22.16 Big Boats 10/1498 Hi All, I have noticed on my Hunter 50 that the insert (over the steering mechanism ) in the aft of
Hunter P42 1997; has anyone upgraded alternator to a Balmar system with the alt mount blue pulleys? BBC16385 at 7:59am 10.22.16 Big Boats 15/3206 We have the Hitachi 80 amp alternator (worthless) and are considering upgrading to Balmar 120 amp wi
Call From Marina in the Middle of the Night M-Captain at 7:33am 10.22.16 Sails Call Lounge 16/1990 A security guard at the marina called me last night and left a message (I didn't know they had secur
Gel coat repair necessary? MaryEllaRose at 7:28am 10.22.16 Catalina 22 17/4998 In the process of sanding the Rose's bottom in preparation of new bottom paint I exposed some of the
Ideal heel freeheelbillie at 5:03am 10.22.16 Catalina 30 14/2478 Whats the ideal heel for a 30' 1992 mark II wing keel, tall rig?
hunter 356 Captmayhem at 9:00pm 10.21.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 29/8032 meant to post this here, not in just big boats, sorry Is what the CFO, Admiral whatever she is this
Hunter 356 Captmayhem at 8:39pm 10.21.16 Big Boats 9/1461 Is what the CFO, Admiral whatever she is this week, has settled on. We looked at 350s(my choice), we
Summer's End: Last Sail Lake Michigan/ Green Bay (1) Ilanortho at 8:20pm 10.21.16 Ask All Sailors 3/407 Autumn sail Green Bay's Door County WI Goodbye Summer :sosad:
Cleaning Laminate floor seadaddler at 5:27pm 10.21.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/339 I have some white water stains on my Laminte flooring and wondering what to do or use to remove the

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Metal lathe Hayden Watson at 11:55am 04.24.24 Hayden, what shop did you use? PBI Petrzelka Bros, Inc. Great guys and they did an excelent job o
Metal lathe (1) Hayden Watson at 11:46am 04.24.24 Who exactly did you speak with at Balmar? I spoke with Balmar twice the first was Mark Gembree. S
yard rate for gel coat repair work near annapolis ? George Braun at 11:43am 04.24.24 $90 to $150/hr here on the Chesapeake,, depending on what kind of yard and what kind of work
OEM Shroud Turnbuckles and Replacement Caps Calif. Ted at 11:34am 04.24.24 Recently replaced mine for open turnbuckles, I could never get anything but pins to fit in them. I'v
Replacing Prop Shaft for 84 Hunter 31 (1) Ralph Johnstone at 11:05am 04.24.24 have already bought a replacement, I hope this is not to late, but if the shaft is not Aquamet 22
OEM Shroud Turnbuckles and Replacement Caps Ward H at 10:57am 04.24.24 After finding a couple of cotter rings laying on the deck due to having worked themselves loose, the
Hunter 1999 310 Tachometer (3) Ralph Johnstone at 10:53am 04.24.24 I read a few posts that recommended VDO but looks like the brand is not available anymore. You ar
Hunter 1999 310 Tachometer (1) kloudie1 at 10:53am 04.24.24 Here is a page that talks about the tachometer. It counts the number of flywheel teeth, probably 97
Rivets Used Rick Webb at 10:52am 04.24.24 It will be real obvious when you drill them out. I'd lean towards stainless but maybe have both rea
Hunter 1999 310 Tachometer Necessity at 10:37am 04.24.24 Thanks for the response- the current config is connected to the flywheel.
New Batteries and Switch marcham at 10:32am 04.24.24 The owner's manual for your boat DC electrical wiring diagram may help to figure out how it should h
Metal lathe Maine Sail at 10:08am 04.24.24 Who exactly did you speak with at Balmar?
Hunter 1999 310 Tachometer marcham at 10:08am 04.24.24 Do you know if your tach is wired to a sensor on the flywheel or wired to the alternator? If you can
Universal M25 front V-belt pulley. Maine Sail at 9:51am 04.24.24 Ask for Peter Directly.. Who. Did u speak with at Balmar. You want Timm..
Universal M25 front V-belt pulley. Maine Sail at 9:37am 04.24.24
Self tacking jib LloydB at 9:30am 04.24.24 Actually I looked at the one and I think the others for that.
Rivets Used Rick D at 8:51am 04.24.24 Had mine removed and replaced last year. The rigger used aluminum FWIW.
Metal lathe Mark Maulden at 8:34am 04.24.24 Hayden, what shop did you use?
Not perfect launch day... Ralph Johnstone at 8:27am 04.24.24
34.1: Code 0 or Spinnaker? SoSound at 8:20am 04.24.24 We replaced the included asymmetrical spinnaker that came with our Oceanis 34 with a code 0, and we

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