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Main water pump Fredthedriver at 4:14pm 08.23.15 Catalina 30 4/755 Has anyone changed a main water pump un a universal m25xp diesel, mine has siezed and broke fan belt
Adequate towing vehicle? spitfire1967 at 3:30pm 08.23.15 Trailer Sailors 17/9246 I have a c/b ODay Mariner which weighs 1300 lbs. The question is: What vehicle can I purchase whi
Coolant Leak buddybear at 3:05pm 08.23.15 Catalina 310 5/1608 Have been doing multiple jobs on the boat. Disconnected the discharge hose from the raw water pump t
Roller fuller problems and the weekend scottmellloyditude at 2:53pm 08.23.15 Mid-Size Boats 0/817 Roller fuller... Harken and it looks to be in good shape. However we have tried to use it twice and
House bank battery location drkmcdaniel at 11:25am 08.23.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1921 I have a 1994 35.5 legend, The house bank batteries are located in the port side lazarette, I would
Fuel tank Location drkmcdaniel at 11:20am 08.23.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/679 I have a 1994 Hunter 35.5 legend, the original owner removed the fuel tank, could someone possibly p
Vent Cowling White hcolvin1 at 9:21am 08.23.15 Parts Search 3/714 I dropped my cowl vent overboard. Anyone know where I can find a replacement?
Empty Holdibg Tanks on Beneteau 473 rbelau at 9:18am 08.23.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 10/4385 We are planning an offshore trip. It it possible to empty our (waste) holding tanks overboard (once
Mercury 9.9 Hurting my Season: Advice Needed (2) Sock Puppet at 8:42am 08.23.15 Engines and Propulsion 44/10384 I've been chasing an issue with my 2009 Mercury 9.9 4 Stroke since last year. Sometimes it will run
Isolation in ground circuit? (2) BobT at 7:52am 08.23.15 Musings With Maine Sail 9/2765 Electrical guys please enlighten. This little gizmo was between the ground wire and the negative bus
Leading lines aft on an O'Day 22 PamC at 7:30am 08.23.15 Day Sailers 6/1460 Hello all, I haven't posted here in quite a while. So by way of introduction, my husband and I r
Engine Alarms haebby at 6:50am 08.23.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1335 Recently, we were sailing with the engine (Yanmar 2GM) OFF and no key in the ignition, when the engi
theft from boat trainmanjess at 5:11am 08.23.15 Ask All Sailors 60/10487 hello all I live along way from my 45ft sailboat... at present I have my boat at a dock behind a
Bypass hose for a Seaward Waterheater sailcapt340 at 5:00am 08.23.15 Big Boats 11/1906 How do you by pass the Seaward 600 Water-heater when you winterize? I am currently in the process
Cabin Lights Gerald Tibbo at 4:01am 08.23.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1435 I'm looking to change the bulbs in the cabin of my 2007 Beneteau 343. Before doing this, can someon
Fuel spill Manureva at 9:31pm 08.22.15 Ask All Sailors 10/1364 The kid at the marina was more interested in girl then fuelling this evening, the result being a few
Catalina 30 fuel tank Socalsurfer at 7:28pm 08.22.15 Catalina 30 5/4620 Hi everyone. I bought a '78 C30 MkI TRBS a few months ago and have been having a blast sailing her.
Emergency tillers cookcwayne at 3:37pm 08.22.15 Bigger Boats 5/797 anyone know what size the O'Day 27 takes and where to locate one Previous owner replaced steering a
Sun Cat water in the hull hensonrick5 at 2:55pm 08.22.15 Com-Pac 14/10299 I'm brand new to sailing and got a free Sun Cat that has been swamped. I have it cleaned up and sai
Starting Issue - Universal M3=20 plorette at 1:33pm 08.22.15 Engines and Propulsion 7/1273 I have had two instances where I have motored out to sail, and when I attempt to restart after a sho

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Life Is Good (1) john6206 at 1:49pm 07.24.23 218162 Sunset cruise in Northern Michigan, Potagannissing Bay.
Electric Sailboat Drives jviss at 1:36pm 07.24.23 I still have my dirty little 8 horse Tohatsu 2-stroke Don't EVER get rid of that! Two strokes are
Sail drive raw water intakes (1) Captain Larry-DH at 1:35pm 07.24.23 Last week I was seeing white smoke/steam from one of my engines. Various spot checks on the engine
Early production Kittiwake dLj at 1:18pm 07.24.23 Regarding hull identification, I am wondering if there was any permanent markings predating HIN's t
H 41 sea water pump removal Ralph Johnstone at 1:02pm 07.24.23 I find the construction of the stair on the H41 very obstructive with the i mpeller change You ma
Another What is It? mbaker267 at 1:02pm 07.24.23 Hey, I live in South Carolina. We are eat up with bugs. Dirt Daubers are the worst. They will plug u
Need a Gudgeon for my 1980 Macgregor Venture 22' sailboat stickinthemud57 at 12:59pm 07.24.23 Blue Water Yachts carries parts for the Venture 22, but I don't see anything that looks like your pa
H 41 sea water pump removal Ralph Johnstone at 12:56pm 07.24.23 My question is, doing that do i lose the engine alignment ? If you remove and replace the mount(s
Wind sensor error fix needed Davidasailor26 at 12:56pm 07.24.23
Wind sensor error fix needed kappykaplan at 12:42pm 07.24.23 Any chance your speed-through-the-water input was messed up?
Another What is It? Roland5048 at 12:36pm 07.24.23 I have one installed on the coaming of the cockpit that leads into the lazzerette. Probably install
Electric Sailboat Drives rgranger at 11:39am 07.24.23 How many days do you actually drive more than 200 miles? At least three weekends a month... and t
Removing Treadmaster decking rgranger at 11:30am 07.24.23
Electric Sailboat Drives High Current at 11:12am 07.24.23 I like the idea of a hybrid. I'm interested to hear your approach to this. I know Vetus made one,
Electric Sailboat Drives stickinthemud57 at 10:42am 07.24.23 My neighbor at the marina has a Colgate 26 with an electric kicker. It has a removable battery, so h
40 Autopilot Linear drive Mounting Location nramsey at 10:42am 07.24.23 Mine was installed on the starboard side of the cockpit well and connects to an arm on the rudder st
Hunter brown hull stripe. (1) Daddyo27 at 10:40am 07.24.23 It is the original brown stripe found on most of the hunters at the time. the boat is bottom side u
Neutral and Ground wires connected in AC Panel jviss at 10:35am 07.24.23 No it is not. But the AC grounding bus should be connected to the DC neg/ground bus I have often w
Pressure/temperature valve and setting on water heater jviss at 10:32am 07.24.23 There you go again with the excessive affectation towards inanimate objects. Pd0VBm8gU5o
Neutral and Ground wires connected in AC Panel Maine Sail at 10:31am 07.24.23 No it is not. But the AC grounding bus should be connected to the DC neg/ground bus

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