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29.5 frameless window replacement Jim Watts at 12:46pm 06.26.16 Mid-Size Boats 5/1440 Considering doing all 3 myself. Have seen posts referring to archived posts detailing this subject.
Hunter 27 Cherubini Missing V Berth Cushions Dana Shields at 11:05am 06.26.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/735 I just bought a 1979 Hunter 27 Cherubini, and it is missing its V-berth cushions. Does anyone know o
Bad knock Ilanortho at 8:58am 06.26.16 Ask All Sailors 6/1000 Posting again; Bad knock I thought was transmission on Hunter 34 Yanmar 3GM30F/ KM3. Engine realigne
Hunter 34 Winch Replacement Ilanortho at 8:49am 06.26.16 Big Boats 7/1896 Hi; My Maxwell winches are nearing end of life; I have rebuilt - lubricated- then last summer and I
Pelican thread size bman88 at 7:06am 06.26.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/881 I have a 1983 Hunter 34. I lost one of the two pelican clips on the starboard side. From the remaini
Part identification and Parts missing. (6) Joeniver at 6:50am 06.26.16 Ask All Sailors 2/695 Dear Sailboat Owners members: First, let me know if I am in the right spot! Chrysler (TMI or WELCRA
Squeaky impeller? scottmellloyditude at 6:38am 06.26.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 7/1102 I recently changed my fresh water impeller (early Sherwood) and the first time I took the 27' Catali
Loss of power in forward. 1mcarlson at 6:35am 06.26.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/955 Last night I was motoring back to marina in 2 to 3 foot swells and no wind on Lake Michigan. After a
Grinding Bottom Paint (1) mfourn20 at 8:47pm 06.25.16 Catalina 22 2/868 I've started the process of grinding/sanding off many layers of bottom paint on the Catalina 22 I ju
Oday 28 main sheet lyricpekka at 7:40pm 06.25.16 Ask An Oday Owner 9/1435 My new ride is a 1980 Oday 28. I'm looking at the mainsheet layout, a 4 to 1 set up, traveller at th
Universal M35B, the dreaded Sherwood G908 and its Oberdorfer replacement mlaver at 7:34pm 06.25.16 Ask All Sailors 2/4018 This follows a thread I posted to the (wonderful) Catalina 34 list last fall. The background is that
Come sail away...God Bless You! BlowMeAway at 7:17pm 06.25.16 Ask All Sailors 2/447 My simple contribution to the beautiful family lost at sea near Sanibel, FL. My heart aches, new les
Polyurethane thinning ejet9999 at 7:14pm 06.25.16 Ask All Sailors 9/10522 I know Pettit says to thin the topside paint with"120 brush thinner" but at the price I thought I wo
Another Loss at Sea Rick D at 6:04pm 06.25.16 Ask All Sailors 37/10140 This has not been a good week for boating. Now three lost, four rescued (injured) from the back side
Hunter 460, is the refrigerator/freezer supposed to work on batteries? Brad Gielissen at 5:25pm 06.25.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 23/5010 Okay, I am confused on this subject. I purchased my 2001 Hunter 460 in December. I was under the imp
Anyone recognize these stains on my hull (2) shanker at 4:31pm 06.25.16 Smaller Boats 1/484 Not sure what these are. They are localize on the port hull and only on one area. Is this blistering
Installed R&D Motor Mounts Dfisher at 2:53pm 06.25.16 Mid-Size Boats 6/2138 Over the past six months I have known that my mounts were bad and kept going back and forth from buy
Racing in the Rain again (almost) Bill19233 at 12:25pm 06.25.16 Racing 4/696 The rain didn't actually start this time till after we finished the race and were docked. Three legs
It's the Feds (1) Meriachee at 11:39am 06.25.16 Forum Help (Site Talk) 13/1359 Pull over buddy!
2gm20f High Pressure Fuel Pump Re-Assembly Capn Mike at 9:57am 06.25.16 Engines and Propulsion 3/6962 Hello, I am trying to re-assemble the high pressure fuel pump (pn 728271-51101) on my Yanmar 2GM20f

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Stuffing box question. (5) RevenantDan at 4:35am 04.03.24 Pictures? Needs some work, to be sure. There was a squatter on it, but at least he wasnt a crackhe
Raytheon Wind Instrument not reading east coaster at 4:32am 04.03.24 Same instrument lay out as yours. I also had the same issue, did all the tests as advised by raymari
Stuffing box question. kappykaplan at 4:27am 04.03.24 Now I have another project, lol. Was able to buy a 1976 Freeport Islander for $500. It floats and d
Rode for Desolation Sound Terry Cox at 4:27am 04.03.24 Danforth won't due and CQR tends to be unreliable in these parts. Hmm. Our boat came with a 40# Da
Stuffing box question. RevenantDan at 4:19am 04.03.24 As others have stated, drip rate is measured while spinning and is ideally zero at rest. 1 per sec
Rode for Desolation Sound Terry Cox at 4:17am 04.03.24 Where did you have the problem? Also been there many times before, Leo and never had a problem. Pr
Starting Engine on pallet cdells at 3:30am 04.03.24
Outhaul Setup Oceanis 311 Ikokite at 12:17am 04.03.24 The owners manual shows the outhaul attached to the boom... ring the diagrams in the user manual. C
Outhaul Setup Oceanis 311 (1) marcham at 11:45pm 04.02.24 The owners manual shows the outhaul attached to the boom...
Rode for Desolation Sound marcham at 11:27pm 04.02.24
Rode for Desolation Sound marcham at 11:18pm 04.02.24
Mooring setup cost.... NYSail at 9:35pm 04.02.24 The cost in port jeff for a used 500# setup is under $1000. Even if it included launch service, tha
Stuffing box question. High Current at 9:21pm 04.02.24 As others have stated, drip rate is measured while spinning and is ideally zero at rest. 1 per seco
Moving from Ranger 12 to ?? newranger at 8:52pm 04.02.24 Here is a related question, I'm having a hard time finding boats I want locally around SLC but I'm s
Rode for Desolation Sound leo310 at 8:29pm 04.02.24 Been to Sturt bay many times never had problems with anchoring. Where did you have the problem?
Mooring setup cost.... TimFromLI at 7:44pm 04.02.24 The cost in port jeff for a used 500# setup is under $1000. Even if it included launch service, that
Ground tackle - joining rope to chain dLj at 7:43pm 04.02.24 Swivel shackles are nice, but I'm told that they are the most frequent failure point in local groun
Cleaning foam cushions? ggrizzard at 7:25pm 04.02.24 Agree with foam replacement. But, you could clean the covers (if they are still usable) by taking t
Ground tackle - joining rope to chain thinwater at 7:24pm 04.02.24 a. The corrosion is because the rope stays wet. Something is weird; I've never seen the corrosion th
does anybody recognize thepart with the white zip tie on it and the part below the emergency stop switch with a white zip tie on it? Thanks ggrizzard at 7:17pm 04.02.24 Yanmar chooses specific distributors to service a given geographic area. The distributors sometimes

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