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01' Hunter 340 W/Yanmar 30gm30F re- propping Bronxite at 5:47am 01.22.16 Engines and Propulsion 10/1421 I'm a new Hunter 340 owner. Not to start a big discussion , but trying to read all these threads to
Flex water tank CYQK at 4:03pm 01.21.16 Ask All Sailors 10/3328 Getting ready to install new flex water tanks.The old ones are Nauta tanks Plastimo makes a similar
New sails bfriolet at 4:00pm 01.21.16 Ask All Sailors 1/573 Has anyone bought a sail from Precision Sails?
Value of Mast for 1980's Hunter 22' mmcpa1960 at 10:40am 01.21.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/665 I have a mast for a 1980's 22' Hunter. It has all the cabling. It appears to be in good condition. I
Sailor's Box eugenesdream24 at 10:29am 01.21.16 Ask All Sailors 1/52 Hey everyone on the SailboatOwners forums, I wanted to reach out to all of you directly without comi
Water between the false floor and hull Nathan57 at 9:55am 01.21.16 Catalina 22 9/3503 I fixed most of the top side leaks on my Catalina 22 and have very little leaking now. However, I d
Lazy Jacks Come Sail Away at 9:44am 01.21.16 S2 16/4881 Since I solo sail much of the time and have the most difficulty when raising or lowering the main, I
Boat drinks Waitress, I need two more boat drinks Bad Obsession at 7:59am 01.21.16 Ask All Sailors 41/2760 Those of us here on the East Coast are about ready to be dumped on, literally. In my area they are
Fairness of Pursuit Races? Kings Gambit at 7:38am 01.21.16 Ask All Sailors 21/5058 My wife and I crewed in a pursuit race recently. Pursuit races are PHRF-handicapped races where the
makeshift water tank Hobopacket at 7:30am 01.21.16 Catalina 22 9/2108 Hey there! Thanks for all of your help so far. I am planning on building a small galley and was wond
Design for a new bimini S4iln at 9:10pm 01.20.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 16/3345 we have never been happy with bimini on our Oceanis 37. The dodger works well and provides good prot
Autopilot for Hunter 356 Ken Archer at 4:28pm 01.20.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 30/6413 I have recently purchased a Hunter 356 and want to install an autopilot. I have been informed that t
Precision Sails LakeMurraySailor at 4:03pm 01.20.16 Ask All Sailors 12/2442 Hi fellow sailors! I submitted a quote request form on the precisionsailloft.com website and receive
Owners of New Sense or Oceanis Models Mongo Mike at 3:53pm 01.20.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/650 Hello and Thank You for Checking This Post. This is probably an odd thread and I think the easiest w
3 Bridge race S.F. Bay Slider at 2:33pm 01.20.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 18/1458 This race will be held on Sat. 1-30-16. Last year we had over 300 boats. This year looks to be jus
Windlass For H33 lehighsail at 2:17pm 01.20.16 Ask All Sailors 8/1166 Seems like this might be a good time to buy a windlass. I have a 25 lb Manson Supreme anchor and w
Hunter Passage 42 photos janiemeneely at 1:33pm 01.20.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1165 We are running a Time Tested review of the Hunter Passage 42 in the March issue of Chesapeake Bay Ma
folding wheel for Hunter 410 wally123 at 11:42am 01.20.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/466
Overheating: Muffler the cause? John R at 10:13am 01.20.16 Ask All Sailors 29/2606 My engine has been overheating. I thought I'd found the problem before - the angle piece from the he
Overheating: Muffler the cause? John R at 9:45am 01.20.16 Ask All Sailors 13/4610 My engine has been overheating. I thought I'd found the problem before - the angle piece from the he

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Clog in sanitation outlet Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 11:02am 12.16.23 Muriatic acid--available from any hardware store--will work and costs a lot less than SewClean. How
Painted Prop Shaft and Anodes in Fresh Water jssailem at 10:30am 12.16.23 OK.. Lets agree to talk in common terms. A Zinc is a specific piece of metal. An Anode is the metal
Solar power systems American_Mainsail at 10:28am 12.16.23 dLj's conclusion is one that is shared by almost all sailors. I have been reading about wind gener
Painted Prop Shaft and Anodes in Fresh Water Ralph Johnstone at 10:27am 12.16.23 Should I strip the newly painted prop and polish to bare metal? The water will make short work of
Painted Prop Shaft and Anodes in Fresh Water dlochner at 10:13am 12.16.23 First, in freshwater you will need to use magnesium, not zinc anodes. If the boat is gaining on its
Solar power systems Stu Jackson at 9:42am 12.16.23 the output was ... very unimpressive. Thanks for that info, DJ. I've been thinking about putting
Yanmar question Stu Jackson at 9:09am 12.16.23 but I thought I read somewhere that some Yanmar diesel series engine use the same oil in the engine
Yanmar question kloudie1 at 8:58am 12.16.23 The only powerplants that I've encountered that shared transmission and engine oil were on motorcycl
Solar power systems dLj at 8:33am 12.16.23 Thanks for that info, DJ. I've been thinking about putting wind on my boat (mostly for liveaboard w
Solar power systems American_Mainsail at 8:29am 12.16.23 I installed the solar/wind combo. Thinking the same as you write above. Beyond the total disaster t
Solar power systems dLj at 8:25am 12.16.23 This key point comes up often when the forum is discussing solar. I have always been curious about
Pneumatic Nail/Staple Guns JBP-PA at 8:05am 12.16.23 A Harbor Freight stapler may or may not be part of the problem. Some of their stuff works, some not
Yanmar question dlochner at 7:54am 12.16.23 To the best of my knowledge, no engine and transmission share the same oil supply. Doesn't matter i
Yanmar question jdrutten at 7:47am 12.16.23 This reminds me that I want to be sure to change my transmission oil before recommissioning in the s
Pneumatic Nail/Staple Guns LloydB at 7:21am 12.16.23 If you have found a way to get staples driven properly then you must consistently do it that way eac
Yanmar question (1) Tally Ho at 6:54am 12.16.23 As others have said, some Yanmar engines / transmission pairs use the same oil in the transmission a
Yanmar question dlochner at 4:48am 12.16.23 The transmission dip stick does not look at all like the engines dipstick. On a Kanzaki transmission
Opinions? Navigation Laptops! sailme88 at 4:35am 12.16.23 Police, Fire and Military use a Panasonic hard shell laptop. Designed to take abuse..
Yanmar question sailme88 at 4:33am 12.16.23 NOT all ATF's are created equal. You NEED to ascertain the exact transmission that is mated to your
Yanmar question Davidasailor26 at 3:26am 12.16.23 but I thought I read somewhere that some Yanmar diesel series engine use the same oil in the engine

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